Reviews for Harman Kardon Acoustically Enhanced In-Ear Headphones

I've compared headphones extensively, comparing these to Sony, Bose, Klipsch, Skullcandy and more and I can tell you that with the features you get, the sound quality, crisp highs and boom-boom bass, these are the best in price point. Sure you can go up and spend $300 and get slightly better sound, but audio is all about the law of diminishing returns. These are a great set that will suffice, more than suffice for 95% of the population.

I was originally going to buy B&W C5, but i bought this headphones because they were 1/3 of the price and i thought at this price i am sure i could do no wrong.

The sound quality is not bad. they are good. Nice bass not overpowering, clear sound. Sound quality overall i am very please with, but i also have to admit that since i did not pay full price i did not create unreasonable expectations or may be they are that good. oh also noise isolation is great.

Design, for someone who does not really care about the physical appearance is fine, But the square design of the headphones is really an atrocious idea, the squared part of the headphones hurt if they do not fit well, which makes the experience all together a painful one. And even if they fit after a while your ears will hurt. i am sure if they had a different design they would be great, but the fact is that they can be quite painful.

Despite what the obvious competitors to Harman are posting negatively below, I like these a lot. I've had them a few days and run with them and they are a good fit. The bass response is excellent and they are clear. I like these a lot

These are truly the best headphones I've tried for the price. I've tried Sony, Bose, Sennheiser and finally Harman Kardon.

What got me interested in the headphones is the sound sticks III. For the price its the best 3 speaker system I've heard and beats the Bose one in terms in sound reproduction. The SoundSticks makes things sound very clear and crisp, including realistic sounding bass not to loud, not too soft.

The best part of the headphones is that they make the music sound as if your artist or band is playing live right there in front of you. That is the best part of the headphones. No matter how loud I put it on my iPad, on iTunes the headphones sounded pristine and kept true to the actual sound of the song. No distortion. Its amazing how clear the guitars sound when listening to Shakira's live album from Paris. Its just simply amazing. Its so good you just HAVE to try it. Seriously!


Honestly I don't think the extra $50 bucks was worth it for the aluminum ones but they both sound just as good

Overall the price is fair for both of them

Best sounding headphones for the price!

Highly recommend go out and buy them. I will bet you'll become a fan

I love these, best I've ever owned. The sound is so realistic it's incredible. The Apple controls are nice too but the sound is fantastic.

Love the sound, so good. Pretty good fit and I go running and they stay in. Very happy

These are very, very good. INXS sounds awesome on these, so does Guns N Roses, Bon Jovi and all of my 80's/90's music. Very happy with these and the controls work my iPod very well

I have only had these a few hours, so far very impressed with the sound quality, clear well balanced sound. I read through most of the reviews and heres the conclusion as long as the square design fits your ear properly which i guess is a risk in store since you can't try them on lol they are well worth it and a great pair of head phones.

Ok, the sound quality is very good.... The bass is very bassy...

... But the hard edged squares ..... Awful!!! My ears hurt!

It's like shoving two metal sugar cubes in your ears.

Bad design.

I'm a veteran of Sennheiser in ears, which have all been wonderful.
Not finding a pair I liked at the Regent Street branch in London today I thought I'd try something new.

Oh dear.... These are going back.

What a disaster.