Harman Kardon Bluetooth Wireless Over-Ear Headphones

Reviews for Harman Kardon Bluetooth Wireless Over-Ear Headphones

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3.5 out of 5 stars

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  • 2.0 out of 5 stars

    Underwhelming ...

    • Written by from Pewaukee

    Had high expectations for HK product but disappointed with sound quality. Everything else is fine ... just not the sound quality I expected. For $250 and an HK product ... I expected to be blown away by the sound. Was very underwhelming, average sound quality.

    To be honest, I had a $50 pair of in ear Polk Audio headphones that had a better sound. For the money there are other options.

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  • 2.0 out of 5 stars

    Not that good as you would expect

    • Written by from Riverside

    I was considering 3 options: those headphones, Beats Wireless and Parrot Zik.
    My gf is using Beats and I really like them, I was wondering if there is anything better on the market. I've read the reviews etc...I didn't go with Ziks as there are too many issues (weight, flaky pause "button") so I had to try those. I had high expectation. I've also read about the issues with them in other reviews.
    One of the thing was that people were complaining that they have to switch the headband right away because the regular one is too small. At least they had an option. My biggest issue, and reason for returning them after 5 minutes is:
    the "small" headband is too big for me! I know it's "adjustable" blah blah blah, but unfortunately I'm having one issue that nobody mentioned. ANY quicker move forwards or backwards and they slide out of my head. Not fall off completely but slight. This is so annoying and unacceptable that I have to return them.
    Other than that other problems:
    - sound quality is mediocre, not even that good as on the Beats and not even close Bose QC 3..not to mention higher end headphones.
    - bass is pretty weak, clarity is not that good.
    If you can live with all that (and you don't have the issue with them falling off) here are the pros:
    - pretty well built (although the buttons feel cheap and plasticky)
    - weight is perfect.
    - connectivity is smooth

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  • 2.0 out of 5 stars

    Awesome sound, and that's it

    • Written by from Whitby

    Still searching for a perfect (read acceptable) bluetooth headphones
    HK was #4 and like all 3 before ended being returned

    1. HK are extreamly uncomfortable, for me at least
    Wearing them for few minutes in Toronto, during the heat wave, and your ears are wet and dripping, not a very nice pictures
    2. All controls, volume, play, etc are small and very awkwardly placed, and even after a while you need to think and search for a desired button
    3. But, there is a but, amazing sound, truly amazing! Tones are clear and very natural

    So if you are cool with 1&2, go for it, i am personally waiting to try klipsch bluetooth, due in sep 2012

    L

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  • 2.0 out of 5 stars

    lags / cuts out

    • Written by from Toronto

    Just like a few others my pair lags and cuts out all together at times... actually rather often. Gonna exchange.

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  • 2.0 out of 5 stars

    Great Audio but Poor Construction and the Worst BT Ever

    • Written by from Los Angeles

    These headphones look fantastic - they are hands down the coolest looking BT headphones on the market. When they work, they work great. Audio is superior, even to an audiophile like me. However, getting them to play music is a constant challenge. I'm not sure if it's the BT connectivity or what, but as other people have described in their reviews, music will just STOP after about ten minutes for no reason at all. And when a song starts there's a horrible sync issue that cuts off the first 15 seconds. This is really unacceptable performance as far as I'm concerned, considering the price. I've tried the Parrot BT headphones, and they work like a breeze. I will be exchanging mine tonight.

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  • 2.0 out of 5 stars

    Tricked!

    • Written by from San francisco

    I've been wanting a pair of over the ear headphones, but everything I saw before was too bulky and expensive, I saw this ones on a design blog so I checked the Harman Kardon website and ordered them trough apple store.
    The sound is really good but the cable provided for using them once you run out of charge (or on a plane) does not have a remote control , even while at the Harman Kardon website they show them with the remote on the cable. Basically you can control the music playback if you're using them on BT mode but once you use the cable you have to skip, pause ,play or rewind manually directly on the iPod, iPad, iphone etc.
    Tricked!

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  • 2.0 out of 5 stars

    Looks great and connects well, but poor sound quality.

    • Written by from Grover

    These headphones are great looking, and the wireless connectivity works really well, but audiophile-pleasers they are not. You can get much better sound quality for the money.

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