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Slightly off topic, but recently I had the opportunity to trial a set of Wicked Reverb Headphones.  For those of you who haven’t known me for a long time, I used to be a DJ.  I played out occasionally at clubs and spun electronic music: psytrance for the most part.  I don’t DJ more, but still love music and quality sound, so I decided I’d take up the offer for the trial.

When the headphones arrived and I unboxed them, I have to admit I was pretty dubious.  Understand, mind you, that headphones I’ve used in the past while DJing where designed to be very sound insulating (so you didn’t have to blow your eardrums out trying to cue, mix, etc.) and as a result were pretty heavy.  The Reverbs are, in contrast, very light.  No, you wouldn’t use these in a club as a DJ: they don’t have the sound insulation required for that, but they aren’t built for that task.

The Reverb is, however, a very solid contender in the consumer headphone space and at a price that’s extremely attractive (quick google searches show prices in the $20 area).  For $20 you may not expect much, but the Reverb may surprise you there. In terms of sound quality and reproduction, they easily compare with $200-$300 headphones that I own, and their weight means  you won’t get fatigued just holding them on your head.    As a kid, the bullies always made fun of my ears.. perhaps they’re a little large, I dunno.. but the ear cups built into these headphones was certainly comfortable for me.

In Summary

So wrapping it up, I have to say I was pretty surprised by these headphones: they produce really quality sound even at high volumes with little to no distortion and are still capable of reproducing quiet and subtle nuances, they’re lightweight and comfortable and seem to be pretty well constructed.  At the price point, I think these headphones would be hard to beat!

Now for the Giveaway

While these headphones are pretty sweet, I have so many headphones and earbuds and wireless, bluetooth, etc. etc.. headphones that another pair are just going to gather dust.  Wicked has given me permission to raffle them off rather than return them.  So here we go: I’m going to try a rafflecopter giveaway for these as a new mechanism, rather than my historic labor intensive “names in a hat” method.  Good luck!
a Rafflecopter giveaway