We are discovering the wonderful world of American headphones

Headphones - is a special category of equipment. To any other gadgets do not have high demands in terms of quality, convenience, comfort and safety, because in this case we are talking about our hearing. The slightest miscalculation in the design, tiny flaw in the speaker, and listening to your favorite music from the pleasure turned into something terrible.

In the Russian market are widespread headphones from European and Asian manufacturers. All sorts of Philips, Sony and Sennheiser are known to many, but it is only a small part of the true diversity of personal audio technology.

There is a huge market of headphones from American companies, but in Russia these brands you will not find on the shelves of electronics stores. You've heard about the Beats, but apart from them, there are others. Look at the list below and check the manufacturers friends for themselves:

• Aftershokz;
• bose;
• JBL;
• Klipsch;
• koss;
• Plantronics;
• Shure;
• skullcandy;
• Sol Republic.

Many unfamiliar names, right? Each of these companies has its own interesting history, and produces first-class equipment.

We offer you a brief excursion into the world of American headphone manufacturers. Production of most of the companies considered here, we tested personally, and some models use today. When through your ears took several tens of various audiogadzhetov, the body develops a special property - Chuyko quality. Trust our experience.

We begin, of course, with the most controversial and the most famous in the Russian American Company based Dr. Dre and subsequently purchased Apple for $ 3 billion.

How to get acquainted with Beats

If you have already touched the Beats, either love them or hate. You can not just pick up and start treating Beats neutral, because the technique, a considerable price which, according to some, is about 75% of the costs of marketing, really evokes emotions.

If the experience of the first acquaintance with Beats was negative, you can start all over again. Beats headphones have a few lines, all of them are quite expensive, but among them there is one model that accurately value for money.

Beats Powerbeats 2 Wireless - oriented sports wireless headset with protection from sweat and moisture IPX4 class, perfectly suitable for everyday use on the street, in transportation and in general where anything.

Compact and highly ergonomic device inherited characteristic of all Beats depth and richness in bass, and mount design with soft edges and fixing behind the ear allows you to engage intensively and without the risk of loss headphones. We would like to find something bad in Powerbeats 2, but could not.

In the end, Beats - it is also an image product. It is fashionable to be healthy, but because Powerbeats 2 Wireless is no alternative accessory for iPhone owners, leading an active lifestyle.

The Russian Apple Store Headphone stand 16 thousand rubles, But on Amazon often sell their shares at a large discount. Even after the increase to the price of $ 10 for delivery through the "banderolku" total cost Beats Powerbeats 2 Wireless when purchasing in the US is less than 10 thousand rubles. Agree, save 6000 on headphones - To get this it's nice.

Aftershokz

It so happened that the first alphabetically American manufacturer offers the first of the original products. Aftershokz - a fairly young company, founded in 2011 and initially focused on the creation of a very specific headphones that do not just play music, and broadcast sound directly to the inner ear through skull bones.

The technology is based on the phenomenon of bone conduction, used in medicine and for communicating under water and delivers great sound quality while preserving the ability to hear what is happening around you. Bone headphones are ideal for life in the urban environment.

Headphones Aftershokz on Amazon.

Bose

Imagine that a man who worked as a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a violinist and psychoacoustics expert, decides to open his own company, to create for the most faithful reproduction device records concerts at home conditions. It seems, in these circumstances, such ideas are doomed to success.

That is how in 1963 there was Bose, and since then the idea of ​​perfect sound transmission is the basis of the company's philosophy. NASA has repeatedly used the audio equipment of this company in the solution of specific problems, including the crews of the shuttle for communication. Would you like noise canceling headphones, like the American astronauts? Then you are in Bose product catalog.

Bose Headphones at Amazon.

JBL

The JBL company, whose name is derived from James Bullough Lansing, is a benchmark, a trendsetter in the world of audio technology. JBL was founded in 1946, and since then its products a quality standard in the truest sense of the word. There THX term (Tomlinson Holman's crossover) - a set of requirements for high-quality home theater systems. This standard was created at the request of George Lucas to one sixth of the "Star Wars" was played for the viewer exactly as the director wanted to order. Guess whose equipment has served as the basis for the development of THX? Of course, this JBL.

All of the above applies to headphones JBL. Excellent quality for true connoisseurs.

JBL headphones on Amazon.

Klipsch

Another old man with incredible experience in the development and production of high-quality audio. Klipsch was founded in 1946 and began its existence as a tiny workshop-garage. Paul Wilbur Klipsch (Paul W. Klipsch) personally collected the first unit of output, which uses its own decisions and the development. After 30 years of achievements in scientific activity of the founder's name Klipsch has been listed as a Hall of Fame of science and technology on a par with Thomas Edison.

Klipsch products combines the best developments and improvements by the company for several decades. One of the most salient lines Klipsch - headphones with Balanced Armature, usually referred to as reinforcing headphones.

A special feature of this design is extremely high fidelity, unattainable for dynamic emitters.

Klipsch Headphones at Amazon.

Koss

Koss The company was founded in 1953, its products are not only among the audio equipment, but also in other areas of production. Koss is the feature of an incredibly wide range of products: here there are quite cheap models for $ 100, and headphones to a wide audience for any budget, and expensive professional devices.

Do not judge a headphone of the manufacturer according to their appearance. Some clumsy performance of individual models is due to the desire of engineers Koss create the most convenient and comfortable headphones in the world, and they get it.

To say that the Porta Pro fit well on the head, then do not say anything. Together with honed over many years of design headphones offer smooth clear sound over the entire audible range. The optimal choice of rational audiophiles.

Koss Headphones at Amazon.

Plantronics

What good company Plantronics? Well, for example, the fact that its products are used for communication during the moon landing and the first person to walk on the surface of our natural satellite, saying it is through the headset Plantronics. On this question of the quality can be closed.

Many of the Plantronics headphones, including especially our favorite BackBeat Fit, positioned as a sport, but really comfortable and in everyday use.

Comfortable, lightweight, strong, fearless greeting the rain, dust, sand and cold. BackBeat Fit equally perfect for any kind of sport and listening to music at home or on the road. Fixation behind the ear headphones eliminates the possibility of loss, and provides an optimum structure reasonableness pressing against the ear canal.

Plantronics Headphones at Amazon.

Shure

Are you surprised at such a large number of "old" audio equipment manufacturers in the United States? Well, then read at leisure on Shure. The company, originally called The Shure Audio Company and begins as a manufacturer of electronic components, was founded in 1925.

Perhaps you have never heard of this brand, but may have seen products Shure.

For almost a century of history, the company has created a lot of audio samples, which subsequently became a true legend.

Modern headphones Shure easily distinguished by the originality of the design.

The price range is quite broad. Present as a low-end models for $ 50 and sverhnavorochennye professional accessories for 1000 dollars.

Shure Headphones at Amazon.

Skullcandy

Among the many reputable American manufacturers with a half-century history of the young and daring company Skullcandy, founded in 2003, stands out above all the appearance and purpose of its products. Skullcandy headphones are positioned as accessories for fans of extreme sports, and every design element is literally screaming about it. Just look at one of the popular models of Skullcandy Crusher.

Unlike conventional and restrained color variations characteristic of other manufacturers, this model has thirteen colors. Thirteen! Bright, bright, with unimaginable textures and aggressive look.

But not an extreme one draw Skullcandy. In fact it is also a high-quality headphones, capable of delivering pure, voluminous, powerful sound.

They can be considered as an accessory to create an interesting image.

Skullcandy Headphones at Amazon.

Sol Republic

The company Sol Republic is no different and has got a rich history in our selection of a single headphone models, but what! This Cadillac from the world of personal audio technology. If there is a product that can make anyone forget about wires and start using the Bluetooth-headset, it's Shadow Wireless.

Typically, beautiful appearance models are inferior in quality playback, but in this case is great every indicator: a sound, design, comfort, comfort. We liked Mashable opinion expressed on this devayse: «Sol Republic Shadow Wireless forcing all other wireless headphones to blush." It's hard not to agree and have nothing to add.

Sol Republic headphones on Amazon.

We reviewed and manufacturers of headphones - this is not the entire US market, but only a part of the familiar. We used the technique of the above brands and can vouch for its quality. In fact, smart companies more, much more. All of them produce a very cool technology, which will become the owner of "banderolku". Protect ears - choose only the best headphones in the US.

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