are these "open" or "closed" headphones?
1329244
Not sure what your asking open or closed ? Closed if you are wanting to know if only the person wearing them can hear them. I can not hear the sound from them when my husband uses them 3ft from me. I love that about them.
1329245
The headphones fit cushioned on the ear - not inside the ear; the ear does not go inside the opening. Hope this helps. I purchased these for my Grandson (age 12) for Christmas, and he is very satisfied with them - even lets his Mother take them to work occasionally.
1860913
You will want closed headphones and to not crank them up. Open headphones will definately leak. I use AKG DJ headphones at the office and use these at Home where I can be loud.
214455
I am not sure about your question. I believe these headphones have been out for about 2 years.
1769715
Your welcome. Open headphones such as these HD555's have sort of a metal mesh grill on each outer side where the speakers are located, sort of like a boom box has on each speaker. On a boom box or stereo the speakers face out to let out the music, in the case of open headphones the speakers face the ear but air and sound is released through the metal grill. This is done so that the music has more room to develope more richly. Therefore some sound leaks out (its a good thing) but it allows people around you to hear what you are listening to. Closed headphones such as the HD202 do no have any metal grill on the sides, just closed plastic, therefore there is no sound leak, only you hear the music. Most people prefer to use open headphones at home for the great sound quality but others use the closed headphones outside and take a hit on the sound quality a bit because they don't want anyone to hear what they are listening to or they don't want to disturb anyone on planes or at work. Ipod earbuds are pretty bad earphones in my opinion and mostly only certain over the ear headphones are considered open and most in ear earphones are considered closed. These HD555's will destroy the ipod earbuds in sound quality, like night and day. Sennheiser is a very respected audio company, especially with audiophile people who love headphones and music. I hope that helped a bit.
1157714
Sound? A lot b/c they are an "open back" design (as are most planar magnetic headphones).
767939
They are open-air headphones and do leak sound, it does help improve the quality though. But if you're looking for non-leakage, I'd go with the Monoprice IEM, They are super cheap and sound fantastic with minimal leakage.
645146
The headphones themselves are completely unbranded; there are no logos or even the company's name. So they are generic in that respect. As far as who manufactures them? I don't have that at my fingertips, but Amazin probably lists this on the product page.
1460125
Yes, they are. They are the best headphones I have ever bought for the price ($35). The only thing I didn't like is the cord. The cord is very long and gets in the way. Wish it was coiled.
157888
Hi Marc, The model of these is simply "On-Ear" headphones. Thanks for your question.
822481
No, they are strictly headphones. The quality of the sound is diminished by the sound of the cord pushing up into the retractable ear piece section. Very annoying.
1977109
these particular headphones are standard. they are the plug in type, for ipod or mp3 players if you want hands free headphones your going to have to try a different type of beats headphones.
1442936
Not entirely sure what you mean, but, they have a clearly marked mute switch on the cord - but they do not indicate if your computer sound is muted, only the headphones.
1862076
They are. However, they are very fragile and break easily if over adjusted. The customer support is the WORST I've ever had to deal with. My Son's headphones had a manufacture defect, I sent them in and it was well over a month before getting replacements. I made plenty of contact with barely a call back. I'll never buy their products again.
1519747
If you want to ensure that everything around you is muffled, these will do the job'; the closed-back design will somewhat mute the surrounding sounds, especially when your music is playing. If you're looking for headphones which will let your officemates' voices through more clearly, you probably want an open-back design (I believe the RS-180s are open-back). And if on the other hand you want full-on noise cancellation, the RS-160 isn't a noise-cancelling headphone.You'll want to take them off every once in a while; keeping your ears inside of a closed headphone for hours on end can't be good for you... If you want to ensure that everything around you is muffled, these will do the job'; the closed-back design will somewhat mute the surrounding sounds, especially when your music is playing. If you're looking for headphones which will let your officemates' voices through more clearly, you probably want an open-back design (I believe the RS-180s are open-back). And if on the other hand you want full-on noise cancellation, the RS-160 isn't a noise-cancelling headphone.You'll want to take them off every once in a while; keeping your ears inside of a closed headphone for hours on end... » Read More If you want to ensure that everything around you is muffled, these will do the job'; the closed-back design will somewhat mute the surrounding sounds, especially when your music is playing. If you're looking for headphones which will let your officemates' voices through more clearly, you probably want an open-back design (I believe the RS-180s are open-back). And if on the other hand you want full-on noise cancellation, the RS-160 isn't a noise-cancelling headphone.You'll want to take them off every once in a while; keeping your ears inside of a closed headphone for hours on end can't be good for you... « Show Less
149777
Yes they do have an open back design, in fact it's a very open back, even at low volumes the sound will come out. They sound gorgeous but its best that you get something like audio technicas or sennheiser.
1062679
The earpads on the PX200ii will cup over your ears, rather than sit flat. They are classified as "closed" headphones even though they don't fully envelop the ear. The Sennheiser PX100ii is an example of an "open" earpad headphone. IMO, you can't go wrong with either model.
429280
they are "around ears". they're huge. one of the most comfortable closed back headphones. (ie still not as good as open-back headphones...)Adam, in-ear.com