Symphonized Wraith 2.0 Around-Ear Stereo Headphone review

[dalethorn]

A redux of sorts, but this time with a better design I think - oval earcups instead of the older pear-shaped cups. These are wood earcups, nicely finished, very high quality build, and tuned to the left (more bass, less treble), for DJ's possibly. Check out my photo of the Wraith 2.0 at the link.

 

Symphonized Wraith 2.0 Around-Ear Stereo Headphone review

[wgscott]

I always appreciate these posts, even though I don't have anything to add (lest you have any doubt).

 

They do look cool:

 

[dalethorn]

The Wraith 2.0 is good, if you like the darker sound. I get headphones mostly on a whim, if they pique my interest. Last night I was a the office supply store and they had a "Ecko Volt" headphone - nice to look at, plastic, red, very comfy on-ear. And it listed for about $70 USD - also the MSRP on Amazon, which Amazon was generously offering for less than $50. So the office supply price-matched it (generous of them too), and off I went to test it. The simple signature is illustrated below by my EQ curve (green line, inverse of freq. response), and the reason I mention it here is to illustrate how badly young people are being served by bad headphones - when I asked the Apple store reps what they tell the kids when they ask about a headphone they're going to use that sounds a bit muffled - response: "Turn it up".

 

http://dalethorn.com/Photos/Audioforge/Ecko_Volt.jpg

[wisajiuye]

The Wraith 2.0 is good, if you like the darker sound. I get headphones mostly on a whim, if they pique my interest.