Skullcandy - Crusher Evo

I too started out with Hesh and since then I've owned a few pairs of Crusher Evos and just now updated to the 540s. I love Skullcandy.

You want really loud bass? Skullcandy Evo Crushers. Nothing has louder bass than that. It's got haptic bass, too, so when the bass hits its like being in a car with subwoofers on your head. I've been using Crushers for over 10 years now. When it comes to bass-heavy music, there's nothing that comes close to the experience. It's got a slider on it so you can fine tune the bass. And yes, they are LOUD. But be careful when ya buy as some Skullcandy products use the Evo label on non-Crusher products. You want the Crusher Evo.

Skullcandy crusher evos are my everyday go to headphones if you like the over-the-ear style. I believe they recently came out with an active version of them called the “540 actives”, which would give you sweat/water resistance. I personally can’t attest to them, but from what I’ve read online, reviews seem to be majority positive. If you prefer earbuds, I’ve got the Skullcandy Push ANC Active. Bass isn’t super crazy, but still pretty decent for being an earbud. Both offer 3 Preset EQ’s + the option to create a “personalized” EQ; and the earbuds also allow to you to further fine tune the personalized one.

I'd have to strongly disagree. I bought the Evo and the bass is fake (I'm not sure what I expected tbh, but it's literally just vibrations) and if you listen to real quality bass , the Evo bass sounds and feels disgusting. Keep in mind I'm a bass head and I was looking for mind blasting bass, Evo just felt like shit version of bass. I stopped using it after 5 times. Edit: don't even get me started with anc with Evo . It's non existent lmao

If you're looking for decent wireless noise cancelling in that price category you can always grab a pair of Soundcore Q30 (or 35 if you can get them used/on sale) For plain old wired headphones in the $30-40 range you can always snag the Koss Porta Pros, or the KPH30i. They sound much better than you'd expect, especially if you swap out the pads. Moving up the price range you'll find things like the Audio Technica ATH-M50x (Wired or Wireless), Grado SR60/80 (Wired), Beyer Dynamics DT770 (Wired). These all sound different, ATH being more bass, Grado lots of Treble, and Beyers are flat. If you like thumpy headphones you can absolutely enjoy Skullcandy Crushers, or Marley over ears. The latter have a pretty solid build quality whereas the other are more affordable. Everyone has a preference, so just enjoy what sounds good to you. I would probably shy away from unreviewed no name headphones like those you linked, though!

Have some skullcandy crushers I use when I lift heavy at the gym then on other days I use my TOZO open ear rings they sound amazing for what I paid for them $26

Reasons to go for the evo's: They're on sale basically everywhere, all the time. Based on what I have seen here in Germany, if you end up paying considerabl more than 100-140€, you got a bad deal. The bass is beyond any conceivable competition, at least for products in it's price range. From my own subjective experience they're build like Nokias, indestructible. I learned quickly that I basically didn't even need to check on them when I accidentally drop them from considerable heights, they fall of while riding a bicycle, or I accidentally yeet them across the entire room. They'd always be abosolutely intact, barely even scratched. When I go to sleep after listening to music I usually just push them off my bed and onto the floor or carpet. Also, and I know experiences differ on these, but the synth leather ear pads hold up really well. I've worn them probably hundreds upon hundreds of hours, and they haven't even begun flaking yet. They sound great even with the subwoofers turned to zero. I use them to listen to classical or other non bassy music while travelling. They got great noise insulation. If your environment isn't ridiculously loud, you won't hear it, and your environment won't hear your music either. The battery life is also ridiculously long, I use them often and only have to recharge them every other week They get very loud if you want to Reasons not to: No noise cancelling, which personally is something I rarely would have use for because of the noise insulation but in those rare occasions I do kind of miss that feature. Deep, but narrow ear cups. Your ears wont touch the driver, but the evos might be more on-ear than over-ear for some. Might not be balanced enough sound wise for some people. They are also closed back, but if you come to this sub you probably don't care about that.

Perhaps Sennheiser battery implementation is better than others. But even the best batteries have a service life. It’s an expected failure point, and the refusal for a company to identify this issue is an example of consumerism at it’s worst. I had a Drop Panda and two Skullcandy Crushers completely die in exactly a year I could have ordered a appropriate replacement battery and soldered in myself except the cup housings were snapped and glued to be permanently sealed. I really don’t understand what companies have against putting a cover plate on the electronics to make it accessible. It doesn’t require complex engineering to make a headphone serviceable. It’s just designed obsolescence and corporate greed IMO.

I got me some Skullcandy Crusher Evos. So far 1 years of literally constant use and inhuman amounts of sweating and they don't seem to care

I use Skullcandy Crusher Evo's. If you want blast beats to beat the shit out of your ear drums because of how crazy the bass is on your headphones, these are it. They're also usually on sale for 90 bucks on their website.