Google made these wired retro headphones…. why? Do they suck? We know they will let’s be real, but this video is about *how* much they suck.
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Urbanears? i used the headband for Grado cup in the past…
These look like old Skullcandy headphones
It’s kinda hilarious to me that the bass specifically measures pretty exceptionally, but everything else is truly terrible
Because of you and many other YTrs I’ve decided from this day forward not to click on any other thumbnails where a person is making a ridiculous face.
You call these retro and here I am using a set of Lafayette headphones from 1973. Yes, they still work fine and are a coaxial driver design. Heavy but not to bad for comfort due to the really wide headband. Did put on a new set of pads from Brainwaves because the original ones are now almost solid. If you would like to graph these let me know.
It would be interesting to see what you can get out with some modifications and tuning
I wonder if dms knows that moon drop released the moon drop old fashioned headphones with a removable 2 pin connector and removalable headband to replace it with a ear hooks whenever it gets made.
these look like 5$ Chinese crappy ones that i saw on ebay one day
Unironicly the most weird frequency response I’ve seen.
Those are chinies oem headphones. I have seen veeery similar headphones from diferent brands sold for around 20-40$ like 15 yeares ago
happy for you that you have so much money to throw away…
Google Themed Omega’s?
If Happy Meals ever gave out headphones, this is how I imagine they’d look.
the stickyness is just rubber that turned back into oil
mod
I’d be interested as to what kind of driver they’re actually using, or if it was like a rebranded Grado or something. I also agree with the user(s) who’ve mentioned adding Koss drivers to them.
What a nice nugget! However Dankpods sounds different nowadays
These can be found in aliexpress by the name “Fashion ABS Wired Ear Headphones” I think they are the same ones without the branding.
The old school Google logo, that’s pre Harambe technology.
Personally I would try and mod them with good parts…. that were available the same time they were originally made. Essentially “What if the Google Wired Headphones had been peak?”
That sounds appealing, molding them into another headphone. Maybe swap with Meze 99 drivers?