SkullCandy Lowrider (Black)

• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 2 reviews
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• 8 stars

  Overall good headphones

  by Alex2k12 on June 25, 2012

  Pros: The Skullcandy lowrider are very comfortable to wear with padded sleeves. They also fold up for easy storage or packing, useful if your going somewhere. The sound quality of these headphones is excellent.

  Cons: Not as much bass as i was expecting and i would of liked, that's the only drawback to these headphones.

  Summary: Overall, these are very good headphones, i would recommend buying them if you are looking for some.

  Summary: Overall, these are very good headphones, i would recommend buying them if you are looking for some.

• 7 stars

  Foldable, packable, better bass than I expected.

  by plindsey3 on November 14, 2010

  Pros: These are easy to pack, work well with my mp3 players and my iPods. They work well with my laptops, my portable video player and my desktop computer. They work well for pop music, and spoken vocals.

  Cons: These are on-ear or over-the-ear headphones, not true cups. They won't surround the ear of anyone older than an 8-year-old. My Sony MDR-7506 are on-ear design but are larger, cover more of the ear and the isolation difference is obvious.

  Summary: - I will use my iPod G4 as the reference source for this review. The loudest I NORMALLY play it is at 75% (the volume bar 3/4 of the ...

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  Summary: - I will use my iPod G4 as the reference source for this review. The loudest I NORMALLY play it is at 75% (the volume bar 3/4 of the way to max). I have sensitive ears, and at 51-years-old I impressed with my hearing; I want' to keep them healthy as long as possible.
  - I can hear all of the instruments and vocals well and evenly from .38 Special's "Fantasy Girl" with these plugged into my iPod Nano G4. Wes Montgomery's "Four on Six" upright bass and left-hand piano intro was deep but not overbearing, and Wes's guitar sounded like he was playing with his thumb - which he was, duh. Of course, you'd have to be a Wes Montgomery fan to know that, but to also be able to pick out the piano chords in the background made it a pleasure to listen to this track through these headphones. The drummer seemed to be enjoying himself without getting in the way, his cymbals were not overly crisp but I could tell he was using brushes on them at certain points. You won't be deceived into thinking these are high-end cans, but I don't think you'd be disappointed with the sound. It was easy for me to picture all four of these guys sitting in the studio playing together, which is how it was recorded.
  - "Guitar," from Prince's Planet Earth album was recorded too distorted for me, but "The One U Wanna C" was a happening track, reminiscent of his '80s stuff.
  - Israel Houghton's "Friend of God" track from Live From Another Level was clear, the horns were prominent when required but unobtrusive, the background vocals were clear, the bass not TOO tight and I could pump up the Nano 95% before it started to stress the sound. Honestly, I don't know if that little distortion was the headphones or the Nano itself.
  - Fred Hammond's "Celebrate (He Lives)," features two rhythm guitars, bass and drums as the main sounds, plus organ, keys and strings for color. It's easy to hear everything in the mix plus the harmony of the background vocals can be heard clearly enough for a choir director to pick out the voices. Fred loves bass, and his stuff is a little strong for these headphones. "They that Wait," from Hammond's Love Unstoppable album verified this; the bass was a little more than these phones can accurately handle without stressing, but everything else was clear. In comparison, my Skullcandy HESH phones could handle the bass with the Nano cranked, but those cans are heavy in the low-midrange and may become tiresome to listeners who don't like the low end. My Sony MDR 7506 phones went the other way, still handled the track's bass with no stress with the Nano maxed but scooped the low-mid and tilted the sound toward the treble end.
  - I cranked Earth, Wind & Fire's "Mighty Mighty" to the max and it sounded better overall on these phones than on all the other cups and in-ears I own. I could hear every voice and every instrument. Full disclosure: These headphones make me play "Mighty Mighty" over and over! I love the way Verdine White's Fender Jazz Bass pumps in the background to outline this song. Bad Company's "Holy Water" is almost as entertaining, but it was recorded with heavy reverb which is a lot more noticeable on my Nano than it was on FM radio when it first came out in the'70s.
  - Yolanda Adams's "Through the Storm" sounds like a great vocal recording through these phones with the Nano maxed, no distortion anywhere. She sings with her usual vocal power and the production appears to have no sonic distortion but a lot of vocal authority and a wide dynamic range for the strings' volume level. Again, I would not normally listen with my Nano cranked but being able to do so without any of the instruments sounding distorted at a high volume speaks well of the recording and the Skullcandy Low Riders ability to handle the pressure. Through my Sony MDR 7506 phones this track sounds like something I might want to hear in a studio. Interestingly, the bass sounded a little stronger, but her voice sounded further back in the mix compared to her vocals in the Skullcandy. That's opposite of the perception I got with Hammond's "They that Wait." I have no explanation for that.
  - Bottom line, if you need a decent set of headphones to travel with or you want something that covers the ears to plug into your portable entertainment or music systems you can do much worse than these. I recommend them for both uses and as a spare set, just in case.

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