I
don't usually do articles about a particular product, especially headphones.
But
the US$250 Philips Fidelio L2, a pair of well built over-the-ear speakerphones
caught my eye as they were quite made and had the same comparative quality of
more expensive speakers as noted in the article “Philips Fidelio
L2 (Black) review: A hidden gem of a headphone”, published April 22, 2015
By David Carnoy and Steve Guttenberg, CNET News.
The
260 g Philips Fidelio L2 headphone isn't much talked about. In fact, on doing
this article was the first time I'd heard of this set of over-the-ear
headphones.
Philips Fidelio L2
headphone – Surprisingly well built for a US$250 pair of headphones
They're
surprisingly well built with an aluminum headband and padded leather covered
ear cushions with memory foam that conform to every contour and shape of your
ears.
260
g is a little heavy for a pair of over-the-ear headphones, but you won't mind
that much when you take a listen in them. They're basically a pair of semi-open-end
headphones with the padded leather-covered ear cushions that keep out as much
of the sound as possible.
Good
to note that the Philips Fidelio L2 headphones come with two cloth covered
cables.
However,
only one of them has an inline remote and microphone for mobile smartphone
usage, compatible with both Google Android and Apple iPhones. This inline
remote can play and pause tracks and skip forward and backwards and also allow
you to answer calls while listening to music, but there's no volume control
button.
Philips Fidelio L2
headphone – Great for Jazz and Rap but not Classical or Electronica
The
Philips Fidelio L2 headphone has good bass and dos Jazz and Rap music really
well, but doesn’t handle music that's got multiple tones and frequencies, like
classical and electronica.
This
may be because it’s an open back design, making it sound a lot fuller and less
like you're inside of a bubble.
Alternatives
to the Philips Fidelio L2 headphone that provide similar performance at the
same price are as follows:
1.
Sennheiser Momentum 2.0
2.
V-Moda Crossfade M100
3.
NAD Viso HP50
4.
Audio Technica ATH-MSR7
5.
Sony MDR-1A
Albeit
a little known product, at US$250 it's worthy of its place among these
headphones and trumps those in the US$300 to Us$500 price range as listed in my
blog article
entitled “Five
Great Over-the-Ear Headphones - Noise Cancelling, Comfortable, Fashionable
Bluetooth Music Streaming”.
So
if you looking for a little known pair of headphones with the same quality as a
US$500 pair of cans, then the US250 Philips Fidelio L2 headphone is truly a
bargain.
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