US$250 Philips Fidelio L2 headphones - Great bargain Headphones that's a Quiet Achiever

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.