Sponsor | Everglide
Article Author | Jim "Im_Gumby" Corrado
Editor | Dave "reflux" Robertson & Ollie "Dex" Broughton
Professional grade... A marketing ploy to get you to shell out more bucks than the base model by giving you more features. In pickup trucks, it could be the ability to haul a heavier payload. For power tools, it could be a higher amp motor. For headphones, what makes it professional? After much time enjoying the s-500 headphones, here's what you can expect.
"Ultra-light Membrane for Instantaneous Audio Response" and "Enhanced Audio Positioning and Gaming Frequency Response" are two claims that without sound-isolation and expensive test equipment anyone can dispute, so I will leave it up to the manufacturer and the competition to keep them honest. What I can review for you is the rest of it.
And who is that devastatingly handsome reviewer?
As you can see, these headphones are not for you iPod types. These are designed for comfort at all-night frag fests and as such, have sacrificed some style points formore practicality.
Inside the plastic packaging, you will find the headphones, microphone, instructions (as if those are REALLY necessary for headphones), and a nylon carrying bag.
Specs from Everglide:
| Available Colors | Silver painted plastic with Black or White side covers |
| Cable Length | 122" (over 10 Feet!) or 3.1 m |
| Weight (w/o cord) | .79lbs or 360 g |
| Freq. Responce | 20Hz - 20,000Hz |
| Transducer | Dynamic |
| Nom. Impedance | 16 Ohm |
| Max Sound Pressure | 102dB (between a lawnmower and a jet engine) |
| Max. Power | 100mW |
| Warranty | None |
So what does 3.1 meters of cord look like when you're standing up and happen to be 5'9" tall?
And the microphone is just as long, but shown here as shipped.
