Skullcandy Headphones are Worthless

It's not a surprise that warranty info is the second page that comes up on a Google search for Scullcandy. I refuse to ever buy a pair of these headphones. I used to work at a commercial CD shop and they were the only earphones sold there. They were retardedly overpriced and OFTEN came back and returned within a FEW DAYS. Everyone said the same thing: "I was just wearing them and they fell apart". Just by looking at them it's obvious that the budget is being spent on the look of these headphones and not the sound quality. What GOOD headphones come in three or more different looks? These headphones really are trash right out of the box, just ask anyone at

http://www.last.fm/group/Skullcandy+sucks!

One of the animals I live with destroyed my Koss headphones so I ventured out to Best Buy to pick up another pair. I thought it closed at ten but the store closed at nine and I had to think of an alternative. First I tried the 24 hour Midwest super store Meijer.


The Headphone section was almost entirely Skullcandy. Aside from two pair of Sony headphones, but the worst models. Don't get me wrong about Sony. They do make some great headphones but I used to own a pair of the cheap Sonys that were here and they were terrible! The other model was the "Noise Canceling" model. which "may introduce additional noise, usually in the form of high-frequency hiss." Also, I dunno it seems kind of dangerous to me. What if there's a tornado or something and you don't hear it because you have your "Noise Canceling Headphones" on. So then I tried Target.

The "Hear and Now" section at Target was pretty similar. I outlined the Skullcandy part and it went on like that for a bit longer. You can see the two Sonys down there next to the I-Pod speakers(don't get me started). I was surprised by this though.


I'm sure they would have sounded great if I had been in the market for $140.00 headphones! I have to be happy that the expensive ones are still around. I'm not going to buy them, but at least were not totally stuck with Skullcandy. I find it ironic that:

"In 2008, Skullcandy announced its partnership with Metallica for the band’s ninth studio album, Death Magnetic, released in September. The collaboration produced Metallica-branded Skullcandy headphones, Metallica Hesh and Metallica Lowrider, to debut alongside the new downloadable album." -Wiki

Death Magnetic was remastered on Guitar Hero 3 by an unknown person and it became an internet phenomenon. The original album sounded so terrible do to the "Loudness War" that many fans claimed that the GH3 version sounded better! Could the Skullcandy name next to Metallica's be the reason fans paid so much attention to the sound of the album? Or did it sound bad because they were cruzin' down a half pipe on a skateboard listening with one Skullcandy ear bud cause the other fell apart. Guess I'm buying some mid-grade Koss headphones tomorrow.