Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

About me: Not only am I a music lover, but also a musician and sound engineer. So, I have a very good ear for sound reproduction and quality. That said, here's what I can say further (Note: I'm a REAL customer that paid full-price for these phones and NOT a professional reviewer that got these for free): Pros: - Excellent product design. Forget plastic! Only faux leather padding and aluminum here folks. They look sleek and feel of quality while in the hands and on your head. The sweetest looking cans I've ever owned. - Great bass (without overwhelming bass) and solid mid-range response. Excellent sound detail (almost on par with my studio monitor phones I use for sound recordings) and plenty of volume for most folks. A decently-balanced and loud sound for a variety of genres. See the exception in "Other considerations". - Enhanced bass boost/response while active noise-cancellation is activated. Purists may shun the coloration of the sound, but the phones boost the lower frequencies whilst the noise cancellation is turned on. Excellent for listening to rap/hip-hop/electronic music casually. - Generally comfortable and a good fit. They feel heavy in the hands, and you would expect too much heft on your head. But putting them on my head, I was surprised that they didn't feel too heavy at all, even after sometime with them on. It needs saying that I am used to having big 'ol studio monitors on for long duration when recording and mixing music, so perhaps your mileage will vary here depending on what kind of phones you are used to wearing. The ear padding is super soft and outright luxurious. Well done. - Great sound isolation with the around-the-ear design of these phones. Plus, the active noise cancellation can help to further suppress the lower frequency, ambient sounds in the environment if needed. - Pairing was flawless and the Bluetooth range is as good as you would expect. Battery life seems solid. - Low-cost for the feature set. Even lower-end Bluetooth phones can cost $40-$50 in Best Buy stores. - The product comes with a nice case to carry and protect your investment. Cons: - The head band has very little padding, and this can be a little uncomfortable on the top of the head over prolonged use. - The active noise-cancellation feature needs more refinement. When on, a low hiss is audible once the music volume is turned down below 10% or so. Not noticeable with music at typical playback volumes. Might be an issue for you if you want to use these JUST for noise-cancelling say whilst reading on a plane or for a similar use case. These are my first pair of active noise-cancelling phones, so I cannot compare to say Bose or Beats in this regard, but the noise-cancelling does little for mid-range/higher frequency ambient noise reduction. It only reduces lower frequency ambient noise. (Minus 1/2 star) - Oops! Someone at BOHM made a coding error? with the firmware. If you long-press the "+", the phones go to the previous track (or beginning of the current one) and when you long press "-", they ADVANCE to the next track. In a UI sense, this actually kinda makes more sense in a way since most playlist interfaces show you going DOWN a list when you advance. So, the visual and the tactile UI elements match up better right? LOL Yeah Ok, not what they intended at BOHM, and it's the opposite with what the manual indicates. I can live with it, but it does little to engender confidence as a consumer. (Minus 1/2 star) Other considerations: - Higher frequencies are a little attenuated. Perhaps fans of classical/jazz might want a more pronounced higher-end response in their phones. If you listen to mostly classical/jazz, I'd look perhaps to Bose and spend the extra $ since they are purported to have a stronger high frequency response (don't know this from my own experience). I know that when compared to my studio monitor headphones, the BOHM B76s do not bring out the higher frequencies as much. Still a nice clear sound, just not as bright for some musical styles. I'm not taking off any stars for this, since this boils down to personal listening preferences. - If you're not used to closed, around-the-ear style phones, these may make your ears feel hot and stuffy, esp. for the first several days in. Some have complained on this point, but the phones are fine for me. Mileage will vary. You'll need to consider what headphone style you are used to wearing before buying these. One advantage of this is that as the weather has turned cold, the phones have helped to keep me warm on my evening walks. : ) I hope this review helps out! Feel free to shoot me any questions! : )