The Sony PFR-V1’s are actually two mini speakers which are said to mimic an extravagant audio setup. There’s a whole bunch of tech-specs which supposedly justify the $540 price but whatevs, at the end of the day these kinda ruin the premise of headphones. Last we checked headphones were meant for private listening. Not to mention you’ll look like a total douche rocking these on the subway.
We can’t imagine these working at all in a noisy environment so if you decide to shell out the cash make sure your daily commute doesn’t include skydiving. Or, you know. The train. Oh yeah the mini plug is gold-plated. Whatever that means.
For some reason, when I saw this, I thought right away of putting a pair of speakers instead of beers in my “beer drinking cap”… would save me a bundle!
Jon
The purpose of these headphones is not for taking on the subway. It’s for the audiophile experience you enjoy with your speakers at home that you can bring around with you. I imagine they are “open” headphones so they are only suited for a quite room. These types of headphones would sound like speakers without waking up your family and something you could bring with you to a hotel room etc…