Typical price: £300
What is it: Unique open-form headphones
What we think: Expensive, impractical, but unique in their abilities
What you need to know
Reviewed on: 16 April 2008
Tags: Sony, Sony PFR-V1 headphones, low price, bass response, earbuds
We like:
Sound quality; speaker-like listening experience
We don't like:
Price; not amazingly comfortable; inconvenient for most listening environments
Also known as:
PFRV1
You might also need:
MP3 player
CNET UK judgement:
An interesting product, but not one we'd ever pay nearly £250 to own. Too many other headphones offer superior sound quality, although they won't give you the unique speaker-like experience the PFR-V1s do. But if you hate headphones and love speakers, you may fall in love
Full review:
Before you turn up your nose in disgust, it's important not to dismiss these headphones based on looks alone. They are -- at heart -- simply a new type of headphone, in the same way earbuds were when they first came on the market in the '90s. Continue Reading...
Sony PFR-V1 headphones History
1 May 2008 in Reviews
You may think headphones should cost no more than a tenner. Some actually cost hundreds of pounds, and fortunately, they sound amazing. We've rounded up our most expensive favourites
16 Apr 2008 in Crave
Crave TV: Sony's PFR-V1 headphones out and about in London
We took Sony's peculiar PFR-V1 headphones to the streets of London to gather opinions from the capital's gadget-hungry young popinjays
7 Apr 2008 in Crave
Sony PFR-V1 headphones: Sound great, look 'special'
We've got Sony's tripped-out new 'Personal Field Speaker' -- that's a Japanese term for 'odd headphones with spikes that jam in your ear canal'. But oh my, they sound very nice indeed
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