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hey how's it gone guys this is Dave 2d and this is my review on some wireless bluetooth headphones made by monoprice that are new for 2015 so the name of these headphones is terrible I'm just gonna put it out there it's called Wireless on the ear headphones with built-in microphone it's a very generic sounding name it's a very Asian sounding pain and it's just a really bad name but I choose not to judge books by their cover I'm chose not to judge these headphones by their terrible name so here's my review so monoprice is a company that's probably best known for their cables they make really great quality cables at a inexpensive price and that's probably how they built up their brand now these headphones are very inexpensive they're about 40 or 50 dollars depending on the color and on the outside the packaging actually looks pretty premium so for this review I have a white one and a black one and you can see some specs on the back of the box I'm never really crazy about paper specs for headphones but to that interest me are the weight it's about half a pound so 222 grams and it's got 40 millimeter drivers so I'm not the type of YouTube guy that does overly dramatic unboxings but I did an unboxing anyways just to show you what's inside so the Box has a magnetic flap to keep it shut and when you open it up it's got that super cheap looking clamshell plastic stuff but whatever it's got a box of accessories and an instruction manual and the headphones themselves which I had a tough time getting to stand up okay so the accessory box has a microUSB charging cable and a black carrying pouch which I personally really don't like they call it a velvet pouch but it's like a velour material it's really not my thing but I guess that's better than nothing right to turn these headphones on and off you use this switch so I paired it up to several Android phones and iPhones without any problems so that's good but the controls on this thing take a little time to get used to you press these small black buttons on the back here to skip to the next song or go to the previous song but you use these same buttons for volume control you kind of hold them down and you'll hear a series of beeps as it increases or decreases in volume it actually works really well but it took me some time to get used to and there's a big button here so you press it to pause or play music or it's activate Siri and you can also use it to pick up or end calls speaking of phone calls so remember the amazing name these headphones have with built-in microphone so here's the thing this built-in microphone is terrible it kind of works but it's really really quiet and it's not something I would want to rely on for making calls I don't ever use the mics on wireless headphones so I didn't care but if you need your wireless headphones to have a proper mic you really should look elsewhere okay so the headphones themselves I think the design of these headphones were clearly inspired by Beats not that Beats look super ugly or anything but if you don't want your headphones to look like beats these things look like beats the cushioning around the ears are very comfortable it looks like leather I think they try to make it feel like leather but it is synthetic and I think is very comfortable and durable the hinges are made with a combination of metal and plastic so it's a metal bar that pops out but underneath the metal for I guess extra support or just to provide some thickness it is plastic but those hinges are surprisingly durable I put a little pressure on it to try to bend it backwards and held up really well the headband that runs across has his rubber material on the bottom it feels very similar to the rubber on the headband of beats but I'd say it's a little bit grippier it's a very flexible headband but I found the length of it to be a little bit short I think I have a pretty average head size but I have to wear these headphones at the largest setting they're comfortable for me but if you have a really large head these might not fit you that well so this thing advertises a 1,300 to 1,600 hour standby time I didn't test it out because ain't nobody got time for that but it did test the regular usage and I got a little bit over 30 hours and about 50% volume the advertised 36 but I'm pretty happy with 30 and to charge this thing up you plug in the mark your USB and it lights up orange so I guess the most important thing is how do these things sound so over the past week I listened to them a lot so how do they sound well I'll try to keep it short they sound pretty good the bass is heavy it's punchy and it can get nice and loud but it is noticeably heavy the mids are a little flat it's not washed out you can notice some missing detail on the sound but I'd say the highs are lacking the most detail it's just not very crisp in the upper frequencies I think these headphones are good for listening to bass heavy music but it's not ideal for classical or vocal heavy music and you definitely don't want to use these as studio monitors but overall these sound pretty good for just casual music listening especially at that price and when you're done you can fold it on the two hinges into thirds and you can put it into that sweet velour bag okay so here's the bottom line for 40 or 50 dollars I think these are a great value you're not gonna get an amazing sound quality at this price range you're gonna get very respectable sound quality with really good build quality at an awesome price so there are some features that I wish it did have particularly the ability to plug in a wired connection but I mean if you're buying these you're interested in Wireless anyways so that's what you get a pair of really good valued wireless headphones anyways I do have the black one I haven't opened it if you guys want me to give it away let me know in the comments below I will kind of judge how badly people want that thing and if you guys liked the review let me know you guys didn't 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