On Earz Lounge

The success of Skullcandy, WeSC and others means that design has become the main sales argument in a certain segment of the market. Other brands have followed the lead of these two, such as iFrogz or On Eerz.

Design and build: simple but effective

The Lounges haven't tried to outdo the ultra showy Skullcandy designs. Our test model is entirely in white, with simply the On-Earz brand name written on each of the phones. Note however, that this white design gets grubby very quickly.

Not much comes with these headphones, just a practical extension. It would have been nice to see a casing at least.

On your head, the Lounges are very light. The frame is very standard, with a plastic arch and metal slides on either side to adjust the speaker height. In spite of being light, the arch gives good traction on the ears. The padding is very comfortable and gives nice comfort. It's a shame that the padding cover is so thin and no doubt not very durable.

Audio: not bad at all

We all know that designer headphones often lack sound quality. But the Lounges actually do pretty well.

Astonishingly, they aren't too "bassy"... quite the contrary in fact. This impression is confirmed by the fact that low down in the spectrum, the curve climbs linearly, almost perfectly. When it comes to the sound itself, this puts the bass and low-end more in the background with a preponderance of high-end which can become tiring if you're listening for too long.

Although not extremely precise, the sound is fine for this type of headphones. We weren't in any case expecting anything close to what you get from the best hi-fi equipment.

All the same, these Lounges are pretty astonishing. With an acknowledged similarity to the hottest headphones on the market right now, they nevertheless don't give a flattering sound but something that is doubtless closer to reality than most boom-orientated sets.