CES 2008: Fugliest headphones awards
By Barb Dybwad 
posted Jan 10th 2008 6:48PM
posted Jan 10th 2008 6:48PM
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plug that bad boy into a brown zune.
They're obviously Halo 3:Can't sue me because we have brown instead of black edition Headphones
#2 just looks horrible.
The Koss are seriously the worst ones! zomg!
I heard a while ago that brown is the new black.
"a while ago" ?... like 30 years ago?
Says the man named "Scirroco"...
http://image.automobilemag.com/f/features/news/6673837/0602_volkswagen_scirocco_445.jpg
Good thing those bling buds tell you they're hip and stylish, because I wouldn't have known otherwise.
with digital sound to boot
I think the pink ones aren't so bad. :/
I think the pink ones aren't so bad. :/
hey veronica isn't wearing them!
Jeez. Koss have really let themselves go. They're like headphones for neon crash test dummies. At least the first ones have a military appeal to them -- assuming you're really into hideously-designed military gear. The bling buds just look like cheap dollar store things for little girls.
The nasty brown/green matches the nasty Halo 3 Xbox 360.
Is that what they were going for? Or did they just decide to close their eyes and throw darts at a color wheel?
"Or did they just decide to close their eyes and throw darts at a color wheel?"
yes but it looks like they missed.
let's bring them to VB ans see what she says XD
i definitely think the first ones would be great for the Halo player if they could be modded to plug into a controller! i've been wishing i could play on xbox live but still use headphones for a long time, especially in games like call of duty where hearing a grenade bounce behind you is essential to living. ;)
Obviously Koss had to be in that list. Have they ever made any good looking headphones? Really a shame because Koss sound great. In the end I love my recabled Koss, no matter how fugly they are (not as fugly as THAT Koss though).
I'm kinda digging the bling buds. Must be the residual cravings of that plastic jewellery phase I went through when I was nine.
Feed me Seymour!
the brown and green ones look like Koss UR-20 with a mic on them. i would be interested if they didnt look like they were retrieved from a colonoscopy of a man who ate nothing but pea soup.
They're re-colored Koss SB45's and sound great for gaming. Best headsets under $30 and beats most $100 headsets.
They're re-colored Koss SB45's and sound great for gaming. Best headsets under $30 and beats most $100 headsets.
so they are. Koss makes some damn good stereophones for the money. i had Koss and then i went with Sennheiser for a change. they are still really nice but Koss has better bang for the buck. i wish i would have seen these before i bought that HP headset for $30.
The first one almost looks like a early concept of the Halo 3 Xbox 360 headset.
Oh Dear God. My EYES!
How do I get the brown and green ones?
-Line
Bling buds. Genius.
I don't see what the big deal is with the first pair. I guess the color coordination is kind of sketchy, but they look big and comfy and functional, which is all I care about. Everything besides the first pair is absolutely atrocious, though.
Sweet lord, didn't these people at some point involve someone with eyes in the design process?
You want awesome-sounding-but-FUgly? Koss Pro/4aa. Best headphones under $100, literally designed in the 70's, though.
benheck gets stabbed in the back.
Et Tu engadgé?
No no #3 are the ugliest... even has fake bling bling and "high quality digital sound" woohoo!
I actually kind of like the first one! Lose the mic, and it'd make a great extension for zune players.
this should be awardet with the Crapgadget award.
The goggles! They do nothing... wait did I read that here?
those olive and brown ones would go gook with the halo xbox, if they replaced the brown with black or metallic orange.
The printing on the pink ones isn't that hot, but they're awesome phones for girls into NASCAR. If you're not part of the NASCAR crowd, you won't get it.
The green ones are actually really cool. I saw them at the show, they vibrate with the bass signal.