E: 09/07 Win a pair of Grado PS500 headphones worth £700!

JamboDP

What type of headphones are the PS500?: *
Over-ear
On-ear
In-ear

I would call these on ear headphones can somebody please confirm




Whathifi

t3rm3y

over the head

dogcat_2

over the ear....there is no over the head answer.

dogcat_2

over the ear...sorry don't know why this posted twice!...:o

MorphJunk

I've got three sources that refer to them as on-ear so I think that's what I'll go with:

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/09/19/grado-ps500-headphones-announced/

http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/headphones/1289365/grado-ps500/specifications

http://www.hifichoice.co.uk/news/article.asp?a=10187

twinkUK

Agree with on-ear. From Grado's own website:

Somewhat smaller than the PS1000’s, they fit “on” the ear and not over/around the ear.

luckylady0

How confusing - I suppose the ones that 'clip/twist' on around the back of the ear to hold in place are called 'over the ear'?

eca_

They are On-ear or Supra-Aural.

There are three types of headphone:

On-ear /Supra-Aural - sit on the ear

Over-ear / Circum-Aural - bigger and sit around the ear so the ear is inside

In-Ear or IEM or earphone or earbud - in your ears (like the apple buds)

eca_

luckylady0 wrote: »

How confusing - I suppose the ones that 'clip/twist' on around the back of the ear to hold in place are called 'over the ear'?

No those are generally sports earbuds or if they are the full sized speaker (rather than in-ear) they're called clip-ons... yes, a little confusing!

lifeiswar

I'm slightly baffled by the confusion.

Over the ear = headphones that cover the ear (noise cancelling headphones)

On ear = headphones that clip on the ear or don't cover the ear (like them bluetooth head clip things and sports headphones and the old walkmen style)

In ear = headphones that plug into the ear (standard)

beergut100

Usually the WhatHiFi comps are much less ambiguous than this and have the answer somewhere on the site. I thought "on-ear" phones were the Dre-Beats style all the kids have, whereas these look as if your ear would fit completely inside the foam.