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Are skull candy headphones good?

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snowrida
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ive heard alot about them but negative and positive. more negative
Dec 15 2007 12:34PM
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miroz
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Well, it's a skiing company, and I've heard that their warranty is AMAZING.  I won a pair of smokin buds, and thus far I love them, they're great
Dec 15 2007 12:38PM
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babujib
Posts: 5039 - Karma: 104
not durable but good warranty, also sound quality is good but you can better for 90 bucks
Dec 15 2007 12:44PM
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snowrida
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yeah cause i have heard that they start off great quality, then they either the speakers blow or something else goes wrong with them after liek a few months.
Dec 15 2007 12:53PM
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Shorton
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i got a pair of icons for free and so far their great, ive heard good things about the warrenty, but their not amazingly durable
Dec 15 2007 12:55PM
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Fish_Sandwich.
Posts: 9108 - Karma: 16
warranty=legit
sound quality=sucks huge balls buy AKG
Dec 15 2007 12:57PM
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cobble_hills
Posts: 249 - Karma: 11
I've got a pair of smoking buds and they are absolutely horrible.

   You need two hands to put them in correctly (how to put in disposable ear plugs)
   Any slight tug on the cord pulls them out
   Any contact with the cord or bud muffles the sound
   Sound quality is sub-par.
Dec 15 2007 2:55PM
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samskisalot
Posts: 711 - Karma: 12
ive got the skullcrushers, and i love em. they are loud, sound quality seems good to me, and they have excellent noise cancelation. i use em in the sumer at work, driving a tractor, so i know this to be true.
Dec 15 2007 5:33PM
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[]Soul_Steeze[]
Posts: 2357 - Karma: 60
i wouldnt buy anything except the lowriders

and only if you can find em for a good deal

theyr not that great of a headphone for the amount of money you pay for em, but they do cater to skiing and thats cool to support em, iv found better headphones for cheaper...

so....
Dec 15 2007 5:37PM
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steezyjibber
Posts: 15967 - Karma: 11,016
i think the sound quality sucks, they're overpriced, and loose while skiing.
Dec 15 2007 5:45PM
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skeedle
Posts: 6156 - Karma: 628
they good and if you rememebr to register them they come with a lifetime warranty so you can get them replaced.
Dec 15 2007 5:46PM
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skiierman
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Plug them in, they play music and you enjoy the music so I'd have to go with a yes, they're good.
Dec 15 2007 6:07PM
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Utahpowderskier
Posts: 1336 - Karma: 14
You dont get skull candy headphones for the quality. Its more of a fashion statement and a set that you can take skiing more than anything. If you want to get a headphone that has great sound quality get the bose triport OE. I would never take them skiing obviously, but they are some of the best sounding headphones I have ever put on. I have had them for about 4 months now and I love them.
Dec 15 2007 6:23PM
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connoroh
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Dec 15 2007 7:30PM
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al_britskiier
Posts: 419 - Karma: 23
ive got a pair of smokin buds, and icons.
I use the buds when not skiing, they're great. decent sound quality, and block out alot of noise.
The icons are ok, better while skiing over ur hat with goggles over the top makes the sound a little better.
so i say yes, get some
Dec 15 2007 7:34PM
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JNew
Posts: 227 - Karma: 10
i have the smokin buds. and i think they are great. but whenever you are out in the cold with them, they don't stay in your ear.
Dec 15 2007 9:16PM
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skiminnesota
Posts: 9093 - Karma: 429
instead of paying 50$ or what ever skull candy's cost why not pick up a pair of these? 

http://www.shop.com/Studio_Monitor_Series_Headphones,_MDRV150-40610153-54020422-p!.shtml?sourceid=298
Dec 15 2007 9:19PM
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[]Soul_Steeze[]
Posts: 2357 - Karma: 60
those are pretty much the exact same as the lowriders except without all the flashy paint and wannabe grafiti logo all over em.

yea i have a pair kinda like that and they work really good.

i actually took my old pair of lowriders and broke the part that sits over your head off and then broke it to where its just the two actual headphone pieces and then i velcro'd those into my full face cuz i couldn't find a suitable headphone that would work/fir in the ear cavity.

i must say its pretty dope. they still work exactly the same and now they wont get broken!!
Dec 16 2007 1:43PM
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Liam.
Posts: 5172 - Karma: 21
i have the TI and there decent. sound is okay but for 35 dollars(had a gift card so got em for 17) i couldnt really as for much more. plus they look cool. just hope the speakers dont blow.
Dec 16 2007 2:34PM
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OAK_TREE
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mine broke the first time i took the to the hill. put them in a cup holder and when i get to the hill they are busted, still work but busted. didn't even put a cup on them and they broke. hopefully the good warranty  program they  got is still amazing.
Dec 16 2007 4:14PM
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ISkiSwitch
Posts: 3157 - Karma: 22
I had skullcrushers, and those were pointless. But right now I have the recruit headphones, just the normal over ear one, and it's sick. It was, 20 bucks I think, It has a decent sound range, and I found that they have pretty good durability too... I haven't sat on them or anything, but I don't "take care" of them and they still work and look like the day I got them. Last night it was all covered in snow after a fall in a little powder, and the melted snow (multiple times) has done nothing to the speakers.
Dec 16 2007 4:25PM
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396222687862
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recruits/icons/low riders are perfect for skiing, cheap, like 20 bucks and look nice. i use my crushers while skiing alone, got them for 40, i use them for gaming sometimes too, they are great for that. everyone says they are shit and only for fashion, but they look, feel and sound dope while riding. i dont know any other brand that makes a headphone for action sports,and the warentee is amazing
Dec 16 2007 4:34PM
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timmi
Posts: 12874 - Karma: 3,460
i got G.I's and they are pretty good. as loud as i need them to go and they have really good bass. look dope as hell too.
Dec 16 2007 4:44PM
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mmallender.
Posts: 5805 - Karma: 936
I have the full metal jackets and they are excellent. they're durable (which also gets upped by the metal casing), and great sound quality. the one thing I don't like about them is that the little ear cups fall out easier than I would like them to.
Dec 16 2007 4:52PM
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VT_scratch
Posts: 8710 - Karma: 5,615
is it really a skiing compamny?  i didnt know thats what they started out to be...
Dec 16 2007 6:32PM
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Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 149
reflected in the price?
Dec 16 2007 6:50PM
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TRLnottheshow
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bose all day everyday
Dec 16 2007 7:04PM
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killabees
Posts: 8558 - Karma: 494
headphones arnt woth it, it gets annoying after getting a pair over and over again
Dec 16 2007 7:05PM
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BigJew
Posts: 6974 - Karma: 79
The durability is crap, the sound quality is crap. And for those of you raving about their warranty, try actually getting a response when you want to warranty something. I had 2 pairs of smokin' buds fail and they wouldn't reply to my warranty claim. My friend's TI's failed after 2 weeks and he couldn't get a reply either.
Dec 16 2007 7:08PM
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samwise
Posts: 2592 - Karma: 36

shit i forgot to register mine... too late? ( i got them in october)

Dec 16 2007 7:11PM
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Schmidnj
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Dude, smokin buds cost like $10.  Is it really that much of a hit to your cash supply?  As for me I havent had a problem with mine.
Dec 16 2007 7:17PM
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saucybiscuits
Posts: 2554 - Karma: 173
I got some lowriders like 2 months ago and theyre great. if i ever break em ill get a new pair for free, and they look cool too.
Dec 16 2007 7:24PM
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bigwhite.steeze
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i warrantied a pair of smokin buds a while ago and they replied to my email within 12 hours...pretty fast if you ask me. it took about 3 week's from the time i mailed mine to the time i got them back with a new pair. and i asked for a different colour so now i have rasta ones instead of white ones...
Dec 16 2007 8:38PM
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mmallender.
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haha ya. it was well spent money tho
Dec 16 2007 10:37PM
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reggyboy
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personally i think they are the tits, clear sound an it blocks out other sounds pretty well also
Dec 16 2007 10:40PM
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nosnowsnakes
Posts: 301 - Karma: 133
I bought the smokin' buds for $9.99, the sound is decent but they don't stay in your ears worth shit. So unless you're wearing a beanie (or a helmet) then you're going to be messing with them all day.
Dec 17 2007 1:38AM
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Schmidnj
Posts: 387 - Karma: 10
This is true....other than falling out of your ear they work fine for me.
Dec 17 2007 1:40AM
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mmallender.
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i think that might be why you are given 3 different sizes of ear cups?
Dec 17 2007 3:38AM
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zerospinskier
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Shazam and bingo
Dec 17 2007 4:19AM
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ijibgoremtn
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i just got some hesh's and they sound good to me and i think they look sweet, i cant tell the difference between one headphone and another anyways its so minute that almost no one can, skullcandy supports skiing so i supported them in my search for new headphones
Dec 17 2007 11:49AM
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Jmanski
Posts: 1152 - Karma: 13
they sound terrible compared to similarly priced products but if  you dont care and just want style than there fine
Dec 17 2007 8:43PM
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bemmis
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if you want bass get the sennheiser hd212 pros. they have the second most bass of any headphone apart from the beyerdynamic dt770 pro/80, but those are $150
Dec 18 2007 11:36PM
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derbski
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anybody here have the full metal jackets? I wanna know how those ones work cause I asked for them for christmas
Dec 18 2007 11:50PM
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mmallender.
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they work excellent
Jan 3 2008 4:09AM
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dave44
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Skullcandys all over Vancouver, I wouldn't buy them but the fact that people do means more money for the sport of skiing.

I'm happy with my Sony earphones, but I'd like to try some Shure e2c's or something.
Jan 3 2008 4:24AM
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.hanaski.
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I've got TI's. I've heard better sound quality but they look dope. And the warranty's amazing.
Jan 3 2008 7:43AM
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thenakedcellist
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Sound quality is alright, price is a little high, but the warrenty is the best youll ever get.
Jan 3 2008 10:38AM
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salamander
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got smokin buds and they are great
Jan 3 2008 10:45AM
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Sufferboy
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i was skating and broke them they fixed them for free and it has a life time warenty

better than bose
Jan 3 2008 11:16AM
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Casey
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was wtih a girl that had some and shelet me try them on. they sound awesome, but when she was taking them out in the liftline one of the rubber caps fell off into the snow and was lost. ghey
Jan 3 2008 11:52AM
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spliff.Life
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not worth the price
Jan 3 2008 12:07PM
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