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Studio Headphones For My MacBook – Altec Lansing AHP524

I recently went to Nehru Place, Delhi, for some hardware shopping, and one of the things that I needed the most were some good quality headphones for my MacBook. Though I still stand by my claim that my MacBook is the most awesome machine I’ve ever owned, the one thing that bugs me is the sucky speaker quality. Speakers for almost all laptops without a sound card suck, so this is a general resentment with laptop owners. I also bought the Altec Lansing AHS423 ‘Behind-The-Neck’ Headphones With Mic a few months ago, but since they are permanently glued to my PC, I needed new ones for my MacBook.

I did a quick market research before I decided which ones to go for, and my recent experience with the Altec Lansing customer support told me that I should refrain from buying equipment from Altec Lansing. But after the market research, the common opinion that I got was that Altec Lansing and Sennheiser are the companies that would offer me the best quality within my budget. For Sennheiser, I couldn’t find good enough models and prices, so the only choice I was left with was again, Altec Lansing. I wandered around for different models of Altec Lansing, and finally settled for the AHP524, the ‘DJ-style’ studio headphones.

The first thing that I noticed when I took out the headphones from their casing was the extremely long, 10 feet cable. This comes in handy when you want to sit back and enjoy a movie with popcorn from a distance. The cable for these headphones is even longer than the cable for the AHS423, my previous headphones.

Like the AHS423, this model too has gold plated connectors for minimum signal loss and crisper sound.

I plugged it in my MacBook’s audio jack and fired up iTunes. The headphones fit perfectly over my head, due to the adjustable band on top. The set was amazingly comfortable, something that I expected from these headphones. I would give the sound quality a 9/10 and the overall experience a 9.5/10. I just wish the build quality would be a little better, the plastic looks somewhat cheap. The new range of Altec Lansing’s headphones are amazingly flexible and of a much more beautiful build, but they are much more expensive too.

I got these for Rs 1025, that too after a lot of bargaining. Till now, they are working fine for me and I am pleased that I no longer have to deal with the crappy speaker quality of the MacBook speakers.

Which headphones do you use?

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