Thread: Headphones: Skullcandy ASYM - I think it's short for awesome.

I'm using an Amazon link to a hideous color because these are cheap:
Amazon.com: Skullcandy S2ASBZ-WZ Asym Earbuds, (White): Electronics

Skullcandy had these in their shop site under 2009 products, but I see they have decided to yank em, so thats why I'm not using their own linkage, sorry. Their main site is www.skullcandy.com though.

Anyways...these are designed for "under helmet/under beanie" use. I saw them tonight at Target and after being such a big proponent of their Ink'd series buds for riding, I had to give these a try. Unfortunately I am driving for work tomorrow and will be off-bike for a few days, so no on bike testing yet...but I can say I was able to successfully put them on/in and get my helmet on/off twice without any loss of sound in em .

That means they didn't shift around on me at all, and they seem to be held in place nicely due to their design - once the helmet is on. The key is they make that nice bend to the ear canal that the regular 'bud-style' headphones do not, which when you have a helmet contacting one end of them...typically results in the 'phone falling out.

Speaking of that other end, the flat side with the logo is actually the part which rests flush out of your ear, and is more surface that is the same plane as your head. So when contacting your helmet, the helmet isn't pushing them anywhere but in more.

The last but not least factor is, their frequency response is 20hz-20khz and they sport a 13.5mm driver. For the in-ear type units, thats a pretty big honkin driver. Most are 9-11mm. I assume these were made this way to keep the bass in tact as you are riding.

I won't glow about them till I have at least a hundred miles and a few on/offs with em, but I thought I should at least share the find. I got them at my local Best Buy (last pair) for $39.95. I perused Target (usually vy. timely with SC products) and they had them too, but only in a hideous black/green combo.

They do include a somewhat sturdier version of what seems to be a standard on the upper-end skullcandy stuff now, the zipper pocket holder for the headphones. One side appears to be a structural foam w/nylon cover, and the other half zips onto it as a little mesh cover - pretty trick for carrying in your pocket when not in use


Closing thoughts:
Until now I haven't seen an off the shelf headphone/in ear monitors that looked as promising as these, and/or actually had the word "helmet" on the packaging. I'm easy to please...I'll toss these in the wifes jacket pocket before we go riding for the next time and see what she says. She hates headphones because they always fall out on her after an hour or two of riding, sometimes less. If these do the trick...well thankfully thats one less b-day present I have to wonder about

whoa! silly deals to be had there!