Harman Kardon Soho I

Powerful bass response and quality overall audio performance. Comfortable fit. Thinnest carrying case we've seen, making this an ideal travel headphone pair.

Could use more high-mid presence and crispness. Doesn't include many accessories.

Some will find both of the above options a little too focused on the lows and not enough so on the high-mids. If that's the case, consider the Sennheiser Momentum On-Ear, another same-price option that brings both big bass and crisper highs. If all of...

The ; are stylish, compact on-ear headphones that are relatively comfortable, fold up, and offer strong performance for their size. The headphone cord is detachable and replaceable and the headphones come with an Apple-friendly remote/microphone...

The hard clamshell case is ill-suited to the headphones' compact design and hard to use; the headphones let in a fair amount of external sound; could sound better for a $200 model.

The Harman Kardon Soho-I headphones are appealing if you're looking for a compact on-ear model, but they do have a few shortcomings.

On tracks with intense sub-bass content, like the Knife’s “Silent Shout,” the Soho delivers a substantial level of low frequency response, and does not distort, even at maximum (and unwise) listening levels. On-ear pairs of this size are not typically...