Skullcandy Launch Supreme Sound

With all star Parisian event...

There is a lot of headphones on the market today. Scratch that – there are a lot of expensive headphones on the market today that are merely pricey because of the flashy colours or the celebrity influence on them. How do you you know what’s actually decent?

Popular headphone creators Skullcandy invited Clash to their Supreme Sound launch party in Paris to talk about why they aren’t just a lifestyle brand anymore, and why they’re an audio lifestyle brand that sits above their competitors.

At the event is the innovator of these headphones Tetsuro Oishi, who went into the project with the intention of bringing out three components with crystal clarity: bass, vocals and highs. These three audio components encompass the entire audio spectrum and are the foundation of this new Supreme Sound experience.

Here’s their new ethos broken down:

Attacking bass: Consumer headphones often deliver suppressed muddy bass or exaggerated boomy bass. Attacking bass packs a sound that is punchy and powerful.

Natural vocals: Conventional head-phones sound tinny or hollow – like they are being pushed through an AM radio. Supreme Sound creates a warm and smooth listening experience so you can hear every inflection in your favorite songwriters lyrics.

Precision highs: Typical headphones in the market create a harsh or dull sound that can be fatiguing to the ears. Skullcandy harnesses precision, clean and spacious highs so you can enjoy those snappy high hats.

We have a listen to this evolution in sound for ourselves, and as much as we like to prove people wrong – they aren’t lying. You can hear everything the way it’s meant to be heard. Nothing is taking the lead over the other like so many headphones get wrong with their relentless pushing of the bass.

Supreme Sound Launch Party Paris

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To prove how much they care about sound (and partying), they invite Mim and Entek to DJ, as well as Khalid and Chokolate (the producers of De la Soul’s album ‘First Serve’) to the event, which proves too much for Paris to handle. French cafe owners run up to the door screaming for the noise to be turned down, which attracts the attention of the police who threaten to shut the party down. The noise is turned down, but the beats still swarm the street until midnight.

“Headphones should not be defined by audio quality in itself,” says Tetsuro. “It should be defined by audio quality, convenience and comfortability, because it touches your skin. As you know, your skin around your ear is one of the most sensitive parts of your skin, so you want to make sure it’s comfortable.”

These headphones do feel like someones strapped very trendy feathers to your ears – they are that comfy. The weight of them is deceivingly light to for such crafty looking headphones too, but Tet says their is still improvements to be made on that front: “We have a lot of athletes wearing our headphones and the first problem with that is weight. The second problem is the cable. It’s on the way, maybe we are doing wireless…maybe. Skullcandy is just writing a book and we are at chapter 1.”

The price range for the new line of Supreme Sound headphones consists of:

Aviator: £149.99
Hesh: £59.99
Hesh with Mic: £64.99
Mix Master Mike: £270
FIX: £59.99

Words by Jamie Carson

Catch up with Skullcandy HERE.

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