Harman/Kardon CL Stereo Headphone Review by Dale

I with with the wife as she added to her collection of products made by Apple and saw these, boxed only sadly. I would have loved it if they had one on dispaly to listen, so will keep my eye out.

The first thing that struck me was their sheer beauty!

and the weight of the box! The price seems not too bad either at £170.

Here's a closer look with the video.

http://youtu.be/aU13xqPbpEs

How well do they isolate and do they leak sound?

Isolation is average - sitting 20 feet from the dishwasher, the highs disappear and the other most irritating parts of the sound are definitely suppressed, but the biggest overall part of the noise remains. If I had to rate it compared to around-the-ear closed headphones like the Philips L1 and the ATH M50, I'd say it's not as good but not a lot worse. Does a good job for on-ear I think.

Leakage is pretty low - I put some rock music tracks playing that had a constant sound level, fairly loud, then I pressed the earcups against my leg so they would be sealed about the same as on my ears, and I could hear the sound faintly by getting my ear within an inch of the earcups. The best test is in bed - I didn't go loud there, but at moderate volume the person next to me could not hear anything. You could use these in any office cube and play at a good volume, no problem.