KEF Porsche Design SPACE ONE WIRELESS Over-Ear Noise Cancelling Bluetooth Headphones (Black)

So I rarely ever write reviews, so when I do, it means I really love the product, or it's awful. In this case, I REALLY love these headphones. I've never owned a Porsche, but I have owned a few pairs of KEF speakers, and they have incredible sound so I purchased these. The build quality is top notch, with most of it being chic machined aluminum. Even the headband is titanium coated aluminum. The headphones are very comfortable even after wearing them for several hours straight. There are quite a bit of reviews stating these won't fit well for people with larger ears. My ears are larger than average and these fit just fine. Unless you're dumbo, I don't see a problem. The headphones have the signature KEF sound: deep, clean, tight bass, clear mids, and crisp highs. These headphones have an almost neutral soundstage, save the slightly forward midrange (which does not overwhelm the highs). I consider myself to be a critical listener, so when I say the sound quality does not disappoint, that's exactly what I mean. The headphones have a bit of weight to the, but not so much that they easily slide off your head, or become uncomfortable. The active noise cancelling works quite well. While it's not quite up to Sony's or Bose offerings, they still do a fine job cancelling most noise. While the price tag is a bit higher than it's comparable offerings, you are buying two big names...KEF and Porsche. Another excellent addition that audiophiles and enthusiasts will appreciate is the use of bluetooth 4.1 and aptx. If you're a fan of sleek design, high quality construction, and excellent sound quality, than you will be pleased with these headphones.For best sound results, please allow 200 hours of turn-in time.

The headphone looks nice and packaging is even nicer ! However these are heavy and not comfortable to wear and they are bit bulky.The ear pads are small and they DOESNT GO OVER EAR which is absolutely shame.They just sound OK. Out of the box the leather/material smelled horrible.KEF makes really great speakers but I would give this headphone a miss. It’s going back to Amazon. There is much better options in this price range or less.I am going with Sony which make more affordable and comfortable headphones.

I love these head phones and they've been a great upgrade from the M500 that they used to sell. They seem to be selling more of the M400 and these new space one headphones. The only criticism I have for KEF is the comfort of the Space One isn't on par with their M500. I think those had the perfect level of comfort and an innovative design for a jack on the left and towards the back so you could just drape it behind you and would hardly notice it. I wish they had kept that design and comfort on this model but, the sound is still KEF sound EVEN on wireless mode! Wow, I was shocked. I would even joke while showing them off with someone behind me and when I'd turn on the noise cancelling I'd say, "Now I'm going to start talking and you won't be able to hear a word I'm saying." Everyone would laugh because, they thought I was just moving my lips.

Great sound and not need of noise cancelling all the time

These headphones would not take a charge so they were useless.

I said this is PERFECT !!

Very nice sound,my iphone found them in second ,10 meters 100%sound quality,am not regret

Excellent.

I recently purchased the Sony MX3s and was happy with them until the 4.1.1 firmware ruined the noise cancelling and they developed a hiss, luckily all within 12 days, so back to Argos they went for a refund.I was thinking about the Bose QC35-iI as I owned the earlier version and was on Amazon about to order them when I saw these, the price was £280 and I hurriedly searched the amazon reviews , YouTube etc and the results were mixed, some said they are too tight, some that the noise cancelling was worse than the MX3 (before the fw update, look at the Sony UK forums 35 pages of people saying how upset they are ) or the Bose but all praised the build quality , these are all metal, seriously however good they look in the photos, they look better in real life.Anyway I pulled the trigger, opted for same day delivery and once they arrived popped them on to test and to break in the drivers.Ok here’s my opinion1. They are heavy but extremely comfortable.2. The sound quality is amazing, it’s better with the ANC off but that’s because they are trying to give you a Pure sound and they succeed. The soundstage narrows slightly with anc on, but they do on all headphones.3. Noise cancelling, I prefer the ANC to the Sony one, it seems just as effective but doesn’t put any pressureBasically, if you’re on the market for noise cancelling headphones, these are the best I have ever tried.Now I’m off to listen to more songs and notice details I hadn’t picked out before

If you like the type of sound reproduce from KEF’s speakers, you will not regret with this purchase of the headphone. Balanced and high quality sound, effective noise cancellation, highly stylish (in particular the Space One is designed by Porsche Design), incredible battery life (more than 30 hours even with noise cancelling and Bluetooth functions switch on, in general that lasts for connected flights without the need for recharge), works wired or wirelessly, simple and easy control buttons on headphone.

'Over the ear' headphones that don't actually fit over your ear. Great sound, great build quality, but unless you have very small ears they will probably be very uncomfortable. Also quite heavy and made my head sore within about half an hour. Makes me sad that premium headphone designers don't seem to place any value on comfort.

Didn't fit over the ears properly.Noise cancelling sub par.Still uses micro USBDecent battery life but not stellar.

Love it, arguably the best in market so far.