Sony MDR-770LP Headphones [Slightly High-End OTE Headset, 300kJ/m3 Neodymium Magnet, 3.5-mm (1/8-in) Gold-Plated Connector, Carbon Fiber Looks]

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If there’s one thing I can’t get enough of it’s rare-earth magnets in my audio headgear. There’s just something about having super-powerful magnets draped over my head that gets me all tingly inside. What a minute, maybe that’s the magnets. Anyway, headphone manufacturers of the high-end variety have been using things like neodymium for years to enhance the audio quality of their phones. But who has all that cash laying around to be able to enjoy them, anyway? Sony has the answer to your prayers with their latest over-the-ear headphones, the rare-earth powered MDR-770LP, and they bet that you’ll be attracted to them.

Rare earth magnets; I don’t know how they work or why they’re used in headphones, but apparently Sony does and that’s all that matters. Their new MDR-770LP headphones are loaded with tiny little neodymium magnets that are supposed to make them sound better than all those other headphones and their lame ordinary magnets. I’m not sure if all the hype is true, but I really like saying neodymium. The sort-of-high-end headphones offer up a 30-mm driver, 300kJ/m3 neodymium magnets, 12 Hz – 24,000 Hz frequency response and 107 dB/mW at 1 kHz sensitivity.

I know, I had you at neodymium. You really want to get your ears on these new headphones as quickly as possible, don’t you? Well that’s too bad. You are going to have to either settle for a pre-order at www.geekstuff4u.com or wait until they start shipping on November 19^th. Oh yeah, and all that magnet magic doesn’t come cheap…they’ll run you about $100.