Alienvibes EP02 40mm Over-Ear Headphones Review

Updated: August 4, 2013

There’s a lot of headsets on the market these days, and with the advent of the Beats by Dre line, style has become just as important as function to many buyer’s.

The people over at Ineo Tech have brought us a headset, the Alien Vibes EP02, which clearly draws at least some inspiration design wise from the Beats line, with packaging that is clearly reminiscent, and a headphone design that features a lighter, more curved design.

The headset itself is fairly stylish, coming a number of different colors ranging from the basic subdued black and white, to flashier brighter colors like red, pink and purple. They fit snuggly over your ears, and are surprisingly comfortable over prolonged use, never causing your ears to get tender or sore unless you’re blasting every song full blast.

The head band’s cushion is just think enough to provide only a minor sensation of it being on top of your head, and rests lightly on the back of your neck when you’re not actively wearing them. The set takes a pair of triple A batteries that last a good amount of time as long as you remember to turn the headset off when not in use, lasting as long as three days straight if you forget.

One of the nifty little parts of it’s design is that one of the symbols on the side is actually a disguised mute button, one that you hold down to turn off sound temporarily to hear what’s going on around you. It’s not that much easier than just sliding the earphones off your head, but it’s convenient since you don’t have to put them back on either.

In the box you not only get the phones themselves, but a carrying case, a pair of audio cables, one with mic the other without, an eighth inch to quarter inch adapter, airline adapter, and a cleaning cloth along with instructions. The audio cables are a little shorter than I’d prefer, but are still just long enough to work with portable audio devices or hooking up to a desk setup.

As far as it’s actual performance sound wise goes, they did a great job with noise cancelation and make a great option for traveling and isolating yourself from the outside noises. Like many headphones these days, the Alienvibes EP02 focus heavily on bass, but do so with out completing overbearing the low end. We know unless you can actually put a set of headphones on, it’s impossible to get a true idea of how they sound but we went ahead and recorded a few different genres of audio samples with a Zoom H1 stereo recorder right between both ear cups to give you some sort of reference.

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The midrange is a little less focused than I would have liked, so with vocal driven songs/acoustic music it doesn’t sound as pronounced as I would have liked but for rock, electronic, obviously hip-hop or anything drum and bass focused, these excel. Also, one thing to note, with how media driven things are with portable entertainment on our smartphones/tablets, these make a great option for watching movies/tv shows.

Overall, the headset is super comfy, visually pleasing, and sounds better than a pair of Beats by Dre headphones at a much lower price tag. While these aren’t audiophile grade headphones, they aren’t “flat” by any means, but if looks are important to you and you still want solid, bass driven audio quality, you may want to check these out. Again, the shining point for me however was the comfortability, as with many headsets, I usually need a break after extended listening, but these seemed to avoid that and remain one of the most comfortable set of headphones I’ve used to date. If you’re interested in picking up a pair we have a coupon code for $25 off – use NGJD997Y at checkout through the Alienvibes storefront, which apply to the red, black and white models.

Audio Sample Credit: “Lazy Day” – Royalty Free Apple Jingle, “Daybreak” – Overwerk, “The Human Zoo” – Elric Phares