Sure, consumer electronics products and movie tie-ins have long gone together like a fine steak and a glass of red wine — but with Star Wars: The Force Awakens finally scheduled to come out later this year, these SMS Audio headphones are more relevant than ever. They’re based on the brand’s existing line of on-ear wired headphones, but let’s be honest — if you’re looking at these, it’s purely because of the surprisingly intricate Star Wars details heaped on each pair.
These Star Wars headphones are how you listen to music in a galaxy far, far away
What you’re seeing here is the second round of headphones in the Star Wars set — there’s four designs available, including a surprisingly cool copper pair of Chewbacca cans. The other designs contain nods to the iconic Tie Fighter, R2-D2, and Darth Vader himself. The attention to detail is pretty high here — beyond the obvious detail on the side of each headphone, the R2-D2 and Tie Fighter models have some subtle details in the bar which look pretty nice. For my money, the R2-D2 model is the best, but there’s no accounting for taste.
Whether or not these headphones sound good is almost beside the point (though for $199.99 we’re expecting a reasonably high quality system, albeit one that is probably bass-heavy). Those who want to show their Star Wars allegiance on their head will not be deterred.
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