Marshall Major V Bluetooth Wireless Headphones, 100 Hours playtime - Black

**Simple Review of Marshall Major V:**Great headphones! Sound is clear with nice bass. Stylish design, comfortable fit. Battery lasts long as promised. Bluetooth connects quickly. Happy with the purchase!★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (5/5)

I have given it a couple of weeks before reviewing, there's some belief that headphones need a 'burn in' period. So, to be fair, I have given them a little time to do that. To be fair, it does seem to work, so probably don't judge headphones as soon as you get them out of the box.Indeed they have improved already. They were a little harsh at first, and seemed slight off balance between left and right ears. A couple of weeks later, and they sound superb, and perfectly balanced. There is some anecdotal evidence that suggests some of this could also be down to the individual and getting their brain to adjust to the sound of the new phones - perhaps, maybe a bit of both involved.I have an eclectic collection of headphones here - wired ones are Grado SR60, AKG K92, Koss PortaPro, and a Bluetooth Tribit XFree. They have different purposes, but I wanted some decent sounding cans with Bluetooth, so I don't need to swap around, and fuss about trying to convert wireless to wired.The Marshalls ended up being my choice, as I prefer the comfort, and spatial sound of on-ear pads. I didn't particularly need ANC or any weird fancy features, just reliable connection, and good sound.These are Bluetooth 5.0, and only come with a basic codec installed. However, I've connected them to my iPad Pro, iPhone 12, and Apple TV, and all work perfectly fine. Switching is a little fiddly, as I have to do it manually to disconnect one device, then connect another, but I don't do it often, so that's not a deal breaker.If you really want to, there's a 3.5mm jack lead included, so you can (apparently) connect to another set of headphones to share the audio, or connect to a headphone amp for old fashioned wired connection. I connected it to my little valve amp (one of the readily available models out there), and it sounds fine, if a little under powered compared to the Bluetooth feed.They appear to be very well made, and they are comfortable. I did have to find the sweet spot around my glasses frames though. The pads are also easily removable, so I guess replaceable if they wear out, or for cleaning perhaps.Overall sound is excellent, now they're reduced because of the version 5 coming out, they are a complete bargain. Whether you want to spend the extra there, that's up to you (reviews I find indicate the benefits may be minimal). However, they compare well to the Grados, and way better than the AKG or Tribit. The Koss PoratPros are bit of a legendary thing, but not as 'full' a sound as the Marshall.Of course something like headphones are difficult to judge until you've tried them, and it's not easy to do that before buying any. If you want sub£100 on-ear headphones, and don't need noise cancelling and such like, then these are a decent choice.

This is my 2nd pair of Major IV headphones.My first pair purchase approximately 4 years ago are still going strong but are showing their age now with wear and tear.I have total confidence in the build quality and reliability of these headphones and at half the price of the first set it was a no brainer to purchase them again. Tremendous value for money.Sound quality is amazing. The battery lasts an incredible amount of time.Connectivity is brilliant.Superb.

Got these today and they're just great !!I never intended to buy a pair of headphones made by Marshall, and was looking for something by Sennheiser, Bose, Audio-Technica, AKG as I wanted something that was a step up in quality from the Sony cans I've been using for a while, but a few factors made me consider them.1. Reduced from £120 to £602. The fact that I know Marshall are world-renowned for decades for making some of the best speakers and amplifiers out there, so if they have decades of experience in making BIG speakers, they were gonna apply that experience and reputation to small speakers on headphones also.3. Loved the brown retro styling, cos everyone else's headphones are black, white, or red. I thought the brown leather looked luxurious, and that was definitely very appealing.They sound great. Very nice detailed sound. They're comfortable to wear, with nice soft pads. They came with charge so I was able to test them right away.Very simple 2 second press of the yellow button for the bluetooth connection , and "Major IV" was on the bluetooth list immediately.Two unexpected surprises that I thought were a very nice touch.1. When you power the headphones on and off, a little 1 second guitar riff is played.2. When making calls, there's a significant reduction in background noise. With my previous cans, my wife used to get unbearable noise levels if I was putting a knife in the cutlery drawer, or making any kind of clinking, jangling sounds, and one of the first things she noticed was that those sounds were minimized, and the call was a lot cleaner sounding, so their must be a quality mic in these also.The only negative is that because the pads press tight on the ears during a call, you can hear the other person perfectly, but you can't hear the higher frequencies of your own voice. You can push a pad off the ear slightly to hear your own voice better, so it's an easy fix.