

The design of the hinge, called a Smart Hinge, allows the earpiece to fit over the ear and reduce sound leakage around the ear cup. These headphones are not powered and do not have noise cancellation. The earpieces rotate 90 degrees and also swivel up about 135 degrees to fold up into quite a compact form for storage and easy carriage. While giving the headphones a quality feel, the aluminum also helps make the headphones pretty light. The arms and frame of each ear piece is brushed aluminum and feels like a premium quality product. The flat cable design feels quite durable and doesn't tangle easy either. The 3.5mm connector plugs into the back of the left side headphones.

The soft material with padding is on the top of the arch that rests on top of your head as well. There is very soft material covering the memory foam ear pads and these might be the most comfortable ear pads I have tested. Inside the box you will find the headphones, 1.3 meter flat cable with gold plated connector, 3 button inline remote and microphone, flight adapter, extra 1.3 meter cable with no remote, 6.3mm connector, and handy carrying case. The KEF M500 headphones come in a solid black and white retail package with a cool exploded view of the headphone internals under the front flap. For the last few weeks I have been using an extremely comfortable and well-designed pair, the M500 over the ear headphones from KEF. I also like quality headphones for frequent airplane flights.

As a daily train commuter I enjoy good headphones for music, movies, and podcasts.
