V-Moda XS

Crafting an on-ear headphone is extremely difficult: Because they're smaller than their over-ear cousins, companies must create a smaller driver and deal with the discomfort from the headphone resting on your ears instead of around them. It’s not an impossible task to craft a great pair of on-ears – but, it does require some trade-offs to make them fit and sound great. If there's one company who can do it, though, it's V-Moda. A great example of this are the new V-Moda