For the true Headbanger, there can only be one choice in
headphones, and that choice is Headbanger Headphones. These
are
not only ultra loud, but they come with a serious health warning,
because Headbanger Headphones recreate the same set of
movements in the user's head 'normally' generated
by a genuine
headbanger. Here's how they work:
The first noticeable difference between Headbanger Headphones
and a conventional set is in the size. These are big, and resemble
two curved Marshall Speaker stacks (left ear and right ear) built
into
a helmet that covers most of the user's head. To provide the
necessary power source, a mains electricity lead supplements the
regular sound input.
Contained within each of the speaker units are a set of
motorised, rotating, bucking, weighted cams, the movements of
which are
synchronised to that of
the sound waves of whatever music is being played through the
system. The result of this is that the user's head is flung about
automatically in exactly the same manner of that of a dedicated
headbanger. A mane of detachable hair completes the
arrangement.
All of this is fully adjustable of course, with settings ranging from
'soft rock mild' (gentle head
rocking) to 'born again as Hendrix live at Woodstock' (a near death
experience of violent head
flinging and
shaking)
Headbanger Headphones accept no responsibility for resulting
injuries
to any user, or damage caused to their surroundings!
Vigorous headbanging has been known to cause Basilar Artery Thrombosis (Rajasekharan, Chandrasekharan (2013).