Minimally packaged (just the Shozy Rouge phones, a few silicon tips and a large case); lightweight headshells are beautifully finished in hand-painted resin. Long nozzles do, as advertised, provide for deep insertion and good seal (also some mild driver flex), but shells protrude from the pinna and long-term comfort is only fair. Isolation is very good, however. 

I confess to have been underwhelmed by these Shozy Rouge initially; if they cost $30 instead of $179 and weren’t so pretty I’d probably have dashed off a snarky review and given these to my 20-year old (which is the equivalent of throwing ‘em out). However, since they are so visually striking that I put them through their paces until their not-inconsiderable virtues emerged.

First and foremost, although their specs suggest otherwise, the Shozy Rouge are hard to drive and definitely need power to shine—through my usually serviceable LG G8 they sounded anemic unless cranked up to near-discomfort.
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