Bluetooth Headphones

[Deckard]

Pretty good review http://gizmodo.com/5369490/bluetooth-he ... t-the-best

Might be tempted by the S305s for the price

[Deckard]

Hooray a decent pair I can finally buy http://www.macworld.com/reviews/product ... xpand=true

[Deckard]

Bump - anyone got a good pair they can recommend as tbh I'm scared of breaking my ie800 at the gym - I like the look of the new jabras with their ear piece that monitors your heart rate and relays that to voice spoken instructions but not great audio quality apparently. I'm tempted by the new ziks as my mate has the old one and their noise cancelling is amazing. I think I will need to pop down to the apple shop and John Lewis and demo the whole lot as I see quite a few moans about low volume and I'm partially deaf in one ear from my old djing days.

[Deckard]

Well bought these Starck ones in the end as liked the noise cancellation and style (and colour)



Had them a few days now and still a bit unsure whether to keep them as I feel the sound quality is a bit of a compromise even though the noise cancellation is amazing - I have 3 more weeks before have to make a decision as bought them from Amazon so we will see but I am thinking at the moment that my 60 quid (in-ear built-in storage waterproof good for a week) Sonys are as good, especially for the gym which is where they will see most of their use.

[Deckard]

Anyone got any thoughts on this - I generally use FlacPlayer+ and GoldenEar on my iPhone 5s to stream music to my Zik 2 which are FLAC player apps but wondered if as it uses Bluetooth 3 that there would be any discernible benefit over just using a decent encoded (say 320kbps) mp3 on the stock apple app ?

[Chontler]

Apparently not with those cans as they don't use the aptX codec. http://www.aptx.com

I almost got the same ones, but that (and the battery life) put me off, and I instead got the Harmon Kardon BT
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Harman-Kardon-B ... merReviews
which do actually sound great as long as you don't move much and nothing touches them - like say a shirt collar or hair. There is no damping material in them whatsoever and it's a good job they are bluetooth as the cable rumble is some of the worst I've heard They are very also comfy and I'd give them a 4/5.

[Deckard]

Battery life not that bad and these are cycling to the gym, gym and travelling phones. The noise cancelling is fantastic. I got my IE800 for "proper" use which also arent great if you move around a lot which is why they are my lie down and chill IEM. All in all I am much more pleased with these than the others I tried - the Sony and Sennheiser ones. Never been asked so much about a pair of headphones too

[Chontler]

I almost got a pair last week. Noise cancelling has been important for me at work to drown out the server noise and I've been happy with my qc15 for that. But the past few months I've been dabbling in low-end audiophile gear and now they've been sounding all plasticky so was on the lookout for a meatier replacement on eBay and there were fa few of those.
In the end I bought these badboys: http://mofiheadphones.com No bluetooth or noise cancelling but they at least they weigh a ton and clamp and crush your skull all the time. You could run with them and you'd gain an extra 2 pounds in neck muscle. Sounds stupid, but It's like having a big camera - there is some kind of testosterone boost or something that goes on when you don them. They make you listen to the music as you can't avoid that fact anymore. I'll be keeping these for a while.

[MegaZoid.]

I love the Ziks, really want a pair but can't afford them right now.

[Deckard]

Not going well with my Ziks

Just posted this up to their forum

This week three times at the gym they have refused to turn on - I have two batteries and its failed with both, they just blink an intermittent White light and nothing happens even after removing the battery for over a minute. When I come home I remove the battery, plug in the mains cable and they start and then when I remove the cable about half the time they then start with the battery and about half the time I have to do this again.

I am beyond annoyed as they have displayed this behaviour before on average every couple of weeks.

What is causing this problem and if it cannot be easily rectified they are being returned with the spare battery I have bought for a full refund as when they work they're nice but currently they're so unreliable I am having to take my Sony in ear MP3 headphones to the gym as well which incidentally have never failed in two years of ownership.

[Deckard]

Right I have learnt my lesson - partner wanted some BT in-ear headphones for the gym for his iPhone 7 so I thought, yeah lets venture outside Apple for a change. I looked at the reviews and we bought some Jabra X3

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01 ... UTF8&psc=1

Now returning my third pair in a month to Amazon as they have all frozen, refused to charge or turn on - I now have a shiny 5 quid credit from A too for the the hassle they have caused. Its going to be the BeatsX now for the w1 chip and in-ear gels as he doesn't like the airpods at all. Lesson learnt.

[Chontler]

Right I have learnt my lesson - partner wanted some BT in-ear headphones for the gym for his iPhone 7 so I thought, yeah lets venture outside Apple for a change. I looked at the reviews and we bought some Jabra X3

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01 ... UTF8&psc=1

Now returning my third pair in a month to Amazon as they have all frozen, refused to charge or turn on - I now have a shiny 5 quid credit from A too for the the hassle they have caused. Its going to be the BeatsX now for the w1 chip and in-ear gels as he doesn't like the airpods at all. Lesson learnt.

Did exactly the same thing. Currently selling them on eBay. They work, but they just feel bad and the way they tighten around the neck is really tacky. She ended up with a set of Plantronics Backbeat Fit which are actually pretty good - I even got a backup pair.
I was considering upgrading my MDR1000X to the v2 like you all got, but managed a great deal (ebay £150) on the earbud version instead - the WI-1000X:
https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/in-e ... s/wi-1000x
and I like these a lot. I can wear them in public everywhere and block out the background drone of civilisation. I've been wanting to wear the MDR everywhere but it's just not practical.
These, you can just leave dangling and vibrate your neck when the phone rings. Comply type tips too...

[WiteWulf]

Does the bit around your neck explode if you stay in the same grid square for too long?

[Misfit]

Love my Airpods.

They work so much better than any other BT headset I've used. Easy to switch between my devices and love the way I can just use either one when walking the dogs so I still know what is going on in the world.

They stay in great at the gym too, which initially you don't think they will.

Occasionally they don't sense I've put them in my ear, or takes a little longer to connect than you'd expect as normally so seamless, but not enough to be more than a minor inconvenience.

[Chontler]

Does the bit around your neck explode if you stay in the same grid square for too long?

If it stops my head exploding while on the grid, I'm prepared to find out!