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My Oh My, I can Hear!

Iron Wil — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:26:20 +0000

I had a pair of Koss & then Sony in-ear headphones. I stepped on my last pair and broke the cannon right off the ear piece. Then I bought a pair of in-ear headphones that had a mic & answer switch [who is not important]. Needless to say, I didn’t like those headphones either because I kept getting cord feedback when I moved. I started to use the Apple headphones that ship with the iPhone and I never liked the feel or fit of those and so I started looking for a set of replacements. I tried that one brand … then decided to return them and order the Apple in-ear headphones. They were delivered last night and I love them. First of all they are comfortable and fit nicely into my ears.

I have come to rely on the remote and mic so that I can work and answer calls and then go back to my music or netcast. I give them 4 stars. I could give them 5 stars, but Apple would have to ship them with the iPhone or iPod for me to do that.

iron wil

Jabra BT620s & A125s, Reviewed

Iron Wil — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:38:59 +0000

Back in November I picked these babies up and used them for about 3 months. I got them for about 100$ through a 3 party seller on Amazon. My iPod headphones were dying and they never really fit anyway.

I got these in the mail & charged them right away. It was very easy to connect the A125s dongle to the BT620s headphones, once I understood that order to do things. They headphones were light enough and had full over the ear coverage. The sound was rich and deep, my only problem is that they made my ears hot. The other problem that I constantly faced with them was intermittent connection.

I know that Bluetooth is not the same as wireless, but I expected a lot less interruption in the connection. If I turned my head or if I got just 5 feet away from the iPod & dongle, the music would start to drop off. I didn’t experience any problems when sitting in front or beside my MacBook or iPod.

The BT620s also functions as a headset for phones or computers, think Skype, and that worked well with good sound quality. The built in controls worked very nicely and even paused the music for incoming calls, as advertised.

I sold them for 2 reasons, the padded full covered ear muffs and the broken connectivity. I would give them a high rating if you are just going to be using them at your desk. The BT620s would be a great headset for VOiP applications via a computer.

iron wil

SkullCandy if your Deaf

Iron Wil — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:32:30 +0000

Several months ago my iPod headphones died – I wore them out. I bought a set of earbuds from SkullCandy, I had seen good reviews and figured for 20$ what the heck. I had been looking at a few 80 to 100 $ pairs that had great reviews; but I decided that I would chance it.

It was a waste. I had them for two weeks and the right earbud totally died. Yesterday in the middle of a podcast the left bud died. I am regretting not spending the extra 80$ for the better set. I would give this product 1.5 stars because the rubber large earbud fit very nicely in my ear. I didn’t have to worry about losing them when I wore them.

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