What Hi Fi Sound and Vision 17 JUL 2007

Etymotic Research ETY8 (noise-cancelling)

£ 150 3
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We’d feel pretty stupid wearing these ’phones, and the sound isn’t good enough to make us take the plunge, either

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honglong1976 August 9, 2008 22:02

The best bluetooth headphones so far!

The first thing that strikes you about these headphones is how strange they look. I always seem to have problems with noise isolation type earphones. In one ear the earphone is tight, the other loose. I can never get them to fit. Well, imagine my surprise when I tried these. I used the default flange type plug (seen above) and they fit perfect. In both ears. Well, thats a good start.

They are bluetooth, so how do they sound? Pretty good to be honest. They use Bluetooth 2.0 EDR (in other wards the best quality Bluetooth has to offer....yet!). I tried them with an iPhone (Firmware 2.0.1) an Apple Mac and Windows XP. They work flawlessly with all three. The sound is very detailed and the bass is extremely taut. I tried various music tracks and films and each one sounded superb (for Bluetooth).

Conclusion:

+ Fit my ears perfect

+ Very detailed sound

+ No hassle working with a variety of Bluetooth devices

+ The best sounding Bluetooth earphones to date

- The supplied iPod dongle didn't work with my iPhone (Firmware 2.0.1) I can skip tracks, increase volume, but I get no music. Could it be the dongle? Or the Firmware?

5 Stars *****

Visit www.honglong.co.uk for more reviews by me, Honglong


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