Article posted on Nov 13
Periodically we step away from local reviews, and throw up a post on what really makes us a tech person’s heart beat faster: Tech Toys. Well, one of my favorite tech toys is my iPhone. Since I tend to travel a lot, I spend a fair amount of time listening to music, and watching video on the device (BTW, I highly recommend the TV series “Mad Men” for long flights.)
Several years back I splurged on a trip, and picked up the Bose noise cancelling headphones. Recently however, I have seen earbuds in airports by Shure, that claim that Sound Isolation is a better model that noise cancellation (Basically, this means that the buds seal your ear like an ear plug.) Well, Shure has a pair of buds for about what I paid for my Bose headphones… so I decided to put them to the test. I fired up Aerosmith’s Sweet Emotion (which ahs some incredible sound at the beginning, and compared.
My findings: The bose are VERY comfortable for long flights (they don’t actually touch your ears, which on a 17 hour overseas trip is a big deal), and the sound quality is stunning. The base in particular is very rich. The Shure ear buds? Tinny, silly, ill-fitting. How in heaven’s name can these people charge $250 for a product like this? If you have seen them in the airport and been tempted, just keep walking. The Bose are a whole different league at the same price.
As for Ipod players in the home however, I have to say I was less impressed by the Bose options. After a lot fo listening, I went wit the Klipsch Ifi. The sound clarity is absolutely stunning. Turn up the volume on a unit int he basement, and walk upstairs, and you will find you can still understand ever word, as opposed to other solutions that will just let you feel the base, and a lot of mumbling.
Any other cool iToys that anoyone would care to recommend?
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