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Mark

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Nov 25, 2009, 9:14:38 AM11/25/09
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Now that there's no need for an adapter, and 3.0 (3.1?) enabled A2DP/AVRCP (I
think, although most didn't seem to be able to track-skip - Apples failing
apparently), I have been looking online at a few:

Sony DR-BT22IK
Motorola S9 HD
Gear4 Bluphones
Jaybird JB-200
Altec Lansing BackBeat 909
Jabra Halo

Has anyone tried any of these? Or others? The Jaybirds seem really nice
(although the Gear4 @ ￜ27-ish delivered are tempting)

Cheers ... Mark


Andrew Templeman

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Nov 25, 2009, 9:52:43 AM11/25/09
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Mark <captai...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Now that there's no need for an adapter, and 3.0 (3.1?) enabled A2DP/AVRCP (I
> think, although most didn't seem to be able to track-skip - Apples failing
> apparently), I have been looking online at a few:
>
> Sony DR-BT22IK
> Motorola S9 HD
> Gear4 Bluphones
> Jaybird JB-200
> Altec Lansing BackBeat 909
> Jabra Halo
>
> Has anyone tried any of these? Or others? The Jaybirds seem really nice

> (although the Gear4 @ �27-ish delivered are tempting)
>
> Cheers ... Mark


I'm thinking about the same thing. Haven't ordered anything yet but
looking at
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/ipod-itunes/reviews/index.cfm?reviewid=3678&p
agtype=allchandate>

and other reviews of these gadgets

--
Andy Templeman <http://www.templeman.org.uk/>

Mark

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Nov 25, 2009, 10:47:12 AM11/25/09
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On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:52:43 +0000, Andrew Templeman wrote
(in article <1j9qrt0.1phd6nq1veh3bcN%an...@templeman.org.uk>):

> Mark <captai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Now that there's no need for an adapter, and 3.0 (3.1?) enabled A2DP/AVRCP
>> (I
>> think, although most didn't seem to be able to track-skip - Apples failing
>> apparently), I have been looking online at a few:
>>
>> Sony DR-BT22IK
>> Motorola S9 HD
>> Gear4 Bluphones
>> Jaybird JB-200
>> Altec Lansing BackBeat 909
>> Jabra Halo
>>
>> Has anyone tried any of these? Or others? The Jaybirds seem really nice

>> (although the Gear4 @ ￜ27-ish delivered are tempting)


>>
>> Cheers ... Mark
>
>
> I'm thinking about the same thing. Haven't ordered anything yet but
> looking at
> <http://www.macworld.co.uk/ipod-itunes/reviews/index.cfm?reviewid=3678&p
> agtype=allchandate>
>
> and other reviews of these gadgets
>
>

Interesting. Thanks.

Mark

Gwynne Harper

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Nov 25, 2009, 11:30:06 AM11/25/09
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Andrew Templeman <an...@templeman.org.uk> wrote:

> and other reviews of these gadgets

Small number of reviews at What HiFi too; eg

<http://whathifi.com/Review/Altec-Lansing-Backbeat-903/>

They liek them.


Gwynne
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zoara

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Nov 25, 2009, 1:47:14 PM11/25/09
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I haven't looked if they've covered these specific gadgets, but if you
want in-depth reviews ilounge.com often comes up trumps.

-zoara-

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the_niner_nation

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Nov 25, 2009, 4:33:31 PM11/25/09
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"zoara" <me...@privacy.net> wrote in message
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IMHO any benefit of using a bluetooth headset system is far outweighed by
the instant ' knob factor' associated with such accessories.. :-(

Andrew Templeman

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Nov 25, 2009, 4:40:10 PM11/25/09
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zoara <me...@privacy.net> wrote:

> I haven't looked if they've covered these specific gadgets, but if you
> want in-depth reviews ilounge.com often comes up trumps.
>

This is the one that is swaying me at the moment
<http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/reviews/entry/altec-lansing-backbeat-9
03-wireless-stereo-headphones/>

or the Sennheiser mm200

Andrew Templeman

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Nov 25, 2009, 4:40:10 PM11/25/09
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the_niner_nation <the_nine...@sf49ers.com> wrote:


>
> IMHO any benefit of using a bluetooth headset system is far outweighed by
> the instant ' knob factor' associated with such accessories.. :-(


dunno. the Sennheiser ones look like regular headphones. Are you just
thinking of the single ear car kit/taxi driver ones?

Danny Thompson

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Nov 25, 2009, 6:16:49 PM11/25/09
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Mark <captai...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Now that there's no need for an adapter, and 3.0 (3.1?) enabled A2DP/AVRCP (I
> think, although most didn't seem to be able to track-skip - Apples failing
> apparently), I have been looking online at a few:

I've been using the Samsung WEP870 with an iPhone 3GS and been very
happy with it.

I tend to use headphones mainly for spoken word, and prefer usually to
have just one in-ear phone in at a time, so I can also hear what's going
on around me.

The WEP870 comes as a rather chunky bluetooth earpiece, which looks
pretty standard and plays in mono with the usual make/receive call/last
number functions.

It comes with a lanyard/in-ear set of headphones which are perfect for
me. You attach the earpiece to one end of the lanyard, and get stereo
sound from the earbuds. There's no iPod control, just accept/reject
call.

It all feels a bit clunky at first, but it works really well, and pairs
with the iPhone faultlessly. I can use the earpiece alone for driving,
and the earbuds when I'm wandering around shopping etc.

Mine cost �35 in a Vodafone shop. There's nothing on the packaging about
iPhone compatibiility (which probably saves you paying a premium), but
they work just fine.

Danny

Jaimie Vandenbergh

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Nov 25, 2009, 6:24:22 PM11/25/09
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On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:40:10 +0000, an...@templeman.org.uk (Andrew
Templeman) wrote:

>zoara <me...@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>> I haven't looked if they've covered these specific gadgets, but if you
>> want in-depth reviews ilounge.com often comes up trumps.
>>
>
>This is the one that is swaying me at the moment
><http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/reviews/entry/altec-lansing-backbeat-9
>03-wireless-stereo-headphones/>

That review starts off well, then pans the sound quality utterly which
puts them right off my list!

>or the Sennheiser mm200

Hmm. I don't like the form much, but I used a pair of CX300's (next
down from the CX400's that this uses) and they sound pretty damn
decent for �20 earbuds...

Why are they all �100+?

Cheers - Jaimie
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"I think man is the most interesting insect on earth, don't you?"
-- Marvin the Martian

zoara

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Nov 26, 2009, 9:12:03 AM11/26/09
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"the_niner_nation" <the_nine...@sf49ers.com> wrote:
> IMHO any benefit of using a bluetooth headset system is far
> outweighed by
> the instant ' knob factor' associated with such accessories.. :-(

I think you're confusing Bluetooth headsets (the things that fat blokes
wear while wandering around Tesco [1]) and Bluetooth headphones (which
look like normal headphones but without the dangly cable).

-zoara-

[1] I have a Bluetooth headset, but I never wear it outside of the car.

Gwynne Harper

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Nov 26, 2009, 12:45:39 PM11/26/09
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Jaimie Vandenbergh <jai...@sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:

> >This is the one that is swaying me at the moment
> ><http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/reviews/entry/altec-lansing-backbeat-9
> >03-wireless-stereo-headphones/>
>
> That review starts off well, then pans the sound quality utterly which
> puts them right off my list!

See my lik to What HiFi posted further up the thread (although I've not
heard them myself).

I'm holding out for a set of good-sounding BT headphones with noise
cancelling. You appear to be able to get the former and the latter are
now well-established, but the love-child of the two is yet to
materialise.

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