Headphone News

There’s an interesting article on the San Francisco Chronicle website listing four headphones you should avoid:

• Sennheiser OMX 52 Street: Bad design wrecks sound quality (3.7 out of 10)
• Creative CB2530: Poor sound, battery life and wireless performance (4.3 out of 10)
• RadioShack 2.4 GHz Wireless Stereo: Lack of features and particularly uncomfortable to wear (4.7 out of 10)
• Saitek A-350 Bluetooth: Uncomfortable, poor battery life and frequent Bluetooth dropouts (5 out of 10)

What really makes these reviews surprising is the brands involved. In particular, it shows even manufacturers with an excellent reputation like Sennheiser can get it really wrong.

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CNET have reviewed the RadioShack 2.4Ghz Wireless Stereo Headphones and they’re not impressed.

They give the headphones a poor 4.7 out of 10, with most of the complaints being due to the weight of the headphones making them uncomfortable to wear. Unfortunately weight is going to be an issue with wireless headphones due to the batteries and extra electronics that are held on your ears but it appears the RadioShack ‘phones are excessively heavy.

CNET were also disappointed by the lack of features in the headphones, especially the inability to control your music player remotely or to work as a mobile phone headset.

Despite these problems, CNET found the sound quality of the headphones to be quite good and they were impressed by the signal quality and lack of drop-outs around other electrical and wireless devices.

The RadioShack 2.4GHz Wireless Stereo Headphones are available from RadioShack’s online store priced at $59.99.

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