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Re: My quest for the best iPhone earset

mbee — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:02:02 GMT

So I should give them a try!! I've never heard of them before, but it seems that they don't reach B&O and Atomic Floyd standard for build quality...

Re: My quest for the best iPhone earset

kawo — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:25:08 GMT

mbee, so fortunately the MX100 are in 160 Euro range and they do have a mic...unfortunatey plus fitting

Re: My quest for the best iPhone earset

mbee — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:59:05 GMT

Kawo : I didn't mention that my quest for the best earset was limited to headphone with a mic... For 200€ or less!

Opinions are subjective : when I say that the Beolab 3 are the best speaker/amp for this price, a lot of people agree... But when the winner has not a B&O logo on it, it's more difficult to accept

By the way... I hope that this new competition in the now trendy "audio chic" segment will motivate B&O to improve the earset 3, or to come with a new set!!

Re: My quest for the best iPhone earset

Kokomo — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:56:41 GMT

Dave:

Sound is subjective.

As is an opinion!

Re: My quest for the best iPhone earset

kawo — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:07:54 GMT

From my point of view a customized ear plug makes a big difference! For the ones I purchased recently this was an extra service and compared to the standard one size (or in this case 3) fits it all a huge difference. Also a interesting experience to have this gum type of thing in your head they fill up our ears with during the fitting process

I bought the MMX100 from Beyerdynamic, not bad with he standard plugs, but fantastic with the customized ones.

Re: My quest for the best iPhone earset

mbee — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:35:47 GMT

... And here is the frequency response graph of the HiDef drums (compared to Shure SE310, but you can compare to the B&O as the curves are the same)

Re: My quest for the best iPhone earset

mbee — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:23:25 GMT

Finally Google translation seems to work... EDIT : the link is in my first post!

Re: My quest for the best iPhone earset

darren — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:27:47 GMT

The atomic Floyd is also available here in the Netherlands via the Apple store.

Re: My quest for the best iPhone earset

Dave — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:25:27 GMT

Sound is subjective.

Re: My quest for the best iPhone earset

mbee — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:26:41 GMT

It seems that Atomic Floyd is just sold in UK and FR... Wait & see!

Re: My quest for the best iPhone earset

XavierItzmann — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:17:27 GMT

Can it be possible that Atomic Floyd HiDef Drum is available for sale in Europe only?

My quest for the best iPhone earset

mbee — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:54:18 GMT

Hi everybody,

I've just finished writing my review of 3 pairs of earphones with mic for iPhone (in french...) :
-Bang & Olufsen Earset 3
-Atomic Floyd HiDef Drum
-Klipsch S4i

And the winner is... no, not B&O!! Yes, it's Atomic Floyd's HiDef Drum... A little less natural, not as comfortable for everyone as the B&O, but better for an everyday life of music+phone (B&O keeps the award of comfort and natural sound, so are better for people who use the earset more for a phone use.)... And the finish is just incredible : bulletproof kevlar on wires, all metal, hand made (in China). It doesn't have the sophistication of B&O, but it's a brand to follow.

As it's an english brand, I wanted to know if someone has also tried them here!

Here is my article in french :
http://www.diisign.com/2010/02/grand-comparatif-a-la-recherche-du-casque-ideal-pour-iphone/

And here in robotic english (Google translation) :

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diisign.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fgrand-comparatif-a-la-recherche-du-casque-ideal-pour-iphone%2F&sl=fr&tl=en

Bonus : the frequency response graph (made by an independant laboratory) of the AirJax (an open type earbud, not available with iPhone remote currently) : B&O are still the best for high frequencies (which gives a more detailed impression), but are not the best for the entire range. That's what I feeld when I listened to them.