Category: Headphones / Earphones
Waterproof Pro-Sports headphones for windsurfers and waterskiiers
These are Overboard’s Pro-Sports headphones. Designed for surfers, waterskiiers, boaters, dinghyists and fishermen of all types, they’re waterproof and feature a neckband and coiled cable that won’t let your cables tangle up when you least expect them to…
Semicircular headphones, so you don't get hit by a bus
These semicircular bluetooth headphones, from designer Seohyun Baek, are designed for cyclists. The idea is that they fit into your ears, but don’t block out external noise – like that lorry frantically beeping at you to get out the way…
TDK don't just make blank tapes, they make headphones too
TDK has announced six new pairs of “high performance” headphones which it claims will also be “affordable”. This means that you’ll need twelve ears if you want to use them all at once…
SIG: Motorola S9 HD Bluetooth Headset
I've been having a stroll around the Bluetooth Special Interest Group's show today, or SIG as they like to be known, and picked up a few sneaky looks at what we can expect in the way of short range wireless gadgetry over the next few months.
First up is a surprisingly good looking and well designed active lifestyle headset from Motorola called the S9 HD…
New in-ear headphones make Apple sound better
Among all of the moderately large announcements made by his Holiness the Jobs at the Apple music conference, one that slipped by relatively unnoticed was the release of the new Apple headphones which, for a change, are not rubbish…
Sony intros new in-ear headphones and Bluetooth headsets
Sony has decided that it’s time to introduce some more headphones and a Bluetooth headset to the market, and while it’s hard to get excited by either Sony’s product naming convention or the actual designs, they do at least provide an alternative brand for the likes of “Which?” magazine to compare.
First up comes the MDR-EX33LP and MDR-EX35LP in-ear headphones, described as “fun” and “affordable”. The “33” series comes in five high-fashion colours, and the “55” in three colours, and both feature hybrid silicone earbuds for a secure fit, a 9mm EX driver unit for wide dynamic range and deep bass, and cord adjuster/slider to stop the wires getting caught up…
Sennheiser intros MM 200 stereo Bluetooth headset
Sennheiser has announced its MM 200 stereo Bluetooth headset, featuring the CX 400 in-ear capsules and a high-quality Electret Condenser microphone…
IFA 2008: Plantronics Gamecom 777 Gaming Headset
This is the horribly-named Gamecom 777 headset. Honestly, “Gamecom”? What does that even mean? It sounds like a 90s mouse manufacturer. Anyway. Minor naming matters aside, this is actually quite a nice cheap, light headset. As a gamer with light-sleeping neighbors I can appreciate exactly why someone might need a headset dedicated for gaming…
Get a brainwave using the FeelFree headset
Binaural Beats are weird. Discovered in 1839 by Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, a German physicist and meteorologist, they’re auditory processing artifacts created when you play sounds of slightly different frequencies to each ear. A beating tone is percieved, as if the tones mixed outside the brain. The weird bit, however, is that they appear to entrain brainwaves, producing relaxation and health benfits. Enter the FeelFree headset…
Cancer avoiding cigarette packet headset
Now you can protect your brain at the same time you protect your lungs. This bizarre mobile phone headset is obviously designed for those among you who feel the need to show off that you’re neither getting cancer from smoking nor from pressing a mobile into your head every day…
