Zune Premium Headphones for Zune 4GB, 8GB, 30GB, 80GB
by Zune
|
Our Price: $69.75 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Category: Network Media Player See more product details |
|---|
Customers in the UK,
Buy this product at amazon.co.uk
for British Pounds
Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Zune Premium Headphones for Zune 4GB, 8GB, 30GB, 80GB
Customer Review: Best Earbuds I've Ever Used
Summary: 5 Stars
This is probably the best pair of earbuds I've ever personally used, aside from my old (lost) pair of Skull Candy Smokin' Buds which were about equal with these on sound quality overall. I love the braided cord and the design. The little magnets on the back of the buds let you snap them back-to-back for a variety of uses like hanging them around your neck, keeping them in place in your pocket, etc. They also have the little adjustable sliding rubber piece that runs along the cord to keep the left and right earbud cords from separating, which is surprisingly not found on all headphones these days. I only have 2 minor gripes after having used them for a while. First, the sound quality, while great, doesn't seem to hit peak quality unless you have the earbuds pushed as far into your ear as they will go. You can still hear fine if they're loose, but you won't get the full bass sound and the noise isolation will be less effective. Second is the fit; they fit TOO well, and often give a mild "suction" feeling when putting them in, and if I wear them while eating (say, at a noisy fast food place during lunch), there is a weird suction feeling from the motion of my jaw. It's not uncomfortable, but it's noticeable for me, and is a little distracting. If you're a fan of earbud style headphones, you won't be disappointed!Customer Review: Awesome earphones
Summary: 5 Stars
The earphones are awesome. I got them to replace my stock Zune earphones once they died because they lasted longer than any other set of earphones I have ever had and I am not dissapointed with the premium earphones at all. The sound is crisp and makes the original stock earphones sound pathetic in comparison. Every sound is distinct and crisp, they seal perfectly into your ear, and they seal out most noise. Keep in mind, these are not noise cancelling earphones so they don't nullify background noise but that also means that you don't need an extra battery to power them and these do well enough at sealing out noise unless you are in an area with an object with a large hum like a generator. The earphones have a few things that annoy me but these things are things that come with the territory for earphones like the seal causing you to be able to hear your own pulse in your ear but again, that's just because they are in ear earphones and I'd take this over the outside sounds anyday and the other qualm I have is that any movement will cause you to hear them move in your ear a little bit again, this is just because of the type of earphones they are and has nothing to do with their build quality. If you are in the market for high quality earphones, get these things, you won't regret it ^^.Customer Review: I love them!
Summary: 5 Stars
Speaking as your typical teenager (but not for long!) who loves to blast their music into their headphones, and as someone who has blown out plenty of pairs, I'm so happy that this is the first pair of heaphones where I go, "Oops! Too loud!" (It's a new experience for me.) I love them. I just got them today and put in the small size (it comes with small, medium, and large) and plugged them into my Zune.
You can hear everything so clearly, even rythms that I hadn't noticed before. They're noise cancelling too. I put them in and I couldn't hear my mom talking to me, or my brother, or the TV. I'm really looking forward to getting these back to my dorm room! The little pouch is neat too, altough it would have been great if it were big enough to put the Zune in too.
It also comes with a headphone clip, but I haven't quite figured out what it does, I'll let you know. When I bought them myself, someone mentioned that with the cloth-like cord you could hear a lot of movement but I've noticed that that's only if the cord slides along itself because I found myself playing with the cord, running it through my fingers, and I didn't hear anything.
All in all, great heaphones, really comfortable. Believe me, I've tried a lot of them and these are the best!
Customer Review: Good quality for the money!
Summary: 5 Stars
Got these ear buds just now in the mail, and I love them. They cancel noise VERY well, which is both good and bad (I can't hear anything but the music!)
As far as sound quality goes, you can hear everything clearly and the bass is EXTREMELY good. The buds are very comfortable in your ear, too. Much more so than the ear buds that my Zune originally came with. Also the other bud inserts it comes with are handy, too, if you lose the ones that you already have.
The main reason I bought these ear buds though is because the cord is surrounded in fabric instead of rubber which should extend their life. EVERY pair of ear buds I've ever bought have eventually had their rubber worn through and the wires were exposed, leading to them to break.
The product description says that it isn't prone to kinks, but I've found that the cord kinks only slightly less than a normal rubber or plastic cord. But this isn't a problem because it's easy to get the kinks out.
All in all, these are probably some of the best ear buds I have ever had, even better than the 70 dollar Skull Candy Titan's I had a while ago.
Customer Review: great headphones, even ipod freaks agree
Summary: 5 Stars
After using the standard Zune headphones(v1)that came with my Zune120 i was ready for some new headphones, i have used the ear bud style before but never really like them at all, the Zune Premium Headphones gave me a more than excellent listening experience with my Zune, the old ones i had were separating from the plastic, but these headphones seemed to have been reinforced at every point of failure that i had before, the only time the headphones broke for me was when i stepped on the cable unknowingly and attempted to stand up from a stool completely detaching the headphones from the cable, to solve my delema i called the Amazon Customer support and got a fresh pair and a box to ship the faulty ones back, its been about six months since then and the headphones held up far longer than my expectations, they never blow out, they rarely tangle, great sound canceling qualities, and the sound quality is amazing, all in all it was a great buy and i would never regret my decision, GO ZUNE!!!!
oh and the ZuneHD comes out September 5th, so dont go buying a ipod touch anytime soon.
picture of the magnificent beast.
[...]