Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Best Bang For The Buck - Wireless Headphones Review Review

By Sophia Wilson


Yes, but you get what you pay for. I absolutely love them. I would still recommend these headphones even with the few negatives it has. With what really counts for me is quality construction, comfort and excellent sound reproduction, these headphones have it. So, that's probably an unavoidable issue. However, all my complaints combined don't add up to the loss of a full star. They also make my head a tad warm, but I honestly think that's to be expected. Bottom line, I'm able to listen to the TV later at night as loud as I want without disturbing the rest of the family.

We partially solved that by putting a small foam pad on the on/off button (thus separating the volume buttons). But why should we have had to invent a solution? Setup was quick and easy. The base station charges the headphones when you place them on top, which I do at the end of the day.

For active applications such as gaming or playing an instrument, however, these are out of the question. I am sure I have not even explored all this headphone set can do.

I will experiment with them soon and update this review. Range can severely suffer if you start walking around corners or have too much between the headphones and the transmitter. I have not heard any interference or distortion due to it being wireless. These are the best wireless headphones ever. I knew I had to have a set of my own. When I started looking I didn't have to look very far. This out-of-phase problem is not something I hadn't heard about before. Prior to purchasing the 180's I read reviews to the extent they existed (the 180's are a new product) and found a review where this problem was pointed out. I tried various combinations of volume levels on the headphone and on my amp, but I couldn't resolve the issue. I talked to a Sennheiser rep to get around the issue, but I figured that they don't have solutions to this either. Once I got used to them, it's fairly easy to adjust without hitting the power button. These headphones are exactly what I wanted and I'm so glad they are lossless so I can listen to my music at CD quality. They are just Ni-Cad AAA batteries so you should just be able to replace them with standard, inexpensive rechargeable AAAs when they eventually die. Build quality is excellent.

Since it cannot process the lossless codecs via bit stream, everything was fed to it as PCM. This caused the receiver to automatically apply its own processing (aptly named Headphone 2CH).




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