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141 of 142 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Hoped for better sound, November 15, 2006
PROS:
1. Works in a nearby room or directly above/below the room with the transmitter.
2. Able to hear outside sounds, if you don't want to be completely isolated from your surroundings.
3. Nice to be able to adjust the volume by touching the shell of the right earpad, which acts as a toggle switch.
4. Comes with a short cord in case the dongle won't fit in your unit's audio jack.
CONS:
1. Sound quality is muddy. If you like rock music, you will not hear much of the cymbals or other high notes. It is fine if you listen to spoken voice. The stock earbuds with the Nano 2G are a little better than the Logitech, but with less bass. My Sony MDR-V6 closed-ear cans sound *exceptionally* good with my 2nd Gen Nano. I'll give the Logitech headphones many additional hours to break in, but I had hoped they would sound much better out of the box.
2. Headband is not adjustable and sits close to your neck. Tilting your head back, even slightly, bumps the headband. Wearing a collared shirt also causes your shirt to contact the headband. The around-the-ear part of the headband takes most of the impact. The earpads will move a little. Some collar brushing comes through to the earpads. I think exercising would not go well.
3. Comfortable on the ears for less than an hour.
4. Little if any difference in bass boost and normal.
5. Comes with 6 iPod interfaces, but the Nano interface does not work with the 2nd Gen Nano. You can still plug the dongle into the headphone jack, but without the end cap for the dongle, there is a 2mm gap.
6. It's just more than twice the width of the Nano 2G. It is also slightly offset, left-to-right when looking at the Nano + dongle from the front.
7. I generally had to try to set the connection twice before it sync'd up. Then I needed to start the player right away, because if I waited 30 seconds, it shut itself off.
I posted a couple of pictures if you click on the link at the top of the page.
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46 of 46 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Work great, fit not so much, February 21, 2007
There aren't a lot of alternatives for decent bluetooth headphones. These are lightweight, sound pretty good (don't kid yourself, they're not audiophile quality but I was able to really rock out), and fit really well with an iPod - especially a nano. They use bluetooth 2.0 technology so they sound better than the old model.
I got them for the gym, where wires and in-your-ear buds aren't so great. What i like is that the little dongle CAN be attached at the same time as my Nike+ dongle, so I have it all. It's a little awkward, with this thing hanging off the side, but in my pocket or sitting on the control panel of the treadmill, it really doesn't matter.
The fit, or lack thereof, is the major drawback of these bad-boys. You kind of have to wonder how they got out of the design phase with such ill-fitting and uncomfortable earpads. The wire that goes behind the neck is too short to be worn high enough to avoid conflicting with a collar or a towel around your shoulders. Also, the earpads themselves are rock-hard, even with the foam pads. Once I've gotten them just right it's ok for a while and I am able to work out and enjoy the music, but they are just not ideal.
I also have used these things in bed for watching tv while my wife is asleep. The transmitter fits into the headphone jack on the TV, and works great. Comfort here is less of an issue because I wear the headphones UNDER my chin instead of behind my neck and they feel fine. Unfortunately this does not work at the gym.
Also the instructions are really lacking. I'm still not sure I'm turning these things on and off correctly. You press and hold the one button on the transmitter and the headphones and they link up. Pretty easy. Turning off the headphones is easy, but the transmitter really doesn't seem to turn off when you press the button, you have to press and hold it until it starts blinking, then press and hold it again until it turns off. Whatever, but it would be nice if this was mentioned in the instructions.
My thought: if you have a "quick start" guide you should also have a more comprehensive set of instructions.
PROS:
good sound quality
charges fast
easy set up
multiple ipod adapters and a universal adapter for use with anything with a headphone jack
very lightweight
works well at a good distance (even in other rooms)
battery lasts plenty long for a wireless headset, and doesn't drain ipod power
dongle can be attached simultaneously with the Nike+ dongle
CONS:
one-size-fits-some design, very little adjustment possible, limiting comfort
poor instructions, confusing buttons
ineffectual "bass boost"
no ipod control from the headset (i realize this was not promised, but it would be nice)
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52 of 54 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not perfect, but better than v 1.0, July 28, 2007
I had the earlier version of the Logitech Bluetooth headphones - the one with the plastic headband. It broke after less than one week's use, which I discovered from Amazon.com reviews, was a common experience among users. I took it back to the store and got a refund.
My wife bought me the current version of FreePulse Wireless Headphones for my birthday a couple of weeks ago and the carbon steel headband has fixed the problem.
The Bluetooth technology provides a good stereo signal, although there are occasional inexplicable dropouts of one or two seconds. The plastic loops that go over the tops of my ears are uncomfortable after a half-hour or so.
The sound is good enough for my purposes - working at the computer or walking around - but these are not headphones for a serious audiophile.
The big advantage, of course, is being free of those blasted wires. I can't count the number of times when I've had my headphones rudely yanked off my ears when the wires snagged on a flailing arm, a piece of furniture or when my Australian shepherd Pete jumps up to greet me and hooks a paw on the wires.
It's such an infuriating experience that I'm willing to put up with a few shortcomings to be rid of the hated wires.
So, if you need to go wireless, aren't a fanatic about perfect sound and can stand a little ear discomfort, this is a good solution.
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