Samsung SBH600 BT Stereo Headphones - Cell Phone Bluetooth Stereo

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• ASIN: B002CX03PA
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 11, 2009

Product Description

Product Description

Samsung Premium Stereo Bluetooth Headset SBH600/ ASBH600JBECXAR fits all 3.5 mm stereo sources, plus Bluetooth enabled cell phone models with Bluetooth A2DP profile. Bang and Olufsen Power Equalizer: ICE Power Technology by Bang & Olufsen utilizes ICE Power Equalizer (Bass Booster/ Widening for 3D Sound). The Samsung SBH600 do perform surprisingly well for Bluetooth headphones. The bass output with the bass booster on is powerful, but not over boosted. The vocals are also strong on these headphones. Treble is adequate. DSP: Digital Signal Processor provides great Echo and Noise cancellation. Stereo audio: Listening to the best sounds requires the best headset. The Samsung SBH600 with Hi-Fi sound quality and powerful amplifier produces 3D sound, by Bang and Olufsen. Over-head/ Neckband headset: The Samsung SBH600 adjustable neckband offers superb comfort making the comfort as great as the sound produced. Use any 3.5 mm Stereo source: The SAMSUNG SBH600 is also compatible with 3.5 mm, non-Bluetooth MP3/ iPods/ Media Players/ CD/ DVD players/ cell phones/ computers and more. Multiple Pairing and feature rich: The Samsung SBH600 gives you full call control over multiple Bluetooth cell phones as well. Volume also automatically adjusts during the call. Battery: Talk or listen to music for up to 20 hours, or leave in Standby for up to 500 hours before you need to recharge with the included AC travel charger. Size: Measuring 175 mm by 160 mm by 29mm, and weighing only 160 grams (5.2 ounces), the Samsung SBH600 gives a lot of sound for the size and weight. Bluetooth A2DP/ AVRCP/ HF/ HSP profiles are all supported on this Bluetooth version 2.0, class 2 device for better connectivity up to 30 feet away. Click here to determine if your cell phone model is Bluetooth enabled, AND which Bluetooth profiles it can support. Original Samsung factory warranty of one year applies. Supported Models and Categories:Apple iPhone 3G S Cell Phone AccessoriesUTStarcom SMT5800 Cell Phone Ac

Customer Reviews

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good sound, clumsy controls, so-so fit, December 1, 2009

By	Cliff R. Carpenter "clicar" (Bellevue, WA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Samsung has targeted this product as both a wireless headset/mic for bluetooth phones and as wireless headphones for bluetooth music players. I bought this item purely for the latter purpose, I wanted to have a quality music listening experience; I paired these headphones with my Apple iPod Touch. After charging the headphone's internal battery, the bluetooth pairing process was simple and worked the first time. To actually enable the Bluetooth connection, it is necessary to both switch the headphones on and press the headphone's Play button. It was great to be finally wireless; I found the Bluetooth connection was good up to about 60'. A nice touch: the headphones can be cable-connected (provided) in the event the internal battery is discharged. While not studio quality, I found the sound quality to be very good. The headphones have a sound quality setting switch (normal, wide, bass); while generally not a fan of pounding bass, I found the normal and wide settings to be so light in terms of bass that I have left the unit predominantly on the "bass" setting. Volume level is reasonable, although I would like even slightly louder levels when listening to rock music. Being wire-free is very enabling; it's much easier to use your hands, walk down the street, or do just about anything when you're not getting tangled up with wires or ripping ear buds out of your ears. A giant leap forward for mankind.


The switch functions on these headphones are generally clumsy and poorly labelled. Once on your head, you must rely on your memory or on your sense of touch in order to figure out the purpose of each switch. Additionally, some standard player features you might have taken for granted would be there, do not function on these headphones. This is a limitation of the Bluetooth A2DP feature set rather than the headphones per se. Example: Play, Pause, and Vol Up/Down all work fine. Next/Previous track and other common functions however do not work. The physical controls consist of an obscure collection of slide switches, rocker switches, and curved press-bar switches. The purpose of the controls is challenging enough when the headphones are in your hands - once on your head they become totally obscure. After two months, the only one I've really mastered is the volume up/down. If you exceed the range of a switch (eg if you ask for more volume even though you're already at the loudest volume available), there's an annoying short break in the bluetooth connection followed by a beep as the connection is reestablished.

The headphones look a little bulky but are actually quite light on your head. They are not particularly comfortable however. The headband is well-padded and is comfortable enough. However, the actual speaker enclosures tend to rest on top of your ears rather than actually enclose them and they are significantly angled such that even when worn correctly, they feel to me as though they are slightly "open" at the rear - letting in ambient noise. Not comfortable - and it makes quality sound even more difficult to achieve (especially for quiet passages of classical music). Oh and one more thing; I don't believe I'm especially self-concious or narcissistic - but these headphones make you look, well.......kinda dorky when wearing them. There, I said it.

Closed-ear bluetooth headphones with good sound reproduction are few and far between these days, so these may be your best bet for a while. If you can hold out for a little longer, I suspect something better than this will eventually come along. These aren't bad, the sound is actually quite good - they're just far from perfect.