I've just replaced my Altec Lansing UHP 326 Backbeat Titanium phones for the 4th time.  They were advertised as new on eBay, but the box was opened.  Nevertheless. they look and sound like past models.  The only thing I don't remember from past versions is the addition of the words "Plantronics...

I prefer the UE 500s to the UE 600s.  The latter are louder and have more treble boost but at a price--e.g. the treble tends to "squeeze" the sound of a good solo piano recording, making a Steinway or Bosendorfer (which is in my living room) sound slightly distorted.  The UE500's by contrast...

Thanks.   I'm definitely checking out the AWEI 800's, which may be a great "everyday" phone, allowing me to save my Ultimate Ears 600's for special occasions.  What's being hyped at the AWEI website right now is the  AWEI ES860 HI, which is being pitched as "Exquisite and Perfect. More...

Absolutely, but with some serious qualifications.  The company has discontinued all of its headphones (unprofitable) so don't expect any support.  I purchased 3 pairs of their last top-grade model, the Backbeat UHP616 ULTRA.  It has a distinctive look because of an extra "safety cable" attached...

Beside characterizing a straight plug as a right angle plug (I've never found one with JBM phones), JBM also tends to omit accurate numbers on the phones themselves as well as designations for right and left channels (my MJ900 had no "L" and "R" marking whatsoever).  Because of the quality of...

I'm a musician accustomed to the sound of a Steinway or Bosendorfer piano.  So the piano is my first test, leading me to instantly toss 50% of the cheap earphones I come by. If the phones pass the piano test, I go to a piano trio, then to Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" (the first track, "So What,"...