roofus
100+ Head-Fier
I just received my AKG Hearo 999 Audiosphere II Wireless headphones via UPS. I am listening to "The Essential Paul Simon" as I type. I am very, very impressed with these 'phones. The list price is $1200 US (YIKES!) but I picked them up for $449 from Eighth St. Music in NYC. Sorry I didn't buy the package that included 2 sets of phones for $649. I think the price is low because: 1) they are discontinued; and 2) they didn't sell that well because of the high cost.
The sound quality is excellent (probably not up to the standard of the best wired 'phone from Grado, Sennheiser (sorry I can't spell that name!), or AKG; but excellent none-the-less.
I will post a more detailed review later but for now:
Comfort=good (a bit heavy due to receiver, antenna, and batteries in headset)
Sound Quality= excellent (not as good as the best wired ones but we're wireless here!)
Versatility is first class: they accept analogue or digital signals via coax digital, optical digital, headphone jack analogue (2 sizes), or pre-out analogue.
There are all sorts of "tuning" options for the sound - most of which make very little difference to the sound. They are just confusing n my view . . .
Battery life is too short but that's a common complaint in eveything from cars to vibrators!
More details to follow!
The sound quality is excellent (probably not up to the standard of the best wired 'phone from Grado, Sennheiser (sorry I can't spell that name!), or AKG; but excellent none-the-less.
I will post a more detailed review later but for now:
Comfort=good (a bit heavy due to receiver, antenna, and batteries in headset)
Sound Quality= excellent (not as good as the best wired ones but we're wireless here!)
Versatility is first class: they accept analogue or digital signals via coax digital, optical digital, headphone jack analogue (2 sizes), or pre-out analogue.
There are all sorts of "tuning" options for the sound - most of which make very little difference to the sound. They are just confusing n my view . . .
Battery life is too short but that's a common complaint in eveything from cars to vibrators!
More details to follow!