halcyon
Headphoneus Supremus
- Joined
- Oct 21, 2002
- Posts
- 1,877
- Likes
- 283
Have been trying to find this for two years, and i can't understand why it's not on the market:
- IEMs (not buds, not over the ears, not half-way inserts)
- wired (not bluetooth, no batteries, but perfect sound quality)
- headset that comes with a Mic (i.e. can be used for making calls)
- Mic that is noise/wind protected and doesn't start white noise barrage when you walk in slight wind
- Good sound quality (i.e. basic $30 buds made in some obscure factory with crappy dynamics are out of the question)
- Good isolation (20+ dB is good enough)
- inline Answer / volume control buttons that just work
- Foam tips available (the silicone tips just don't work for me and neither do for a lot of other people)
- replaceable cables (I don't want to pay $300 and up for a headphone that needs to be replaced when the cable breaks)
- NOT iPhone compatible! Needs to be compatible with the rest of the world, which includes 80% of the phones sold out there, which are not iPhones. All major androids, WP phones, etc. Absolutely do NOT want to go through the iPhone<->other phones headset adapter route (been trying that for two years and hate it).
I mean really. There are about 1000000 headsets for iPhones, but only one Jays, one Phonak, one UE and one Klipsch model for Androids?
That selection isn't very staggering, nor are the particular headset IEMS anywhere near the best available in terms of sound quality, mic quality, sturdiness and other features.
What's the issue here?
Are there not any "Android/WP/Symbian/other than iPhone compatible" IEM headsets with really good sound quality and a very good microphone?
The mind boggles...
If you have found a really good IEM-headset that works with most Android phones, please do chime in.
- IEMs (not buds, not over the ears, not half-way inserts)
- wired (not bluetooth, no batteries, but perfect sound quality)
- headset that comes with a Mic (i.e. can be used for making calls)
- Mic that is noise/wind protected and doesn't start white noise barrage when you walk in slight wind
- Good sound quality (i.e. basic $30 buds made in some obscure factory with crappy dynamics are out of the question)
- Good isolation (20+ dB is good enough)
- inline Answer / volume control buttons that just work
- Foam tips available (the silicone tips just don't work for me and neither do for a lot of other people)
- replaceable cables (I don't want to pay $300 and up for a headphone that needs to be replaced when the cable breaks)
- NOT iPhone compatible! Needs to be compatible with the rest of the world, which includes 80% of the phones sold out there, which are not iPhones. All major androids, WP phones, etc. Absolutely do NOT want to go through the iPhone<->other phones headset adapter route (been trying that for two years and hate it).
I mean really. There are about 1000000 headsets for iPhones, but only one Jays, one Phonak, one UE and one Klipsch model for Androids?
That selection isn't very staggering, nor are the particular headset IEMS anywhere near the best available in terms of sound quality, mic quality, sturdiness and other features.
What's the issue here?
Are there not any "Android/WP/Symbian/other than iPhone compatible" IEM headsets with really good sound quality and a very good microphone?
The mind boggles...
If you have found a really good IEM-headset that works with most Android phones, please do chime in.