I bought these headphones 2 days ago, and they are AMAZING. I am in love. Now, I'm not a legit audiophile by any means (more of a technophile), but they sound solid to me, even over bluetooth. I'm coming from some Denon D2k's, and to me these sound as good (although my setup was just phone -> headphones or laptop -> soundmagic a10 amp -> headphones, so I was probably under-utilizing the d2k's). Still, these things are just so cool.
I have a Samsung Galaxy Nexus and have tested with Google Play Music and Pandora One, as well as with Pandora on my laptop. Experience so far:
Comfort: Feels like there's nothing on my head. Even more comfortable than the d2k's (which are super comfortable already).
Coolest tech features:
- NFC pairing-- when I first read about this feature I was underwhelmed, but in practice it's actually incredibly useful. Instead of taking 10 seconds to pair, it takes 0.2 seconds-- always. Works so well.
- Touch panel-- also works pretty much seamlessly (for both Pandora and Google Music on my phone; on my laptop, only the volume works and not skipping, but it's probably a configuration issue with the laptop).
- Removing the headphones to pause the music-- this feature is sick. Unfortunately, for me it only works with Google Music so far. Again, if I tinker with my laptop, I bet I could get it working, but not sure if I'll be able to get it working with the Pandora android app.
Look and feel: also, awesome. I love the look, they're much more manageable than the D2K's, and they feel rock solid. Really a high quality product.
Phone calls: personally, I'm not used to making calls via a headset, but tested it and it worked perfectly.
I paid $360 + tax at J&R in NYC for these (I get a 10% discount there), but personally probably would have still been satisfied at $5-600.
Had one minor tech issue when I accidentally tried paring the bluetooth to my laptop while it was already paired to my phone (music stopped playing)-- called customer support and the guy explained how to do a hard reset (remove battery for 5 mins and delete pairing from phone), and it's worked perfectly ever since. Very positive experience with CS.
Only other thing is the Parrot Music App-- it hasn't been released yet for Android (should be coming out in the next couple weeks), so I can't test the concert effect stuff or turn off the noise cancelling.
I'd imagine they optimized for the most popular native mobile music players, so they probably work most smoothly with Google Music and iTunes-- at least that's been my experience. They might be more finicky if you use 3rd party music apps.
If you like cool tech toys, you'll love these. If you're a pure audiophile, probably not for you.
PS feel free to PM me if you're in the market for some second hand d2k's with a shortened stock cable haha