Those look very nice. You had steered me towards the
ATH-AR3BT's, and I really like them (SQ, looks, not too expensive). The only concern was that they apparently don't isolate very well, and one of the main reasons I want BT headphones is for the gym (I know, I know.. IEMs would work better). And because the AR3BT's were getting me into $150CAD territory, I then found a few other good contenders, and the prices kept going up and up, and I could tell that I would spend the rest of the year waffling. So I went back to my original "get a $50CAD pair of BT headphones for the gym to test the BT waters with" premise and got the
August EP650's for $57 CAD:
I really like: price, weight, comfort, aesthetics are fine imo, foldability, isolation seems good (but still need to do the gym test), ability to use wired as well, hiss is not very prevalent.
I've had them on for about an hour. It's safe to say that they don't sound like the AT's lol. They sound decent though, especially for the price (much better than the $40 BT iems that I have and can't really handle using for music). The good thing is that they don't sound thin and the highs aren't sibilant. The main niggle is that they are fairly bass heavy (more than anticipated). EQ'ing is helping a lot to tame it though, and the bass in general might come in handy at the gym. I am enjoying the Daft Punk at the moment and as long as I don't throw on my Nighthawks to compare them to, I think I might be fine!
I'm pretty sure I'll be keeping them as my "throw in the gym bag" of BT headphones, and judging by how much I'm enjoying them right now (and the lack of being tethered by cords), I might very well be throwing them on more often. I can see however that a pair of nice AT BT headphones (or the like) might be in my future