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Listen up folks, while you might look mighty trendy rocking those headphones
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Filed under: Portable Audio, Wearables
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You want boasting rights and flattering amounts of auditory detail? Look no further than Shure's E500PTH, what's shaping up to be the most hyped and wildly anticipated (or so we're led to believe) earphones of the season. Oh, did we mention they're finally shipping? Sorry kids, only in the UK for now. We spotted these flagship 'buds at CES and now Shure obviously intends to deliver, albeit a few months later than expected. Housing two woofer drivers and one tweeter, the design promises to "change personal audio the way HDTV changed television" (saywha?). Easily among the most elaborate of assurances we've heard, the E500PTH has a lot to prove: the Push-to-Hear (no, this isn't the flipside of PTT) technology lowers music volume to let "environmental ambiance" (um, noise?) seep in, while flipping a switch activates a "so real, you're there" vibe providing two ways to groove. If style's your thing, the E500PTH sports a black and chrome outfit and maintains a low-profile while blocking up to 37db of outside interference (until you hit the PTH switch, of course). If you're ready to hear the touted "revolution" in sound, listen up: this aural pleasure won't come cheap. For the Brits who can grab these immediaitely, it'll cost you £419, while Americans must await a late-July ship date to drop their $500.Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | CommentsFiled under: Portable Audio
Creative released their cleverly and modestly-named ZEN Aurvana earphones, promising 90% blockage of ambient noise (not unlike most canalphones). The $100 phones are apparently first being released in Singapore this month, but we assume they'll be making their way elsewhere sooner rather than later, since they're already featured prominently on Creative's site. The Aurvanas (or is it Aurvani?) weigh just 13g, making them the lightest in their class according to Creative, and come with a number of accessories, including two sets of three different size earbuds, an airplane adaptor, cleaning tool, and a rather slick looking travel case. Sounds about run-of-the-mill to us, but it'll be nice if they start bundling these with their players.Filed under: Peripherals, Portable Audio
We thought crafting your devices from aircraft-grade titanium was, like, so 2001, but Audio-Technica went and proved us wrong with the release of their deep metallic ATH-CM700Ti (left), and ATH-CM700, fashioned from aluminum in coppery brown or silver (right). We’re not sure what kind of abuse you’re putting your earbuds through that would require such exotic materials (and we might remind you to better mind the abuse you’re subjecting your eardrums to on the daily), but if you’re over Japan way they can be had for ¥17,325 and ¥12,600, respectively (about $155 and $113 US)
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Nothing much to see here, but Plantronics just announced their MX203S, MX200 and MX250 wired
(pictured) supports musicphones, with stereo earbuds, and
a button to switch from music to a phone call. There is also a WindSmart tech to cancel wind noises, but that’s about
all that’s going on here. The MX200 is a single earpiece design, and the MX250 sports a boom, but that’s about it. All
three headsets should be available this month.
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