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12 May 2010, 5:16 PM

Enjoy and Share Music with the New Sennheiser PX 210 BT Bluetooth headphones

The latest from Sennheiser allows you to say goodbye to wires and cords with the new PX 210 BT Bluetooth headphones. Using high-quality Bluetooth 2.1 wireless connection, you can connect to your iPod or Mac and listen to your music in excellent sound quality.

These headphones neatly fold away making them practical and compact, ideal for people on the go. These headphones also feature Neodymium magnets and Duofol diaphragms for high sound quality and easy to use integrated volume and track controls. You also have the choice to plug the headphones into regular music devices with supplied audio cable.

23 Apr 2010, 12:30 PM

Bower and Wilkins P5 Hitting the Headphones Market

Bowers & Wilkins (or B&W as they’re sometimes known) have continued their successful march on all things audio and launched some high-end headphones that rival their now legendary Zeppelin iPod dock, for sheer style. The Bower and Wilkins P5 headphones are super-sleek, on-ear headphones that are as much about fashion and design, as they are about quality and performance.

The ear pads are unusually flat and rectangular, so look less like your typical dj headphones, and more like traditional on-ears. The styling draws some retro inspiration with a leather headband and ear padding, and metal – as opposed to the colourful plastics seen on many headphones, such as the funkier Skullcandy and iFrogz styling. They are also designed to usefully fold down when you want to keep them safe.

The sound quality is apparently exceptionally good, and these headphones can show off decent base levels even at high volumes, it’s reported. It comes with 2 different cables, a standard 3.5mm jack and an Apple in-line remote and mic cable – clearly aligning themselves with all the iPod and iPhone users who demand this kind of functionality. At around Â£250 the P5 is certainly not cheap, but as with their Zeppelin dock, word-of-mouth regarding quality (and of course, style) might help make these headphones very popular indeed – even if it might be too much to part with, for most.

7 Apr 2010, 12:01 PM

New and Improved In Ear Headphones

Creative have updated their Aurvana In Ear model headphones, claiming to block out 95% of external noise.

Boosting audio performance the new and improved in ear headphones have been kitted out with a grill on the rear of each unit and feature a metal body, gold plug and oxygen-free copper cables.

The cable gives you a total length of 130cm and the ear buds are lightweight for comfort. Other pluses include a clamshell type case that opens to reveal a cable winder and a cleaning tool to keep your headphones fresh and clean.

31 Mar 2010, 9:46 AM

Sony to Release iPhone Headphones

For those who are less than impressed with the standard headphones Apple provide with iPods and iPhones, Sony have the answer!

They have designed a new range of headphones specifically for the iPhone, featuring better sound quality as well as a microphone so that they can also double-up as a hands-free calling solution. The Sony headphones will also allow the user to pause music and skip tracks without removing the iPhone from their pocket.

These headphones will launch next month, but there’s no word on pricing as yet – though we do know they’ll come in a range of pretty colours!

24 Mar 2010, 5:38 PM

Ideal Headphones for Kids

Kids love music and to reward them Kidz Gear have released two models of headphones specifically designed for kids.

The first model is a wireless pair of headphones, so kids can move around their rooms with the freedom to express themselves. The second model is a wired pair of headphones.

They will prove to be the perfect way for kids to enjoy music.

10 Mar 2010, 4:30 PM

No more worries for the headphone hoodlums of Colonial Heights

For the past 26 years almost every citizen in Colonial Heights has had involvement in the city’s secret criminal underground – with a majority being perpetrators themselves. But this crime wave is now at an end, following a change in the city’s byelaws. For now it is finally legal to use your headphones in public.

A quarter of a century ago, local lawmakers in the Virginia district deemed it an offence to run, walk, or even stand on streets or sidewalks with headphones on or in both ears. The law has remained in place ever since, although according to city Police Chief, Jeffrey W. Faries, nobody has ever been punished for wearing earphones or headphones.

However, in spite of common sense seemingly prevailing, all are not in favour of the law change. City Council member Milton Freeland voted against, highlighting the safety and security benefits of being able to hear one’s surroundings without the distraction of headphones.