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In both appearance and extra features, Urbanears’ Plattan line are indeed heavy hitters. The Urbanears website describes them as a “full size headphone allowing for rich, secluded sound,” which the well-padded cups and ample drivers do quite nicely. Available in a dazzling array of colors, they certainly make a visual… Continue Reading »

I’m going to start this review with an aside: do you remember when white earbuds were an iPod symbol? Back before the iPod monoculture, there were people who used iPods but bought black headphones, or people who used whatever MP3 players were around but bought white earbuds. Now, of course,… Continue Reading »

Monster is continuing its move into headphone technology with the introduction of its new Butterfly™ high-performance in-ear headphones (MSRP: $199.95). The headphones have been created in conjunction with world-renowned fashion designer Vivienne Tam, echoing the “Butterfly Lovers” theme of her acclaimed Spring 2010 fashion collection. Featuring an elegantly curved design,… Continue Reading »

Because I spend so much of my day with my ears plugged up with headphones, sound quality is obviously important to me. But for anything from around $100 and up, you’re going to get decent enough sound. Instead, you start considering things such as comfort, fit, accessories and construction. This… Continue Reading »

I look for three things when considering headphones to replace Apple’s Earbuds: 1.) comfort, 2.) some form of noise isolation or cancellation, and 3.) quality audio. For in-ear headphones, The Altec Lansing BackBeat Pro comes the closest I’ve experienced to hitting all three. There are cheaper options available in the… Continue Reading »

You have an iPod or iPhone, a case, a screen protector, and piles of music. So now what? What’s the next thing to accessorize your iPod with? You could buy a set of speakers, which would be a good investment, but the iPod is likely for you, so why share?… Continue Reading »

By and large, I don’t mind wires. I’d rather deal with wires than batteries, I suppose. Wires are free. And better for the environment. And more useful should I find myself in a MacGyveresque predicament…which has never happened, and which I wouldn’t recognize if it did because I’ve never actually… Continue Reading »

Apple has made their in-ear headphones, with mic and remote, available on the Apple Store for $79. The ‘phones feature three sizes of silicone plugs and a woofer and tweeter in each bud in order to give you something about sound which the weird guy who’s house they’re having the… Continue Reading »

Okay, so Black Friday is just a couple days way, officially kicking off the holiday shopping season, and you have no idea what to get your music loving family member/friend? First of all, don’t panic. With the sorry state of the economy and the multitude of online stores and retail… Continue Reading »

Apple has released an update for the new “nano-chromatic” 4th Generation iPod nano. The update includes a number of bug fixes and enables support for the new in-ear headphones, and the new earphones with mic and remote. The update also adds a menu item allowing you to disable Cover Flow… Continue Reading »