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Comfortable headsets are great when you can find them. If they are cordless it’s even better. Now add the ability to listen to your iPod wirelessly for up to 10 hours straight. If that is not enough – what if you and three other people could share the wireless connection? Have I peaked your interest yet?

Kleer (good name when talking about headsets) and DigiFi have joined their resources to give us a cordless headset with CD quality sound known as Opera. A bit rich at $98 but an interesting concept I must say.

Opera is not your ordinary headset. It wraps from behind your head and up over your ears. Earbuds make this headset unobtrusive and as far as looks are concerned – streamlined comes to mind.

Read [Kleer] Via [Gear Live]

Don’t think USB charger connectors are overrated? Maker of Bluetooth headsets JayBird does. That’s why it has implemented a new kind of charger for its new JayBird JB-200 Bluetooth headphones. The patent pending JayBird charging design consists of a “small flat metal charging material on the inside surface of the right ear piece, which when sliding the headset into the custom slot on the charging dock connects the headset to the power supply” for charging. And other than this novel new feature, this funky looking pair of Bluetooth headphones will do you good for 5.5 hours with music and 6.5 hours during calls. The standalone headphone set will set you back $130 a piece, although there are other choices for sales packages including one with a complementary Bluetooth adapter that’s compatible with 3.5mm headphone jack toting devices. It’s small enough to carry around everywhere you go, and yet it manages to pack some nice noise cancellation technology in its body. With headphones like these, who needs rock music?

Via [Just Another Mobile Phone Blog]

JVC is releasing a new high-end model to its bi-metal in-ear canal headphones – JVC HA-SX500. If you are wondering what a bi-metal headphone is? Just think of old times and try to recall those folding headphones that we used to wear to listen to our precious Sony Walkmans. Well, that’s exactly how the JVC HA-SX500 looks.

But don’t even think that this new JVC headphones is a clone of those old Sony ones. JCV is actually touting this product as a high-end addition to their bi-metal headphone lineup. By high-end it simply means that JVC has designed this headphone to produce high quality sound through a Bi-METAL structure. The HA-SX500 also reduces friction noise while increasing comfort during prolong used. Less friction noise means, better audibility.

Now for some even more good stuff, the HA-SX500 are lightweight and should fit comfortably and securely while at the same time delivering superior isolation from both external sounds and sound leakage. The headphone was designed ergonomically with silicon rubber earpiece supported by cushioned metallic foldable headband. What this simply means is you’d probably enjoy using the headphone without straining your ears that much.

And finally, as a way of responding to the sign of the times, JVC is throwing in a plug that connects the HA-SX500 with the iPhone. If you don’t mind pairing your iPhone with this old looking headphone, then be prepared to spare around $79.95 sometime this month when JVC officially released the HA-SX500.

Via [Crave] Read [JVC]

SoundID has announced its latest Bluetooth headset, the HD 300 with NoiseNavigation control. Boasting a narrow form and chic, high-gloss black finish, the SoundID HD300 Bluetooth headset was designed to complement the natural hearing process. NoiseNavigation is SoundID’s proprietary technology that optimizes speech intelligibility during conversation with two microphones that isolates speech and DSP algorithms. This is said to reduce wind and background noise when the Bluetooth headset is in used, in other words the person you are speaking with should not have any trouble hearing you.

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Researchers who conducted focus-group discussions with teenagers from Netherlands have found a “shocking” discovery. Although most teens are aware of the damage that they are inflicting upon themselves by setting the volumes of their music players on high, they generally don’t care. That’s easy to understand, but what I don’t get is why many people are still puzzled as to why this is so. Shouldn’t it be general knowledge by now that most people really do prefer to listen to loud music? It’s the best way to really appreciate music anyway. And although I agree that this will have some bad “side-effects” to the listener in terms of his/her hearing abilities, I find it hard to believe that there is any other way to really feel your music, except through pumping up the volume and blocking out everything else around you.

Parents, doctors, and anyone else who thinks I’m a loose nut for saying they should leave the loud-music listening music lovers alone, consider this: what would you rather have, that your kids are a) locked up in their rooms inhaling toxic stuff and slitting their wrists or b) locked up in their rooms wearing noise-canceling headphones and the volume set to 11? It’s high time someone told you what blasting ourselves with hard rock really and truly means.

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If you are always in the airport, want to do yoga, or feel like you want to spend time in the middle of an erupting volcano, the new Sony MDR-NC500 noise canceling headphones are just the pair for you. Designed to take advantage of the newly developed DNC Software Engine, this baby will prevent up 99% of ambient noise from reaching your delicate little ears. That way, you can concentrate on whatever it is you want to do, for up to 16 hours using the internal Lithium-ion battery, or up to 28 hours with normal AA batteries. Now if only the whole world could afford its $399.99 price tag when it ships on March 21, then maybe we’d finally be able to achieve the fabled dream of world peace.

Product [Sony Style] Via [Akihabara News]

Product: Skullcandy iPhone FMJ headphones
Price and Availability: $79.95, Currently available for sale, although they are noted as being out-of stock until March 1-15, 2008.
Rating: 10/10
Pros: A comfortable fit, great sounding and a solid, durable feel.
Cons: Not sure I can really call it a con, but at first the cable seemed a bit stiff. It did become a little more flexible with a few days of use.
Overall: A great choice for iPhone and/or BlackBerry Curve users alike.

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Logitech has shown-off a new headset at CeBIT, the ClearChat PC Wireless headset. It combines a comfortable looking stereo headset with 2.4GHz technology which will let you stray up to 30-feet away from your computer. It also looks to provide an audio rich experience that keeps interference at a minimum.

The headset works with both PC’s and Mac’s, and is compatible with Skype, Windows Live, Yahoo, Google Talk and AIM. It is expected to have a May release in the U.S. and Europe and should retail for $99.99.

Via [Business Wire]

Love your white Apple earbuds, but are tired of getting tangled in the wire. The Sony DRC-BT815 will come to the rescue. Plug any pair of headphones into the DRC-BT815 and they become pairable with any Bluetooth audio device or phone. Including an embedded microphone, the DRC-BT815 can also be used as a hands free headset for your mobile phone.

It could use a little more juice, it offers just 6 hours of usable time, thanks to the rechargeable lithium-ion battery. At $130, the DRC-BT815 isn’t going to fly off shelves, but hopefully it finds a place in my pocket.

Via [Gizmodo]