pksky9 | # 11 | 2010-01-26, 19:57 | Report

I just bought a pair of Ultimate Ears TripleFi 10 earbuds and i'm gonna to combine it with the Nokia BH-214 or Sony DRC-BT15. I hope this will work.

nightfire | # 12 | 2010-01-26, 22:01 | Report

I have a love/hate relationship with my Motorola S9s.



Firstly, you'll either love or hate the sound signature. They are quite flat, and the midbass is not overextended. They roll off in the extreme highs, but that's a good thing - bluetooth's compression mangles them anyway (>12khz).

They have a similar sound signature to Etymotic ER4s, though not as accurate.

Personally, I love the way they sound (for rock/metal/jazz/blues/classical), but if you listen to a lot of hiphop or electronic, they may not work.

They're ultra-portable, have outstanding build quality and battery life, and are great for the gym. Call quality is acceptable as well. I personally think the controls are outstanding.

However, they are indoor-use only.

They simply do not work outdoors. The antenna is inexplicably in the back of the unit, which sits on your neck. Bluetooth's low-powered 2.4ghz signal cannot penetrate the body, so it relies on reflections, which you don't reliably get outdoors. You can make it work if you keep your phone in a backpack, but it will not work with your phone in your coat or jeans pocket. It's frustrating their literature doesn't make this clear.

If you only need them indoors however, they're outstanding.

Finally, I would recommend avoiding the Sony DR-BT50. I just bought them about a week ago, and they are utter trash. Fit and finish is decent, the controls are OK (but not great), and the antenna placement is good. However, this is all moot, because of the audio quality. Appalling.

I honestly believe the testers they had either serious hearing damage, or listened to the most compressed, hissy pop songs they could find. Yes, they were in A2DP mode. Yes they used a large A2DP bit depth. They were massively spiked in the 200-400hz region, with no deep bass (<100hz) and muddied mids. The highs were completely missing. It wasn't a personal preference thing; it's not that I didn't just dislike the bass-heavy sound signature. They were simply not well engineered. Drivers were aimed improperly, and offered all sorts of strange harmonics and standing waves (particular in the midbass, which makes me wonder if the engineers were just deaf and tuned accordingly).

They were so bad I actually disassembled them and swapped the speakers from a pair of Koss KSC-75s. They sound decent now, but there's still some funny refractions going on in the speaker cases. Maybe some cotton would help. Anyway.

At the very least, if you are considering them (I bought them because they are closed over-ear cans, great for cold winter walking), do yourself a favor and listen to them first.

---

Last edited by nightfire; 2010-01-26 at 22:22.

Duffer | # 13 | 2010-01-26, 22:21 | Report

Nokia BH-905 The ANC is neat, and work well with the N900 on latest FW

svenna | # 14 | 2010-01-27, 09:03 | Report

I think they are quite loud I first tried a pair of samsung but they couldn't play my music(in flames ~melodic death metal) but the bh-214 managed.
The bh-214 was reviewed in a swedish magazine qoute:

"Nokia BH214 account for the large bang. You get a headset that offers brilliant audio experience and simple handling. With his five plus Nokia's handset is the only one in this test is fully potty [...]" from the newspaper Aftonbladet, 2009

The thing I miss is that there is no neck strap, i'm thinking about drilling a hole in the clip to be able to hang them around the neck.

kevloral | # 15 | 2010-01-27, 13:59 | Report

I am thinking about buying a BH-505:



Has anyone used them?

Bec | # 16 | 2010-01-27, 14:24 | Report

Interested in that model(505) also, I heard pretty bad things about motorola S9 but I always liked the design.

nightfire | # 17 | 2010-01-27, 17:36 | Report

Well, I think the S9 is great overall, if used indoors. It doesn't work at all outdoors.

I wonder if the 505 solves that issue by placing the antenna near the ear or better yet, implementing diversity..

amoult | # 18 | 2010-03-24, 14:28 | Report

Anyone tried BH-505 yet with N900?

philh | # 19 | 2010-03-24, 14:52 | Report

I`ve got the Plantronics / Altec Lansing Backbeat 903. For just under £50 I`m well happy with them, the earbuds are not the "completely in ear" type so they don't filter out all the outside noise. I prefer that as I don't want to hear my heart or every step I make when listening to music. Sound is great imo for earbuds headphones, it maybe lacks a bit with tha basses but otherwise I`m happy. In-ear pieces twist and extend so they are adjustable, I was worried about the cable catching the collar but it`s fine, I was after a complete freedom of movement and I`ve got it. Regarding the signal, they work very well outside (meaning continuous playback without any cut outs) as long as I keep the N900 on the right hand side of my body, usualy in a over the shoulder bag, I suspect the antenna is in the right hand side piece. Battery life good, charges quickly, sweat proof, well recommended.

naabi | # 20 | 2010-03-25, 20:21 | Report

Anyone who can recommend a quality headset that can be charged with N900 micro-USB charger? Sucks that Nokia headsets I took look at have the old 2mm jack.

edit: Sony DR-BT100CX/BLU uses USB for charging, I guess It's micro...

---

Last edited by naabi; 2010-03-25 at 20:26.