Comments on: Ear to the Floor: Hot CES Audio Gear http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/09/ear-to-the-floor-hot-ces-audio-gear/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:58:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: AJ http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/09/ear-to-the-floor-hot-ces-audio-gear/#comment-787029 AJ Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:01:33 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/09/ear-to-the-floor-hot-ces-audio-gear/#comment-787029 Hf2 Earphones for iPhone: I got a pair of these after reading the reviews. Sound was indeed great for the first few hours... then they came apart. Well, I unfortunately snagged the cord on the desk. They did not pop out of the ear as one expects with other in ear designs, instead the cord tore out of the ear piece. For portable use one would hope they would be made a little more robust than for studio listening. I am waiting to hear from the company if they believe this would be covered or not under manufacturing warenty... in which case it was a one of fault and they would replace them for me. If not, then I guess they are porly designed/made. Hf2 Earphones for iPhone:

I got a pair of these after reading the reviews. Sound was indeed great for the first few hours… then they came apart. Well, I unfortunately snagged the cord on the desk. They did not pop out of the ear as one expects with other in ear designs, instead the cord tore out of the ear piece. For portable use one would hope they would be made a little more robust than for studio listening. I am waiting to hear from the company if they believe this would be covered or not under manufacturing warenty… in which case it was a one of fault and they would replace them for me. If not, then I guess they are porly designed/made.

]]> By: AJ http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/09/ear-to-the-floor-hot-ces-audio-gear/#comment-787028 AJ Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:01:33 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/09/ear-to-the-floor-hot-ces-audio-gear/#comment-787028 Hf2 Earphones for iPhone: I got a pair of these after reading the reviews. Sound was indeed great for the first few hours... then they came apart. Well, I unfortunately snagged the cord on the desk. They did not pop out of the ear as one expects with other in ear designs, instead the cord tore out of the ear piece. For portable use one would hope they would be made a little more robust than for studio listening. I am waiting to hear from the company if they believe this would be covered or not under manufacturing warenty... in which case it was a one of fault and they would replace them for me. If not, then I guess they are porly designed/made. Hf2 Earphones for iPhone:

I got a pair of these after reading the reviews. Sound was indeed great for the first few hours… then they came apart. Well, I unfortunately snagged the cord on the desk. They did not pop out of the ear as one expects with other in ear designs, instead the cord tore out of the ear piece. For portable use one would hope they would be made a little more robust than for studio listening. I am waiting to hear from the company if they believe this would be covered or not under manufacturing warenty… in which case it was a one of fault and they would replace them for me. If not, then I guess they are porly designed/made.

]]> By: ammi http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/09/ear-to-the-floor-hot-ces-audio-gear/#comment-592426 ammi Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:42:09 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/09/ear-to-the-floor-hot-ces-audio-gear/#comment-592426 So use .flac, silly. Lossless codec ftw. So use .flac, silly.

Lossless codec ftw.

]]> By: Richard Cravens http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/09/ear-to-the-floor-hot-ces-audio-gear/#comment-569454 Richard Cravens Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:12:18 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/09/ear-to-the-floor-hot-ces-audio-gear/#comment-569454 Amen. I use 320kbit AAC and Apple Lossless Codec and both are just FINE for casual listening. If you don't like lower-bit rate song files, then don't buy them. Get the CD (or better source) and rip/transfer as suits if you care about quality, but don't denigrate the devices, which offer much-better-than-reasonable fidelity. Amen. I use 320kbit AAC and Apple Lossless Codec and both are just FINE for casual listening. If you don’t like lower-bit rate song files, then don’t buy them. Get the CD (or better source) and rip/transfer as suits if you care about quality, but don’t denigrate the devices, which offer much-better-than-reasonable fidelity.

]]> By: Mike Kobrin http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/09/ear-to-the-floor-hot-ces-audio-gear/#comment-558538 Mike Kobrin Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:02:47 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/09/ear-to-the-floor-hot-ces-audio-gear/#comment-558538 Actually, no. None of these products are limited to MP3/AAC. Also, I presume you know all about lossless compression formats and simply chose to omit them for reasons I'm not privy to. I actually have an iPod dedicated to Apple Lossless content (an 80GB 5th gen). And considering they have digital output... well... even the pickiest folks at Stereophile have given up the argument you've outlined above. Actually, no. None of these products are limited to MP3/AAC. Also, I presume you know all about lossless compression formats and simply chose to omit them for reasons I’m not privy to. I actually have an iPod dedicated to Apple Lossless content (an 80GB 5th gen). And considering they have digital output… well… even the pickiest folks at Stereophile have given up the argument you’ve outlined above.

]]> By: Ben http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/09/ear-to-the-floor-hot-ces-audio-gear/#comment-558200 Ben Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:13:35 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/09/ear-to-the-floor-hot-ces-audio-gear/#comment-558200 It's too bad that no matter what these audio playback devices do, they will always play the crunchy bit crushed hell that is mp3, aac, etc. The only way I see these products actually becoming relevant is if the file formats are true wavs. (Which defeats the purpose of the mp3 player, as wavs are MUCH larger files.) All-in-all, these products are ridiculous. It’s too bad that no matter what these audio playback devices do, they will always play the crunchy bit crushed hell that is mp3, aac, etc. The only way I see these products actually becoming relevant is if the file formats are true wavs. (Which defeats the purpose of the mp3 player, as wavs are MUCH larger files.) All-in-all, these products are ridiculous.

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