Typical price: £200
What is it: High-end, sound-isolating Bluetooth headphones with iPod adaptor
What we think: They may be very expensive and look ridiculous, but they're the best-sounding Bluetooth headphones we've tested to date
Average user rating
4.0
mediocre
Average user rating from 1 user
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Etymotic ety8 user reviews
May 7, 2009
Posted by: angusfarquhar
"I want to like it, but I don't"
What I like:
Sound quality, design, comfort
What I don't like:
Bluetooth only works in line of sight
Review:
These headphones really do provide you with fantastic sound quality and I had no complaints on that front, but a couple of things ruined them for me.
Firstly I didn't realise when I bought them that they didn't have a built in microphone so cannot be used as a handsfree on phones, and lets face it, most bluetooth devices are still phones.
Secondly the bluetooth just doesn't work well enough for everyday use. As soon as I put my phone in my pocket the signal was lost and the music cut out. If I lent forward or put my phone in my hand then all was fine, but I have no intention of doing either thing all day long.
I have had bluetooth devices before (Jabra BT3030) and know there are limitations but I've never had such poor response.
These were sent back the same day.
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