![]() ![]() Of the 43 Amazon reviews three negative reviews were clearly about comfort issues. Still, this is a bit of an Achilles Heel for these cans most owners won't read this review and some may have a hard time with fit. Once the pads are in good position, the headphones are remarkably comfortable as a result of the nicely implemented headband and ear pads. Go in small steps and recheck fit each time. It didn't take much of a bend on each side to correct the fit, so be sure not to over do it. Then carefully applying just enough pressure to deform the aluminum, I could bend the slightly curved arm into a straighter position. Oft time these kinda situations are best served by bending the middle of the headband out, but in this case the headband is extremely flexible, and it fits so well that I didn't want to change the bend up top.įortunately, I had noted the aluminum extension arms and quality build, so I figure they might be manually persuaded into a better position, and it's really the pad angle that needed changing, not the caliper pressure.īy carefully gripping the headband, and more importantly, the earpad in such a way as to not overly strain either, I positioned both thumbs up against the aluminum extension arm. ![]() Not good.Īt that point I almost called off the reviewcomfort is crucially important on a headphone, so if they don't fit properly it's a deal breaker. Out of the box there was too much pressure on the bottom of my ear, and it only touched gently at the top. Unfortunately, for me, and many people I suspect, they don't tilt downward far enough to properly line up with my ears. And they til up and down, but have only a small range of motion. The ear pads can swivel forward and back for fit, and flat for transport and storage. I found them quite comfortable.after I made a somewhat unsettling modification. The earpads, on the other hand are memory foamkind of unusual at this priceand the coverings, if not protein leather, are a really nice grade of pleather. With a svelt 157 grams, I found this pad quite comfortable. This pad is a bit larger than most headphones of this price and type, and does a good job of contacting my head over a fairly wide area. The perforated pleather headband pad covers a regular foam cushion. Good thing too.we'll get to that in a moment. The one bit of metal apparent is the headband extension arms, which are green (in this version) anodized aluminum. What is a nice surprise is that it seems to be pretty high grade synthetic materials. I've got the light gray/bright green version, but there's a dark gray and white version that are a bit more toned down and too my liking.Īt this price it's no surprise the construction is mostly plastic. I'm usually not a fan of bold colors, flashy graphics, and spanky shapesI'm more of a form-follows-function, simple and elegant kinda guybut I must say Plantronics did a pretty fine job of tasty pizzaz with these little cans. The Plantronics BackBeat 500 is a sealed, on-ear, Bluetooth headphone. I've been more impressed with these products than I expected, but I think they're going to have to keep working on it to beat the likes of Sennheiser. That same curiosity had me contacting Plantronics for a similarly price headphone, the BackBeat 500. The headphones mostly interested me because they came from Jabra, a company best known for both corporate and consumer telephone headsets. This story originally appeared at Ī couple of weeks ago I reviewed the Jabra Move and found it pretty good.a little too bass heavy for me, but pretty good for those who like some thump. ![]()
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