Woodees Wood Earphones w/Mic

The Woodees natural wooden in-ear earphones look great but does wood really sound richer? Well yes, the Woodees do have a nice full and warm sound with deep bass, the wood housing definitely adds a unique natural looking style. The built quality and design is actually really good with nice silver accents and of course the wood with burned in Woodees logos on each ear piece and R/L channel indicators, the wood housing is very well finished with smooth rounded corners to the touch.

The Woodees sound is not crystal clear and the bass can be a little grainy at times. Although the overall sound quality is not bad at all for non audiophiles and certainly a big step up from any of your stock earphones that are provided with iPods and iPhones. The Woodees also feature a built in mic and button control so you can use them as your headset and control your music or videos, a non mic Woodees version is also available for a cheaper price. The Woodees are very light weight and comfortable with 4 paris of silicone ear tips that should provide Noise Cancelation however they do a very poor job at canceling outside noise but will still provide very little noise cancelation. Woodees are compatible with the iPhone 2G, 3G/S, iPod and other smartphones. Included with a pair of Woodees are a shirt clip and a storage pouch.  Price $49.99. 

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AKG K450 Portable Headphones

The new K450 headphones from AKG are ultra portable well designed and best used for travel. Sound - the K450 have a warm and clear overall sound, the non “bass head” bass sounds great not overpowering at all, very clear and detailed suitable for every music genre. The K450 produce clear detailed highs and lows for your ears to enjoy, you will be happy listening to your full music library with these (K450 do benefit from “Burn-in” time). The K450 are open air and do not isolate any outside noise so keep that in mind when looking for your next new headphones. The built quality is absolutely outstanding, first of all it’s very important for portable headphones to be well made and AKG did a fantastic job on the K450 making them very sturdy and from high quality plastic, they are foldable and get very compact. Comfort can be an issue if your planning on wearing these for long periods of time, you will find your ears start to hurt from the clamping after a few hours however they are very comfortable at first, the headband  has a leather-like padding on the bottom to cushion your head.

The K450 have a nice matte (no rubber coating) non glossy finish so they don’t attract any fingerprints. They come with 2 sets of audio cables that are also replaceable and connect to only one side of the headphones for extra comfort and portability, the wire is very light and short for outside use. Also included is a 2.5mm jack adapter for extra device compatibility and a very high quality and thought out hard shell carry case to store your K450’s if you’d like.  Price $149.95.

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