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Ultrasone iCans

Posted 02/27/2007 at 12:38pm | by Michael Brown

Ultrasone’s iCans feature the same S-Logic technology that prompted us to name the company’s Proline 750 headphones to our 2006 Best of the Best list. However, as wonderful as they sound with an iPod, they can’t displace the Shure E4g earbuds in their respective Best of the Best category.

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Etymotic ER-6 Isolator

Posted 10/10/2006 at 12:26pm | by Michael Brown

The relentless snare drum crack on “Jack of Speed” was enough to make some of the lesser earbuds beg for mercy, but the Etymotic ER-6 Isolators delivered it nearly perfectly. More importantly, they served up Beck’s bass with equal authority.

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ExtremeMac FS1

Posted 10/04/2006 at 12:35pm | by Michael Brown

It’s been our experience that you get what you pay for, more often than not. The ExtremeMac FS1 earbuds, however, fall into the “not” territory. The $150 for-sale sign hanging on these little buggers easily qualifies them as the most expensive earphones of the group, but they certainly didn’t sound like it.

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Creative Zen Aurvana

Posted 09/22/2006 at 12:12pm | by Michael Brown

Creative has pulled together a very nice audio package here. The Aurvana’s are a terrific-sounding set of headphones that deliver crisp, well-defined audio across the sonic spectrum.

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Sennheiser MX55 VC Street

Posted 09/17/2006 at 12:42pm | by Michael Brown

Even after finding a good fit, many people have trouble with earbuds inexorably sliding out of their ear canal. Sennheiser thinks it has the solution—it’s called Twist-to-Fit— but we found this invention to be far worse than the problem.

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Alienware Ozma 7 Headphones

Posted 02/27/2006 at 11:23am | by Michael Brown

If you know your Wizard of Oz lore, you’ll recall that Ozma was the young princess and rightful heir to the throne of Oz. Exactly what this has to do with audio and aliens is anyone’s guess, but these headphones did take us over the rainbow.

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Shure E4g Earbuds

Posted 02/10/2006 at 5:04pm | by

Little, yellow, and definitely kick ass, the Shure E4g Earbuds pack a punch even with their diminuitive size.

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