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what bluetooth Headset are you using?

I was curious what bluetooth headset other Kaiser/Tytn II/Tilt owners are using.
I'm on the market looking for one and got recommended to buy the JawBone Aliph but the reviews of shody construction is turning me off to buying the first one.
So what bluetooth headsets are you using?

The BlueTooth I'm using in the number 4 incisor.

I believe this post is better suited for the Kaiser "Accessories" thread.

Jabra BT500
Jabra BT500 is a very comfortable, behind-the-ear headset that i have been using for a long time now.

Ultra Mini Bluetooth Headset here, it was cool 4 years ago...now it just sucks, looking at getting the Motorola S9's here.

I use & love my Sony S9.
Got it around X-mas from AT&T $95.00 - $30.00 mail in rebate
Pros:
Great for music. Stereo
Light & Comfortable
Battery last days with moderate to heavy use
Full controls on headset include answer, play, pause, volume up/down & fw/rev
Cons:
Mono Phone calls only
Because of design (wrap around back of head) uncomfortable to lay on back & listen to music, i.e weight bench

Damn i was wanting to use it while laying down ! (weight bench) that sucks...how is it to wear them around the chin (TWSS 'if you don't know it google it') ?

I was looking into getting the Jawbone but hearing some of the reviews and the overall reviews at amazon, it certainly is turning me off to it.
I'm thinking of going platronics since my moto H350 sucks hard.

I have the Blue Ant Z9i. IMHO, it is the best HS I've used to date.

jabra bt8040. It's pretty good but I wish the volume can be louder.

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jabra bt8040. It's pretty good but I wish the volume can be louder.
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I second that! Great quality, very stable. Can be connected to two phones at the same time. Only drawback is volume, it sometimes autoadjusts just a bit too low, you can set it higher manually.
But overall it's great. It remembers 8 pairings, so I can use it with my laptop, my personal mobile (SE K550) and my business phone (TyTN II) without repairing it every time. Voice dialing only works with the last paired device but picking up calls from two phones that are connected to it at once, works.
It also has A2DP profile support, so listening to music with it is nearly "OK". Much better anyway than just directing sound to the headset with the normal profile (handsfree or headset, can't remember).

Another vote for the Moto S9
I've gone through several, but the Moto S9 is the one I settled with. Since I listen to music on a regular basis, these were a no brainer. What hooked me on them wasn't the GREAT sound quality; it was the fact that the person I was talking to could HEAR ME. The only negative is it plays in the left ear only on phone calls, but the volume is loud enough to compensate. Besides, your phone and most other BT headsets play in one ear only, so it's not that big a deal.
The best advice I can give is to purchase at a local retailer that will allow you to bring them back if they don't work for you. I purchased mine at Fry's Electronics and I went through 5 different ones before I settled on the S9s. Even if you pay a few dollars more over an online place, it will be worth it to get the ones you like.

Moto S9 rocks!
It's a bit expensive, but the result is great!

Jawbone2 here

Blue Ant Z9i for music listening?
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I have the Blue Ant Z9i. IMHO, it is the best HS I've used to date.
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As I'm looking for a HS with which I can also listen to music: Would you recommend it, or is it just a mono device? If not: How is the sound quality with music?

i'd get this one
http://www.nokia.co.uk/link?cid=EDITORIAL_805146

i got the blueant z9 for at home use, and the jabra bt8010 for outside use. the stereo headset is great

I've used :
Motorola H700
Plantronics Voyager 510
Sony Ericsson HBH-PV702
Motorola H700
- Rather decent headset but callers complain that my voice is rather hollow
- Compact sized
- Lost the unit before I can give a better review
Plantronics Voyager 510
- Best unit I've used, very clear quality but abit on the expensive side
- Rather bulky
- Son broke the unit after 1 year of usage *sob*
Sony Ericsson HBH-PV702
- Lightweight, cheap !
- Voice quality varies i.e using it currently with my Kaiser, can hear static and BUT when paired with my wife's Sony Ericsson W850i, voice quality is very good.

i'm currently using a Sony Ericsson HBH-608 Lightweight Akono Bluetooth Headset. Had it about 8 months, and its been brilliant, good sound quality, comfortable and battery lasts ages. Cheap too, got it off eBay

I've found the Plantronics 655 and the new 925 to work the best. Both deliver good quality sound to the user. Reasonably rich sound with plenty of volume. They also offer noise cancellation comparable to the JB units.
I would though go with the 925 over the 655. The 925 fits better in the ear and depending on taste is a bit easier to use.
My most important message is that these units deliver quality sound with good volume. I have found most headsets to sound tinny and to lack volume when used with the Tilt.

Current best Bluetooth headset for use with 6800?

I am ready to try yor Bluetooth route. I have seen a lot of complaints about BT headset interfacing. What is the best one to use with the HTC 6800 to avoid problems?

this is not an easy question to answer. You do better searching BT review sites. As for me...I use the Jawbone and have no issues...you will see some here may have issues with the Jawbone but not for me. I can use the BT to answer calls, start MS Voice commands, and not one issue of not being heard, etc...and using dcd rom along with GC Audio update sound is very good in the ear piece.

I use a Plantronics Voyager 855, perfect call quality, perfect stereo audio, and flawless controls. First headset that has always worked fine for me.

The best bluetooth headset out there, for ANY device, is the Jawbone 2. Best clarity, best noise reduction by FAR, great battery life, magnetic charging, highly stylish, extremely well built construction, etc etc.
I think anyone that says otherwise hasn't used one. The only downside is price. But you get what you pay for as they say (sometimes).

I agree..
Jawbone works flawlessly. I haven't tried the new one but I like my current Jawbone and drive a 2500 trip 4 times a year and like the longer battery life of the original Jawbone. I also own a pair of Motorola S9's to use for stereo sound when I'm at the gym and love them. I have also tried the Voyager 855 and think it is another excellent choice but it didn't fit me well.

If you want a stereo bluetooth headset for listening to music or audiobooks (as well as a headset with a decent mic), the Plantronics 590 works quite well and a charge can last across a couple days with it turned on most of the time (but not broadcasting constantly). Plus you can pick them up for a song on ebay. My wife and I both got sets in the $40 range.

look up the Motorola S9... I love it!

After owning 30 headsets.....I think the best four are the Plantronics 510, 855 (for stereo), Jawbone, and blueant z9i. I personally think the plantronics are the best overall...but the jawbones are hard to beat when it comes to blocking out sound. The z9i does a great job at noise cancelation but I find the Planty just are more comfortable and have killer range and battery life than the Blueant and Aliph offerings. IM me if you want to chat more about each. Used them on my ppc's.
Heard many good things from people on the 855 in use with the htc phones...they are great for getting a headset that can be single or stereo in use.

I've got a jawbone which works great. Unfortunately, I have to carry two phones (for work and personal), and the jawbone can only connect to one at a time. I've heard that some plantronics headsets have some kind of multi-point technology, which I need to look into..

Another reason why I liked the Plantys over the jawbone was it does noise cancelation better but they do just about everything else better....mulitpoint works as advertised. They have a more pleasant frequency response while the jawbone is louder but higher frequency heavy. Not pleasantfor music listening. Blueants will do 5 phones, and a computer.

BlueAnt Z9 & Z9i work great for me...

I have the stereo Jabra BT620s's and the battery lasts for 16 hours straight. The sound is also excellent. Although, I do have a bigger head, and they do squeeze pretty tight. Excellent quality though.

I would recommend Jawbone for everybody. The best BT what I ever had. Loud and reliable.

Good job of bringing up a dead thread

Just to throw my choice into the mix, I have been using the Jabra BT3030 I think is the model. it's a dog tag with plug in headphones. great stereo sound, never had a complain with callers. you can choose whatever headphones you want to use with it. All the functions on the "dog tag" work great. controls volume, calling, brings up voice command. controls WMP, play/pause/track forward/back. and the best thing, like no one has even heard of it around here. gets a lot of comments

Having tried many headsets the absolute best I've used is made by BLUE PARROT ,the Roadwarrior BT150 not stylish but awesome audio quality in both directions,its biggest drawback for me is 5hr talk time but driving a truck for a living will teach the value of noise cancellation. Second choice is my jawbone II its lightweight and does a decent job of noise rejection with awesome battery life. Just my 2 cents!

I have owned a few blue tooth headsets, and while I really liked the Jawbone, I honestly feel the Blue Ant Z9i is by far the best bluetooth. I don't have any problems out of it and it works excellent with the Microsoft Voice Command.

+1 to the Jabra BT3030. I use it fir weightlifting as well as everyday use. Its a great device. Also, It lets you connect to your phone for calls, AND connect to your ipod/other bluetooth device AT THE SAME TIME and will switch your music playing off when someone calls, to connect you, and then lets you go right back to rockin'..
Overall, this is my 2nd headset, I've loved every minute ive used it.

nitro66215 said:
look up the Motorola S9... I love it!
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+1. nothing is better to listen to music with! now where did i put my phone...

I use a cheap one that looks like a Shuffle that you plug whatever headphones you want into. Got it on DealExtreme for like $20. It works ok for the money.

audioquality - really that bad? will 2.2 bring some improvements?

Hey Folks!!
I´ve read a lot about the very poor audio quality with the streak...what do you "initiated" guys can tell me about this (aside from the fact that they have positioned the audiojack on the SIDE of the device )? How would you rate the possibility to use this device as my no.1 mp3 player?
Will the update that everybody is waiting for compensate this issue?

Hi brooon
Well i don't know why you think the Streak has poor audio quality as that most certainly isn't my experience of using it to play my Music on and whilst i was on 1.6 i was more than happy using the Music player that was built into the Streak as i liked the Music Widget that came with it. Since moving to 2.1 and 2.2 Custom Roms i am using Lithium Player as like the Widget options it gives and i have no need for an EQ as have never used one on any device i use.
What is far more important IMO is how well you encode your Music as using low bit rates are never going to give you great results however good the hardware may be its restricted by to little information to work with when decoding it. All my Music is kept in iTunes although bought on Cd's and then transferred to it @256kbps AAC. The second most important factor is then your in ear phones as the supplied ones with any equipment are adequate at best IMO so dependant on your budget and the sound you like to hear upgrading your in ear or head phones is the other thing that will effect the quality of what you are listening to.
I listen to at least 2 hrs a day of Music either with my Shure EC2g's in ear phones plugged directly into my Streak or using my Nokia BH-500 and streaming the Stereo via Bluetooth to the same in ear phones and the sound is nothing short of stunning IMO. It produces a rich and full sound with good separation and sound stage with no need to use an EQ as IMO you shouldn't need to boost any frequencies as thats what a producer does when recording the Music for you to listen to in the recording studio.
So in answer to your question do nothing as I'm already running 2.2 and despite now using Lithium Player for the Widget options i have no issues with the sound quality my Streak delivers whilst listening to music or watching Videos.
Marc

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I´ve read a lot about the very poor audio quality with the streak...[...]
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Where have you read it?
Streak has the best audio quality of all the devices I owned during last years. I was amazed when I first plugged the earphones and played some tunes.

Theres a lot of fud around.....
I'd agree with smoku it's the best (although the speaker isn't great maybe that's what he read)
I'm now using power amp for all my music needs, the eq in there really brings out the best of the sound quality on the streak... It even plays m4a and wma and can boost the sound level out of the rear speaker

This is a valid thread, thanks for starting it.
For my part I am interested in portable audiophile gear, Sennheiser IE8 with custom moulds, iBasso D10, iRiver H140, that sort of thing.
My music is encoded in FLAC and I haven’t yet tried the Streak as a music player. Possibly in part so as not to be disappointed and also I am waiting on final 2.2 or maybe even 2.3 so as to bring the platform to maturity and with it good quality media apps. The original 1.6 just seemed to be rough around the edges and with poor app support.
So the responses from Dogmann, smoku and fards are very encouraging and I shall give it go sooner rather than later.

i use the hf2,s from emotec and you need a diff player to play flac but the sound quality is ok just the standared head set that come with its pants

I think 2.2 has increased the sound quality for the speaker but still not good as HTC tilt2. The sound from earphone jack is good on both 1.6 and 2.2 for me.

im using a pair of klipsch images and the sound on my streak sounds horrible. I hear alot of popping and noise. You can even hear when the internal amp comes on when its about to start playing sound, and you can hear it turn off when sounds go off its rather noticable. I recently installed poweramp and the inbuilt eq does make the sound alot better. Maybe all our streaks aren't created equal id love to hear one that sounds good.

hi @all!!
Thanks for the comments and experiences, your impressions are really helping a lot here guys
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I hear alot of popping and noise. You can even hear when the internal amp comes on when its about to start playing sound, and you can hear it turn off when sounds go off its rather noticable.
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That´s what i´ve read several times in reports that i´ve found during my googletrip ...it seems like you´re not the only one suffering under these (audio)circumstances. I must say, Im very surprised about the positive impressions here (although I´m happy to read such things )?!?
Don´t you guys hear those "poppings" and noises, too? What could be the reason for such a variety of impressions? Any idea?

This thread comes straight from the android knockers over at ilounge! i've owned both, there's no difference! i read the same stuff before i got android.
The only thing about the stereo system on the streak is the incredibly stupid placement of the headphone jack on the side of the device, meaning it sticks out sideways when in your pocket, the 'designers' even thought that you would carry the streak around in your pocket in landscape mode

tbh I'm not an audiophile, I've been a musician for way too long
never heard popping or buzz... except intentional as part of whatever I'm listening to..

My Streak does sound real good, even when listening to classical music. And I am using it straight out of the box.

Crap statement. It's not spectacular, but for a mobile phone device it's very satisfactory. I use it as a player both in my car and when I'm on the train and it sounds phenomenal.

Obviously it is not spectacular, lol. How could the sound on such a small device ever be spectacular? I was comparing it to other mobile devices (my wife's iPhone 3G, my old HTCs) and I am pleasantly surprised.

I switched to bluetooth headphones and they deliver much better sound quality, than the original streak's earplugs.

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Obviously it is not spectacular, lol. How could the sound on such a small device ever be spectacular? I was comparing it to other mobile devices (my wife's iPhone 3G, my old HTCs) and I am pleasantly surprised.
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Didn't mean to directly attack your statement . I'm actually agreeing with you, I think the sound quality is good on the Streak, and I'm calling the "reviewers" who said that the sound is bad on the Streak crap.
Sorry for the misunderstanding.

Its weird there is such differing opinions on it.
I've owned two and returned both for bad audio. I even had an email from the executive support team saying they're aware of an audio issue!
I just wondered whether maybe, as mine were both from the very first Carphone Warehouse batch in Brighton that I got a bum lot!?

Just tried the demo display at my local best buy and brought my earbuds and it sounded equally as bad as mine. My captivate, aria and nexus sound so much better.

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im using a pair of klipsch images and the sound on my streak sounds horrible. I hear alot of popping and noise. You can even hear when the internal amp comes on when its about to start playing sound, and you can hear it turn off when sounds go off its rather noticable. I recently installed poweramp and the inbuilt eq does make the sound alot better. Maybe all our streaks aren't created equal id love to hear one that sounds good.
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This is my only gripe with the audio quality. If you listen at low volumes, you can hear fuzz/hiss sounds. I also can hear the amp/DAC/whatever it is turning on and off when I start/stop my music. Course, you can crank up the music to drown out the noise, but I like to be able to hear what's going on around me when i listen to music (so the yard gnomes et al can't sneak up on me.)
If you're in a reasonably quiet room, try playing some music with headphones and the volume turned all the way down to 0 (yes, zero). I can hear audio noise over the sound of my apartment heater blowing air around.
side note: I've confirmed this with the earbuds that came with the streak, as well as a set that came with my old iphone. i'm guessing if you have less sensitive headphones, this will be less of a problem cause you'll be pushing the audio out at higher volume levels.

After the encouraging observations here I decided to finally check out the sound quality for myself. My reference portable rig is a pair of Sennheiser IE8’s with custom ear moulds, iBasso D10 Headphone amplifier with an optical digital interconnect to an iRiver H140.
The music I like tends to be recorded as low-fi, e.g. The National, Bon Iver, Cymbals Eat Guitars. Last night I loaded up a selection of Calexico on both the Streak and iRiver. While these are clean recordings they are certainly not Hi-Fi reference standard, you know, the sort of stuff that is used to demonstrate high end audiophile equipment.
Basically my subjective comparison is just me listening to the sort of music that appeals. The cognoscenti over at Head-Fi may well have finer tuned ears and a more analytical framework and disagree of course.
I approached this with some trepidation bracing myself for a degree of disappointment in the Streak as a music player. No way did I expect what I found.
To summarise, given the choice of listening to the iRiver/iBasso rig or the Streak I would probably select the former. However I would be hard pressed to actually explain why. Perhaps because it has the ability to go louder - though the Streak is quite loud enough.
TBH after a couple of hours listening to the same tracks back and forth on both devices, I couldn’t discern any difference. Dell has really come through on this device in so many ways.
Kudos also to PowerAmp which is a joy to use and a bargain at $5.
For reference, the last time I performed this exercise was to compare with my old iPhone 3GS and there was no doubt then that the iRiver/iBasso was superior. I can’t say the same with the Streak, the best I can manage is ‘neck and neck’.
I am sorry for those who are having audio problems but this shouldn’t be so and your device could be faulty.

Earbuds/headphones on samsung galaxy s2

Hi
Equipment Info
I need some assistance in getting Ear buds/Headphones for my S2.
I realized today I need to set a limit on the $ I spend $200US as this is a phone and not my home stereo system. I believe their is a point where its overkill( Westone UM3x/Earsonics SM3) And the big downside to ear buds is you can't return them(Canada) So I think I'll go with headphones but not to big/bulky something like this size>
T50-P HEADPHONES BY BEYERDYNAMIC.
I'm considering ear buds in the $200 range such as Etymotic Hf5 or ER-4pt. I'm open to your suggestions.Its very important the headphones/earbuds are efficient and don"t require lots of volume for minimal sound. Great sound whether I listen to Pink Floyd or Van Morrison.
Music Info
Music source CD >Wav to PC to >S2.
Prefer Classic Rock/80s
Will install Winamp/ Volume+
Thanks for your time/help
Greg

shure se215 best under $200 especially for rock and pop

You're looking for headphone/earphone, i thought you were looking for headsets Anyway, for headphones reviews and recommendations i propose you go to: http://anythingbutipod.com/archives/headphones/. They kind of having golden ears and objective reviews IMHO and hence, the name of the site will tingle you a lot don't you think?
As for me, i'm using phone adapter (Audio Technica AT 335i - $30 here in my country) combined with Ultimate Ears SuperFi 3 Studio (white version - $115 also here). Well, originally the phone adapter AT335 was designed for iP**** and alike but i can testify it worked fluidly for both my new SGS2 and my old 'demised" Streak5.
Only how you press the button differ. One click for Play/Pause/Stop, long click for next track, double click for voice command. Plus the voice quality when you speak is more than acceptable. Lovely, i rest my case in quest for earphones/adapter.
Edit: deleted the direct link, sorry I haven't noticed mods warning. Thx.

i've got v-moda vibe duo with my SG2 - I payed AUS$79.00 on ebay from a UK store about 5 weeks ago.
It has a great bass response but you will need to jack up the midtones and treble little bit to make it sound balanced. I play music through PowerAMP, which has a decent equaliser with preamp.. Winamp offers similar equaliser so you shouldn't have too much trouble making it sound clean and balanced.
The button on the headphone has two functions. Pressing it will stop and start play, holding it down will fast forward to next track.
The mic on it is pretty decent too.
I hear sennheiser mm30i are very good too - especially the mic. I was going to buy it but couldn't find one in australia so I went with the v-moda. But I think the buttons on sennheiser only works on iphones.

on my sgs2 with poweramp and volume+, my 30usd 60ohm koss portapros sound fantastic.
however my 16ohm 40usd woodees sound lousy with poweramp/volume+ and actually sound better using the stock music player.
for poweramp/volume+ combo i recommend getting headphones/iems that have an impedance of 24ohms or better but not exceeding 100ohms.
although im not familiar with all the models, all of the brands recommended above are very good. your best bet would be to try them out with your sgs2.
good luck

Note 10+ ear buds / HORRIBLE, please advise.

For the first time since I got my Note 10+ I had a rather long phone call to make. For convenience I pulled out the AKG original supplied ear buds. I was horrified to realize the quality was so awful and the volume was so low (even with the hand set maxed out) i could not use them. After the phone call I tried a few media audio files and even connected to Youtube to see if it was a cell issue. IT WASN'T !
What I can hear is Teetsy-fly tinniness, NO base, little or no mids and volume? You would need to be in a closet to carry on any conversation while using these ear buds. They are a total loss !
All I can say is these ear buds are the worst i have EVER tried to use and I can say they are TOTALLY NOT USABLE FOR ANY USE.
Wondering if I have a bad pair (defective in some way) or if others are finding what I have ?
Please advise if you can.......

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For the first time since I got my Note 10+ I had a rather long phone call to make. For convenience I pulled out the AKG original supplied ear buds. I was horrified to realize the quality was so awful and the volume was so low (even with the hand set maxed out) i could not use them. After the phone call I tried a few media audio files and even connected to Youtube to see if it was a cell issue. IT WASN'T !
What I can hear is Teetsy-fly tinniness, NO base, little or no mids and volume? You would need to be in a closet to carry on any conversation while using these ear buds. They are a total loss !
All I can say is these ear buds are the worst i have EVER tried to use and I can say they are TOTALLY NOT USABLE FOR ANY USE.
Wondering if I have a bad pair (defective in some way) or if others are finding what I have ?
Please advise if you can.......
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Go play with the equalizer and see if it sounds better to you. Also turn on Dolby Atmos.

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Go play with the equalizer and see if it sounds better to you. Also turn on Dolby Atmos.
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All i can say is that besides what has been suggested above, it looks like it is faulty.
These AKG are imho very good (and i am rather difficult when it comes to sound quality), they are far better at least than the samsung iconX buds that i don't touch anymore.
Probably a problem with yours?? Or maybe you have some 3rd party sound apps ?

I'm very picky when it comes to sound quality, and I think the AKG earbuds sound pretty good (not as good as my Bose earbuds, but still). They get a little crunchy at high volume, but seeing as they get loud as hell, I don't use them maxed out lol.
Definitely sounds like a problem with your set. Probably just faulty, it's bound to happen with mass produced products. Maybe Samsung support can help you out somehow?

Your earbuds must indeed be defective, the ones that came with my note are good, not excellent, but good enough, as for max volume, you could try volume booster in playstore from developer goodev, it really works, system-wide, wired and bluetooth

Or buy the Samsung adapter and use your old ones

I agree with the OP, I was shocked how bad these were coming form AKG. I assumed since there were no comments on them here, that it was just accepted that they were crap. I don't really care as I only use my Icon X's and my Sony M3s but was surprised at the poor quality. I've turned on Dolby A, and adjusted bass up on the equalizer and there is no bass, the highs are soooooo tinny. I would never actually use these to listen to music except as last resort on a plane if my M3's died. Even my Icons are 100X better sounding than the AKG included.

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I agree with the OP, I was shocked how bad these were coming form AKG. I assumed since there were no comments on them here, that it was just accepted that they were crap. I don't really care as I only use my Icon X's and my Sony M3s but was surprised at the poor quality. I've turned on Dolby A, and adjusted bass up on the equalizer and there is no bass, the highs are soooooo tinny. I would never actually use these to listen to music except as last resort on a plane if my M3's died. Even my Icons are 100X better sounding than the AKG included.
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I think yours are faulty OR 3rd party sound app messes with it, or a soft update that has not been done or whatever...
I'm a long time musician, i truely pay attention to sound quality and i think they are pretty good (for in-ears small earphones). I have the iconX 2018 and AKG are miles above them for sound quality.
Always thought iconX were crap btw... i like them because i can feel free, no wires, but your statement seems rather strange to me

Most likely you need to use the larger ear tips. No seal = no bass

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I think yours are faulty OR 3rd party sound app messes with it, or a soft update that has not been done or whatever...
I'm a long time musician, i truely pay attention to sound quality and i think they are pretty good (for in-ears small earphones). I have the iconX 2018 and AKG are miles above them for sound quality.
Always thought iconX were crap btw... i like them because i can feel free, no wires, but your statement seems rather strange to me
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Icon X are not great sound, that's my point. The AKGs SUCK. My backup workout BT headphones,(wireless Jelly's) are better than these things.
BTW Icons sound much better with on board mp3 than over BT, which is how I use most of the time as I use my M3s when not in the gym
Ear caps have same seal as my icons, and I ran all the firmware upgrades. Defective? maybe, but that just shows poor QC from AKG.
again, I don't care as I don't use wired headphones EVER, just expected them to sound better.

ohana said:
For the first time since I got my Note 10+ I had a rather long phone call to make. For convenience I pulled out the AKG original supplied ear buds. I was horrified to realize the quality was so awful and the volume was so low (even with the hand set maxed out) i could not use them. After the phone call I tried a few media audio files and even connected to Youtube to see if it was a cell issue. IT WASN'T !
What I can hear is Teetsy-fly tinniness, NO base, little or no mids and volume? You would need to be in a closet to carry on any conversation while using these ear buds. They are a total loss !
All I can say is these ear buds are the worst i have EVER tried to use and I can say they are TOTALLY NOT USABLE FOR ANY USE.
Wondering if I have a bad pair (defective in some way) or if others are finding what I have ?
Please advise if you can.......
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You probably have a defective piece. Mine sound great out of the box. I have Galaxy Buds the wireless ones and to be honest, the AKG wired ones sound WAY better than my buds. I have Dolby Atmos on and tweaked the equalizer a bit.

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You probably have a defective piece. Mine sound great out of the box. I have Galaxy Buds the wireless ones and to be honest, the AKG wired ones sound WAY better than my buds. I have Dolby Atmos on and tweaked the equalizer a bit.
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Yep... I have been very surprised at the great sound these little AKG pull out. It is balanced and much details can be heard, miles better than my gear iconx 2018.
They are also way better as well as any piece of headset that came stock with my previous smartphones inc. samsungs.
Sound on youtube with AKG is very nice too, so is netflix etc. No problem with them, so you probably have faulty ones.

I think they sound decent I honestly prefer the AKGs I got with my S9+ however.

I think these ones soumd better than those my note8 came with, even the quality of materials feels a little better

To be honest, I feel the AKG earphones that come included are actually pretty good. Are they the best? No. Are they the worst? No.
Like others mentioned, probably a defective pair, software/config issue, source of music or even type of music can be causing the issue of poor sound quality. People who want to spend $50 or more for better sound quality, that great...but the included earphones are more than enough for the the general public. Yes, Samsung can include better earphones, but then they would probably increase the price of the Note 10. I would rather Samsung not include any earphones and give me a $10 discount, I'm sure the general public wouldn't agree with me on that.
To advise you...all accessories do have manufacturer warranty. IF they sound as HORRIBLE as you are describing, contact Samsung and they will replace with a new pair. Or you can spend money buying a better pair.