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Date: 2008-11-13 Unexpected pleasure I have owned one for a few years and recently bought one for my sister. She was reluctant at first but now would not part with it. It allows her to listen to the TV at her own level of loudness and not disturb the others watching as well as walk anywhere in the house or yard while doing it. She plugs it into her CD player and can work outside or walk around the house for exercise while listening to the wonderful sound quality of these earphones. In fact, it was the quality of the sound which first got her interested in using it. The self charging rack feature is a great improvement. The first one I owned did not have this feature and I later bought a second with it. Date: 2008-11-11 Happy! It does everything in the sound department that I wanted it to do. Being able to clamp the headset on tighter for jogging would be even better. Date: 2008-11-05 Poor design due to auto shut off function. Disappointed! Very disappointed. My wife and I work different shifts. I purchased these so my wife can watch TV while I sleep. Unfortunately... after a few weeks of trying to live with them, we gave up and eventually sold for at a garage sale for $5. Actually... when the work, they work quite well. Yes, there are bursts (pops) of static as you move around while wearing them (like you might hear on a AM radio station turning a thunder storm) but it wasn't a deal breaker for me. If you sit in a chair, or are in bed, and remain stationary the static pops don't occur. They do emit constant nonstop static but its very minimal (similar to the white noise you hear when wearing noise canceling headsets). Then again... if you are an audiophile it will drive you nuts! I wouldn't recommend them for music but can tolerate it for TV viewing. For most people its not And issue. In fact, many don't even hear it (which explains the positive reviews) Actually... ignoring the static issue... they sound quite good. The problem is... they only work as long as there is sound being broadcasted! Once the sound source stops, you loose the signal connection between the headset and the transmitter and BANG... LOUD STATIC!!! Wow... it scares the crap out of you. You then must turn off the sound source (TV, receiver etc) and turn it back on to re-establish the connection to the headset. If the TV program you are watching goes silent (like during a quiet scene in a movie), or a few seconds of silence when the program goes to commercial break, or if listening to a quite passage in a piece of music... or the delay that occurs between music tracks on a record album... BANG ... The headset drops the connection to the transmitter and you get blasted with full volume static. This also happens if you hit the mute button for the TV! What a poor design! NET: Anytime, for any reason, that no sound is being transmitted... the headset thinks the TV or the signal to the transmitter has been shut off and the headset disconnects itself from the circuit. You then have to shut off the TV (or our sound source) and turn it back on to reset the headphones. I own several pairs of wired Sennheiser headphones and love them. Sennheiser makes awesome headphones but every once in a while, every manufacturer turns out a lemon and this unit happens to be Sennheisers. Do yourself a big favor and "sort" the Amazon reviews on this product by rating, then read all the One Star reviews. If you're smart... you'll buy yourself a long headset extension cord and avoid these all together. Date: 2008-11-05 great sound These are very comfortable headsets. The sound is fantastic and they have a great range. I highly recommend them. Date: 2008-11-02 Great Headphones I really like these headphones. I use them with my iPod docking unit to listen to audiobooks while I'm doing housework and with my laptop to watch tv online while my hubby watches football :) I live in a two story and I can go upstairs and walk around and I still get a perfect signal. I haven't gone outside yet with them on but I'm sure they would work fine out there as well. I like that there's a volume and tuning control right on the phones. They are very comfortable so I can wear them for several hours, and the sound quality has never decreased even after wearing them that long. The only thing I would change is I would like it if the cushions surrounded my ears a little more....but all in all these are a great value for the money.
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