Comments on: Parrot Zik Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones with Touch Control – Black/Silver

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 07:07:26 +0000

My first NC headphones – beautiful design and solid I am somewhat of a headphone junkie. I own a number of headphones in 2 primary styles – in-ear monitors and closed. I have 4 pair of in-ear monitors (Shure SE535 and S530; Etymotics HF3 and ER-4P), 2 pair of closed (Shure SRH840 and SRH940). And now the Zik noise cancellation.I prefer blocking outside sound as much as possible to reduce having to listen at high volume. This especially helps phones calls. IEMs are best and I like the small size for convenience and traveling. They fit well in my pocket when I am not using them. Even though I see travelers with full size headphones, most are too large for my taste – I leave mine at work and at home.The Zik are very stylish and while they cover my ears (barely), they fold flat and are the most compact full size headphones I own. I like the wire/wireless design. This will be handy when traveling by plane. One problem with my Shure S530′s and several pairs of Etymotics is the wires eventually degrade. In most cases…

By: kameraguy "kameraguy"

kameraguy "kameraguy" — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 06:56:28 +0000

Unexpectedly brilliant, at least for an iOS device Let me preface this review by saying for a long time I wished Aliph would make a version of their excellent Jawbone headset in a closed-back stereo headphone with noise cancelling. And quite frankly I’m surprised they still haven’t. Because even though their noise “assassin” technology works brilliant for the person you are speaking to, the conventional mono-headset configuration doesn’t help the speaker hear the calling party in the extremely noisy environments they market their product. I have even emailed Aliph about this years ago as a suggestion as i felt they could OWN the market if they expanded their product line to a pair of noise cancelling headphones with their Jawbone technology.Another disclaimer: I don’t have experience with other noise cancelling headphones, this is my first pair.So, when I heard that Parrot was going to pursue something like this last year, I was intrigued. I have experience with Parrot’s noise cancelling technology with my cars…

By: Amit "jellyandtoast"

Amit "jellyandtoast" — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 06:37:10 +0000

A bittersweet affair: Lots of hits, 1-2 misses, an Achilles heel = BIG question mark I’d like to get this out of the way first: I am not an audiophile and my review is not based on any scientific audio tests – just my subjective enjoyment or lack thereof. I’d also like to say that I’m harsh in my reviews of products because I expect a lot, especially for an item as expensive as this. I gave this a 3 but I think it is really deserving of a 3.5 (Amazon does not allow for 0.5 increments in ratings, so I erred on the conservative side).I’m an early adopter of technology, so I bought this `sight unseen’ the moment it was released. I had been in the market for a good wireless headphone/set and had been disappointed with what’d I’d experienced so far (most recently with the Novero Rockaways). So while I waited and tested other products, I continued to use my Bose QC2s. Ultimately, what I was looking in a headphone/set was (1) solid sound, (2) wireless/Bluetooth capabilities, and (3) solid headset capabilities. Fit was also very important and one of the reasons I…