Tag Archives: Wired Headsets and Earphones

Bodyguardz Discount Codes Giveaway Winners

Bodyguardz offers some slick options for using and/or enhancing your various mobile products. Sure they offer their BodyGuardz UltraTough Clear Skins but they also offer a line of BodyGuardz armor skins (my favorites!), cases and even their own brand of earphones, the earjax. (I have a pair of the earwax that I bought on CyberMonday [...]

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Gear Deal: Sony MDR-NC500D Digital Noise Canceling Headphones

Today’s Gear Deal brings us the Sony MDR-NC500D Digital Noise Canceling Headphones at a nice discount. They feature noise canceling technology, noise reduction, a digital Equalizer, an internal Lithium-ion battery, and more. Normally $399, our Gear Sponsor has found a number of different ways you can save that, when all are applied, drops the price [...]

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Gear Giveaway- Win One of Two Bodyguardz Discount Codes

Bodyguardz offers some slick options for using and/or enhancing your various mobile products. Sure they offer their BodyGuardz UltraTough Clear Skins but they also offer a line of BodyGuardz armor skins (my favorites!), cases and even their own brand of earphones, the earjax. (I have a pair of the earwax that I bought on CyberMonday and [...]

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Plantronics GameCom 780 Dolby 7.1 Gaming Headset Review

Most modern games come with some use of stereo sound, and games with higher budgets make use of Dolby Surround Sound to provide realistic experiences of being surrounded and FEELING the impact of what is going on around you. If you are using a pair of Apple earbuds in your gaming laptop … you are [...]

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Kidz Gear Launches Kids’ Headphones Made Especially for Apple Devices

My daughter Maggie, getting gear for her isn’t that hard; she’s fine with the default iPhone ear buds.  She’s also not much of an audiophile; if it’s pink, she’s fine with it–I got her a pair of iHome rechargeable speakers for her iPhone, for example, and she loves them not because of the sound, but [...]

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One Good Earbud: One Brilliant Idea?

I have said many times that running with headphones in is not a good idea. It’s dangerous for multiple reasons; you can’t hear cars, animals, or people coming up behind you. Even with the music turned down you lose a sense of what’s around you. The common suggestion is usually to leave one earbud out, [...]

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YurBuds Ironman Pro Earbuds Stay In… Even If You Do Backflips!

  Here at CES last year I was introduced to a new earbud company. YurBuds was offering their Inspire earbuds. The bright red earpieces stood out and promised a degree of comfort and “stay-putt-edness” that is in great demand among people who  listen to music while doing a strenuous activity. I was skeptical but ended up [...]

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Eskuché 33i and Control-i Headphones Winners Announced

The other day we reviewed eskuché’s 33i and Control-i headphones. At under $70 for each pair they are certainly worth considering if you’ve been looking for a pair of on-ear headphones that include an in-line mic. You can read the full review here. We were giving both away and they are going to…

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Eskuché 33i and Control-i Headphones review and giveaway

Back in November we brought a pair of on-ear headphones to your attention that look great, sound good and don’t break the bank. At under $70 for each pair eskuché’s 33i and Control-i headphones are worth considering if you’ve been looking for a pair of on-ear headphones that include an in-line mic. We’ve had both [...]

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The Arctic E461-BM Earphones Review

I have reviewed a number of earphone solutions in just about every price range; yes, I do have a problem. If it were up to me, I would try all earphones with the goal of  finding the perfect fit and sound. Earphones are an interesting product because you can find them anywhere from a few [...]

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Monster 8X iPhone 4S Sweepstakes Winner Named!

We want to thank Monster for joining with Gear Diary and providing this amazing contest. I hope everyone got a chance to enter. Let’s cut to the chase and announce the winner of the Monster Accessory pack given to one of our lucky readers. And the winner is….. Dudebroman17 You have 24 hours to send [...]

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Rebecca Minkoff’s Offbeat Fashionista iPhone Accessories, Knuckles and Zipped Up

If most of the iPhone 4 and 4S cases you’ve seen have been too boring, then you might enjoy the “Knuckles” case by Rebecca Minkoff ($58).  You certainly wouldn’t have to worry about dropping your phone when it’s in this silicone case, and the added benefit (?) is that when you hold the case a certain [...]

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Energy Sistem Announces New DJ Headphone Designed by Porta

I remember the days of the cassette Walkman, when headphones were all alike. Black foam covered speakers that sat on top of the ear was pretty much the only option. Boy how these times have changed. The options for headphones have become nearly endless with in-ear and DJ style and almost every color of the rainbow [...]

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Enter To Win Monster’s 8X iPhone 4S Sweepstakes

I had the pleasure of reviewing the Monster Turbine Pearl In-Ear Speakers this summer and still use them as my primary headphone solution for high quality audio. (You can read the review here.) Let me tell you, these things are the best earphones I have ever used– bar none. They are so good, and let [...]

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ZAGGsmartbud Review Redux

Back in February of 2010 I reviewed the ZAGGsmartbuds. At the time, this was my conclusion So are the ZAGGsmartbuds worth their $79.99 price? Absolutely. They are comfortable to wear for extended periods, sound very good and, thanks to the Hangin’ Tight system, have what is probably the best cable-management system I have used. At [...]

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INRIX Releases New App to Help You Avoid Traffic Gridlock and Finally Stop Being Late

Living in Atlanta, there’s one thing I have begrudgingly become accustomed to dealing with — sitting in traffic.    All [...]

Microsoft Windows 8 RT: Really, Microsoft? Have You Learned Nothing?

I’m an iPad user (I write many of my posts on an iPad these days), and I have a big [...]

Google Doodle Celebrates Bob Moog

Today’s Google Doodle is a fully interactive synthesizer to celebrate the life of synthesizer pioneer Robert Moog. The sound of [...]

Lenovo IdeaCentre A720 Multi-touch All-In-One “Ivy Bridge” Desktop, New and… Awesome

Lenovo has a new IdeaCentre A720 Multi-touch All-In-One Desktop and it looks awesome. In fact, it looked so good that [...]

Is Kickstarter Limiting Hardware Projects Because of the Pebble’s Unprecedented Success?

We love Kickstarter; Dan and I (along with others on the Gear Diary team) have backed many projects, and we [...]

“The Amazing Robots of Israel”, a Live Video Feed

There is something rather neat taking place at my synagogue tonight, and Judie and I thought it would be fun [...]