Klipsch IMAGE S4 In-Ear Enhanced Bass Noise-Isolating Headphones (Black) by Klipsch
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Digital camera reviews of Klipsch IMAGE S4 In-Ear Enhanced Bass Noise-Isolating Headphones (Black)
Digital camera Review: Awesome value
Summary: 5 Stars
I used to use standard buds that come with an IPod or I would spend $20-$30 on pair. I had no idea what I was missing until I purchased my Klipsch S4s. The sound quality is incredible for the price. You will be NOT be disappointed with these earbuds.Digital camera Review: Awesome!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been auditioning these buds for 7 months now.I brought them on my deployment I use them all the time with my cowon S9. They sound incredible. Tons of lows,mid-range and highs. They sound incredible. I highly recommend them with hip-hop music.Digital camera Review: Awesome!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought these headphones because i have had shure e210's for 3 years. I decided to buy these headphones because of the price and the good reviews. good buy, these are just amazing headphones. they sound better than my shures, and those are 180$. Irecommend these if you want nice sounding headphones, without spending a small fortune. the only thing that is worse than my old shure headphones is the noise reduction.Digital camera Review: Awful sound quality - why the hype?
Summary: 1 Stars
I just returned these abysmal headphones after purchasing from Amazon based on the glowing review at CNET. What a mistake. The sound was ridiculously bass-heavy and muddy - like listening in an underwater echo chamber. My cheap ipod earbuds sound better. Utterly overrated.Digital camera Review: B+ --- I bought these (shocked to be available) at Bestbuy!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
I purchased these after seeing the overall good reviews from Amazon and the crazy review that Cnet gave it. My opinion is that they ARE worth the $80 (+tax for me) you pay for, but only if you are not a crazy audiophile. I am not one, I dunno how to be one; here is my scoop.
I have an old school 1st gen iPod, 2nd gen iPod shuffle, and a i3-330 toshiba computer (dunno if that has any effect on anything, but it is a recently bought computer), as well as a etymotics er-6i (the $70 ones) and J2 buds ($15).
I gotta say this: out of the package and wearing them right now as I type this out listening to Tik Tok by Ke$ha, they are SUPER comfortable. I mean, they are outta this world comfortable; I thought the J2's were comfortable, holy cow, they are VERY VERY comfortable. You hardly feel them in your ears (you do a little bit, but I'm still shocked by its comfort). The er-6i is less comfortable than the J2 in my opinion, probably because of the three-flanges tip or whatever you call it. Comfort is 10/10 from the get go (I'm leaving for Boston over the weekend, so I will see if they are good for 4 or so hour flights.
The case pretty much fits the headphones nicely. No qualms about it. Cord length is a little short, which is fine, but the cord seems a little "weak" and looks like you can easily rip it apart if you got it caught on something.
Sound isolation is pretty fantastic as well. Listening to Jimmy Eat World's Just Tonight, I'm snapping my fingers as loud as possible but still can't here it (I have my computer at 50% and my iTunes at 50%). I can hear my finger snaps at 50% computer and 30% iTunes volume.
Oh boy, now the sound quality. It cannot compare to my friend's Shure's SE530, but those are in a totally different price range ($300+). The S4 has slightly better in clarity than the er-6i in respect to middle and higher ranges. The er-6i is only better in bass; to expound, the bass of the er-6i sounds BETTER. The S4 has plenty of bass (which is complete crap if someone says they don't), but it doesn't seem as sharp as the er-6i on some songs. It seems like the S4 bass sometimes overpowers the midrange in some songs. Some songs I am testing it out on (all iTunes bought), like FCPREMIX by The Fall of Troy and Dragonforces' Heroes of Our Time seem sharp on bass, but other songs like Tik Tok and Empire State of Mind just seem mushy. Everything else seems great, on the same lines with the er-6i (obviously, the J2 can only compare in comfort, not with sound).
I have the exact same songs on my other two iPods. There is no recognizable differences in sound quality between the different audio sources.
Sound flippin' fantastic (on my computer, iTunes, Flat EQ):
AAR - Another Heart Calls
Taylor Swift - Our Song, Love Story
Red Jumpsuit - Face Down
Ben Folds Five - Rockin' the Suburbs
Tom Petty - Wildflowers
The whole Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack (He's a Pirate is awesome, and Swords Crossed at 1:45 onward IS JUST RIDICULOUS)
Mass Effect soundtrack sounds absolutely PHENOMENAL sp? haha
Just listened to Inside the Winter Storm by Dragonforce... I think I "see" something - I think the lower midrange is overpowering. Quite similarly to Paramore's That's What You Get.
These are my two cents. Thanks for reading!
Update!!! ----- 17Jun10 ----- (I went to bestbuy to return them and get a new set, just in case there *might* have been something wrong with them)
I just got back from Boston: THE BEST headphones I have tried for plane flights; it drowned out the crying baby a few rows in front of me quite well, and were VERY VERY comfortable during the flight. The sound quality also holds up with what I typed up before.
I did return them and receive a new pair with the same stance overall with the bass: for some reason, it is still mushy with some songs, particularly hip hop, but is good for other rock songs.
Peace!