Sony Wireless Stereo Headset Mdr-1rbtmk2

Sony Wireless Stereo Headset MDR-1RBTMK2

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• High Resolution Audio Driver
• Full Digital Bluetooth Headset with Near Field Communications (NFC)
• Digital Sound Enhancement Engine (DSEE)
• Liquid Crystal Polymer Film Diaphragm
• Beat Response Control

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Brand : Sony
Category : Electronics,Headphones, Earbuds & Accessories,Headphones & Earbuds
Rating : 3.8
Review Count : 93
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Sony Wireless Stereo Headset MDR-1RBTMK2

• Very good quality.You\'re going to see me trash these headphones for a few different reasons, yet I\'m giving them four stars anyway for overall satisfaction that, in my mind, sufficiently overshadows their flaws. First, it should be understood that these are not audiophile quality headphones and don\'t advertise themselves as such, so if you put them side by side with a Sennheiser HD580 that\'s simply not going to be a fair comparison. Secondly, it\'s wireless (bluetooth or apt-x in this case) so once again a comparison to wired headphones is just not going to be fair. I\'m judging these headphones for being non-audiophile wireless headphones. I have tried the Sennheiser RS180, RS120 and the AKGK845BT, and have determined these headphones have best met my needs: I work all day in my studio so they must have a good and clean sound, a battery life of at least twelve hours, perfect comfort, and must allow mobility as I move about from one end of my studio to the other. The price cap I set for such headphones was $300.Sound: Bass - Very good. It lends a nice fullness which is satisfying. In the same league as the Sennheiser 180 and AKG. Clarity/cleanliness - Good. Not as clean as the AKG, and yet another step below the Sennheiser 180, which is at pretty much audiophile quality. Volume - very satisfactory. Maximum volume is very unpleasant. In the same league as as the Sen180 and AKG. Power - (or \"drive,\" whatever word you want to use) Extremely good. These are not wussy headphones by any means.Signal strength/distance - not as good as Sennheiser 180, which allowed full mobility throughout my entire house, but still more than sufficient for my needs. I can walk upstairs and downstairs, and roughly 30-40 feet away before it might cut out. Certainly better than the AKG which cut out at about 15-20 feet.Signal interference -- no interference while using apt-x, but pretty terrible in just standard bluetooth mode. I hate bluetooth as crackling and popping invariably come through, both on these and the AKG.Sound isolation -- very good. I took them off only to find that running pipes and the washing machine were making quite a racket.Battery life - so far so good, though I haven\'t tested it long enough to confirm that it has a 30 hour battery life as others have said. I\'ll clarify on this in a future edit.Noise cancelation - these are not active noise cancelation headphones. If that\'s your priority then you should probably seek out the Bose Quiet Comfort 15 or 25.Privacy - not bad as they are closed cups, but if you listen to house music those around you will be able to figure that out easily enough. A lot better than the Sen180, though, which are open cups.Comfort - less comfy than the Sen180, a whole lot more than the AKG, which have insufficient cushioning on the top and cups too small to easily encompass your ears. The Sony headphones are large enough for my ears and have sufficient cushioning on the top. HOWEVER: they press in a LOT and will pinch some nerve below your mastoid process. So you have to train them by placing them around something slightly larger than the width of your head. This training could take about a week. For me, after two days of training I\'m thus far able to wear them with no significant problems. Edit: several days later of training and there are no longer any discomfort issues. The fit is snug but not uncomfortable.User Friendliness - Easily the worst of the three. It doesn\'t like to pair with my Macbook Pro unless it\'s using apt-x. And you have to do so in just the right order: you have to set the headphones as the audio device in the Bluetooth settings, and only then turn on the headphones. Do it in the wrong order and the computer will tell you there\'s an error and force you to deselect the headphones as your audio device. And in order to be able to select apt-x you actually have to create an account as an Apple developer, download a dmg file (2013) and set up Bluetooth Explorer. The instructions can then be found at https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3824251, with the relevant posts being \"Aug 11, 2013 10:26 AM\" and \"Jul 17, 2014 7:22 AM.\" Utterly ridiculous. Still, if you can manage to suppress your nerd rage long enough to get through the setup, it shouldn\'t be a problem after that. The fact that I would actually give these headphones four stars after this nonsense should tell you something about my satisfaction with the sound, comfort and mobility.Phone compatibility - Perfect. I had a conversation wearing these, and the sound from the other person came through loud and clear (sound isolation probably helps) and the microphone picked up my end of the conversation more than adequately.For anyone who\'s wondering why I simply didn\'t go with the Sennheiser 180, it\'s because the connection would continually cut out at low volumes in the music/dialogue, and at low volumes there was a constant high pitched whine, both of which were complete deal killers for me. Otherwise the Sennheiser would have been my clear choice. I was sad to have to return those.Overall satisfaction: The Sony MDR-1RBTMK2 headphones meet my needs and I\'ll be keeping them. If I\'m ever so picky that I just *have* to have audiophile sound then I\'ll sacrifice mobility and plug in my Sennheiser HD580. Otherwise these more than do the trick and I feel my money has been well spent. While the sound is slightly muddier than the AKG and Sen180, this is something I can get used to. What I cannot get used to is discomfort, noise from interference and bad signal strength (low mobility).Edit: I\'ve returned these. It ended up being just to difficult to connect even after a successful pairing, and interference and static induced complete nerd rage. If I was in the middle of a giant field far from any other radio frequencies I\'d probably be fine, but I need this in my work environment where unfortunately it must contend with wifi signals and whatever other signals modern technology belches out on a regular basis.
• Update: 12/27/2014. I connected the headphones via Bluetooth to my Dish Network Hopper. After listening to programming for about 15 minutes I started noticing drops in audio and then suddenly the headphones lost connection and I had to reconnect. Not sure if this is the fault of the headphones or the hopper. I will listen to some extended audio on my Note 3 and see if I get any drops.These headphones are comfortable, sound great both wired and wireless in APTX mode and even in normal mode. To get into APTX mode start with headphones turned off > Press and hold volume up > while still holding volume up press and hold power button until you see led light up > release. The final sequence of blue lights should be 3 flashes.After I turned on NFC on the headphones, the feature worked flawlessly with my Note 3. Placed Note 3 next to NFC Logo on the headphones and it prompted for connection, I chose connect and that\'s it. Take note that the headphones will detect NFC even if the switch on the headphones is OFF, however it will prompt for connection but fail to connect.Buttons seem well placed. There volume rocker has a raised point on the volume up so you can feel which is volume up. The next / previous location is ok but for some reason feel like it being up front, rather than in the back, would have worked out better. Still have not real problem with the chosen location.As for sound comparison I am coming off my 2nd pair of Bose QC-3. Continuously having to order new wires for these. 1 ended up failing due to wiring in the headband and another the driver failed and would only work if it was off of your ear. As soon as you put on your hear it would crackle and cut out due to the pressure. I have not had the Sony long enough to compare build quality but not having a wire is already going to be a plus. As for sound comparison the Bose seemed a little boomy to me. Somewhat of a muddy bass for the lack of a better description. So far I prefer the sound of the Sony. Still listening at lower levels for burn in purposes so sound should get even better.Im giving these 4 stars rather than 5 for two reasons. Price and built in Lithium Ion. When the internal battery finally gives you are going to be forced to go wired with the set or use these as earmuffs. I for one will attempt to take them apart and replace the battery if that time comes.Now to ding Amazon Prime.. Ordered first pair of the MDR-1RBTMK2 choosing and paying for \"Guaranteed\" next day delivery. It did not show up next day. I was going to refund and pick some up local but decided to wait. Received package and opened to find some Sony Studio wired headphones. Tried to use Amazon Prime to exchange but they stated they could not exchange and could only refund. So initiated refund and had to purchase another pair but at slightly higher price because original price had changed. Also chose and paid for \"Guaranteed\" overnight. Again they did not show up overnight but at least they were the correct headphones. I did receive a credit for the shipping but it makes me wonder about the Amazon Prime for which I am paying. What good is reduced price overnight shipping if it does not show up overnight ?

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