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Summary: Freedom and Clarity
Review: Excellent sound without interference. My stereo is far from my bedroom, so these are perfect for listening to great music late at night in bed! Sometimes I roam around the house with them on. The sound quality is really top-notch.
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Summary: Good sound but flawed headset receiver
Review: I liked these headphones a lot when I first got them. But after months of heavy use, the quality of the reception began to deteriorate. There was lots of static crackling and ultimately roaring at maximum volume. These problems gradually diminished (but never disappeared completely) after the phones had been turned on for ten or so minutes.I finally got so frustrated that I simply ripped the headphones apart so I wouldn't be tempted to put up with them any longer. If you buy these, get some extra batteries. The battery only lasts about 3 to 4 hours and takes something like 10 hours to fully recharge. The transmitter has two charging stations, so I got three batteries (one in the phones) and rotated them. I was always a bit annoyed at having to tune the receiver on a battery swap, and, as the battery drains, the receiver drifts off frequency, so you have to adjust it some more. I much prefer the Sony MDR-IF system; the IF-610 phones last much longer on a single charge (though the downside is that the non-removable battery must be charged in place and the phones are unusable during recharge). But as an infrared system, there's no tuning and no drifting, and the enclosure-style phones provide even better sound. It doesn't work through walls like the 6-9 does, though.
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Summary: Good sound but flawed headset receiver
Review: I liked these headphones a lot when I first got them. But after months of heavy use, the quality of the reception began to deteriorate. There was lots of static crackling and ultimately roaring at maximum volume. These problems gradually diminished (but never disappeared completely) after the phones had been turned on for ten or so minutes. I finally got so frustrated that I simply ripped the headphones apart so I wouldn't be tempted to put up with them any longer. If you buy these, get some extra batteries. The battery only lasts about 3 to 4 hours and takes something like 10 hours to fully recharge. The transmitter has two charging stations, so I got three batteries (one in the phones) and rotated them. I was always a bit annoyed at having to tune the receiver on a battery swap, and, as the battery drains, the receiver drifts off frequency, so you have to adjust it some more. I much prefer the Sony MDR-IF system; the IF-610 phones last much longer on a single charge (though the downside is that the non-removable battery must be charged in place and the phones are unusable during recharge). But as an infrared system, there's no tuning and no drifting, and the enclosure-style phones provide even better sound. It doesn't work through walls like the 6-9 does, though.
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Summary: Great pair of phones, with few cons.
Review: I wanted clarity, I wanted portability, I wanted ease-of-use - all this I found in Sennheiser's RS 6-9's. Let's start with clarity. A review really isn't indictative of how good these headphones make music sound. I've listened to music (like most people) all my life, and when you put on a pair of headphones and you hear new things in songs you've known for years, that's really saying something about the clarity. Not having tried a pair of Sennheiser's before, I really was suprised by the sound quality - everything is crisp, the bass comes through deep and pounding, but best of all - no distortion. Portability. I was a tad dissapointed by the fact that when I got more than about 20-30 metres away I got a bit of static, but it quite often depends what is around where you live. Example: at my old house, it worked great up to about 70-100 metres where it trailed off in quality, but at my residential college (lots of metal) it doesn't work well beyond 15-25 metres. Perhaps not so good for people in apartments. Ease-of-use: Plug the simple cables in, charge the battery, plug it into the headphones, tune and you're away. Fantastic. Nothing more to say....except buy two batteries - you'll listen so much on these heaphones that you'll need them. Overall a wonderful unit, as long as you don't live in an apartment.
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Summary: Freedom and Great Sound
Review: They are so light wieght, fit comforatbly, and incredible range. I use them to listen to MP3s round the office, from my laptop, as I race all over. Much better Sound than the 4-9.
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