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Summary: Extremely Comfortable
Review: I've used it for a little while now, and my wife confiscates it all the time to listen while she's doing housework.Sound quality is great. Leans a little toward the low frequency side, but I can't be sure it's not my sources.
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Summary: Sad Purchase
Review: I was extreemly disapointed when the headphones I specificaly asked for christmas for had to be charged for 24 hours but being a aircraft electronics technition I understood that ni-cad batteries require a full first charge and if you don't do this the first time you risk weakening the batteries ability to fully charge in the future wich could also be the cause of some other people having to re-tune their headset's so frequently if the batteries are dying the frequency changes. Anyway I waited untill boxing day to use them when to my utter disapointment they had a lot of static I did the usual try eaverything technique and found the base station need's a strong signal to function properly, so I turned up the volume. At last I was hearing beutiful music it was just as I had hopped clear loud comfortable phones and just then buzzz I retune the headset buzz i retune it again but eavery 5 to 20 seconds I get an 800hz tone in the headset but I discovered it goes away when you have constant sound Like the radio. This completely ruins the use I had intended as a computer Headset so I reinstall it to my sterio/tv amplifier, it sounds great for 5 minuits untill my head rest's against my chair buzz again I get all sorts of buzzing re-tuning does nothing. Advent's website is useless for tech-support so I call the phone number on the base station and they tell me it's interference from my cordless. So I unplugg my cordless and sure enoughf it quit's but wait without the phone I can't receive call's ect. This headset is doomed to sit in it's box while my girlfriend feels bad for buying me a [bad] gift, I feel bad for asking for it and the only thing that makes me feel better is writing the review I'm a technition and I know they could have designed this phone to filter out external noise they just didn't do it probable to save a buck at my expense. That's my two cents
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
Great for around the house, May 30, 2003
First, if you're a Hi-Fi nut and want to spend hours analyzing every nuance of your SACD's, these aren't the headphones for you. Spend your money on some nice WIRED headphones, like the Sony MDR-V600.If you just want to listen to your music privately with the freedom to move about the house untethered, the Advent AW770 headphones are a great choice. I have two 400 CD changers and two Advent AW810 wireless speakers. This set up is perfect for parties. But the AW770 headphones are great for listening to music at night without disturbing everyone else in the house, or while working in the yard. Plus, the AW770 headphones and the 2 AW810's all work from the same transmitter -- all three work at once without any noticeable signal degradation. Again, these are not for critical, CD-quality listening. They're comparable to FM, and very practical for private listening around the house. If you have a vast CD collection and can't always blast the stereo, I highly recommend the AW770 headphones. Only complaint: sound is a little too bass heavy. Also, Amazon's picture of the back of the transmitter is inaccurate.
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Summary: Ugh...
Review: Well... I am a big audio fan, and I love to hear things sounding great... but these are a big pain and a big hassle. I am an avid counter-strike player, and to wear these for hours frankly hurts. It squeezes my head, so if you have a larger head, don't buy these, find another product. Also, I find myself tuning thses a lot because the frequencys get weird sometimes. My one last problem with these are that they make awkward beeping noises during regular use, and also get distorted at loud sound levels. You are better off getting another product.
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Summary: Really annoying headphones
Review: I am really cheesed off with buying these headphones, the sound quality is terrible and depending on which way you turn your head, the reception changes and it sounds like a radio which not tuned in properly. Normally I would not be bothered in writing a review, but this has been such a waste of money. Take my advice give these a miss.
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Summary: Amazing Piece of equipment!
Review: I love this thing. I am not sure why the reviews are anythig below 3 stars. The sound quality is amazing - sports and action are great with all the background noise being intensified. The unit works great in my house though outside is not as strong which could be for any number of reasons not based on the unit. Set-up was a breeze.
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Summary: Too big a hassle.
Review: I tested the Advent AW770, Advent AW720 and the RCA WHP160 headphones. The audio quality was comparable on all 3...but the Advent phones each had drawbacks. The Advent phones had to be manually tuned to the right frequency. That was just too big a pain in the xxx for me. These, the AW770, had the tuning knob and the volume knob right next to each other (and of course you can't see them unless you take off the phones), so you could accidentally detune when you meant to adjust the volume. I recommend the RCA WHP160 phones in this price range.
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Summary: The best of a poor class of products
Review: Why is it so complicated to make a wireless headphone that you just plug into the back of your TV (or audio receiver) and you are ready to go? Why do I need to adjust the frequency fine tuning on the headphones every time I use them? (I don't have to adjust my cordless telephone every time I use it.) Why do I need to turn the volume up all the way on the TV to match the gain to the amplifier in the transceiver (why is there not a knob on the transceiver to match the gain on the TV?). Well, after the the griping, after trying similarly priced phones from Sony and Jensen, these are the clear winners of a horrible batch. Someday, someone will come out with a well designed product that will make all the others obsolete.
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Summary: Excellent headphones
Review: I purchased these headphones primarily for my Dad who suffers from a mild to severe hear loss (more than 20dB per ear.) Of course I got to test them out before handing them to him and, the more I played with them, the more I liked them. The quality of the speakerphones enclosed is excellent. When I hooked them to my amp's phones output and fooled around with the EQ, the sound was clear and covered a wide spectrum, with natural bass response and lovely medium and high frequency tones. However, the setup I decided is best for my Dad was to use a standard line-out output so that it would not interfere with the amp's volume / speakers for others in the room. EQ preferences are therefore gone, but he likes the sound anyhow.
We then adjusted the base transmitter's output and frequency tuner as described in the manual (output level until the LED on the front panel starts blinking, and frequency knob about mid-turn). The LED is used as a reference so that the loudest parts of the audio program (be it TV, Video, DVD, etc) will make it blink. It doesn't have to blink all the time, nor does it have to be steadily lit.
The headphones have two dials, one for volume, the other for tuning into the emitter's frequency, and an on/off button. They also have two LEDs: one for on/off and the other one for stereo indication (pretty much like the FM radio similar indicator.) When tuning the headphones we found that we could get the best reception if we turned the dial to the middle position between "beginning stereo" and "losing signal" (respectively when the LED begins to glow and when it turns off.) Using this technique no further re-tuning was necessary.
Although these headphones are primarily used to watch TV I found that I can move freely around in and out of the house and not lose signal. I can even visit my neighbours and look like a martian :-) The three things I don't like about the set are:
1) proximity of the tune and volume dials on the headset. 2) the fact that these dials are identical in size, making impossible a tactile distinction.
3) no easy way to clean the pads (on the other pair of wireless headphones we own we have to just twist-unlock the pads and use a sponge or an old toothbrush to remove accumulated hairs and ear wax.) To sum it up, excellent sound, price and happy owner.
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Summary: Serious audiophile? Then don't waste your money
Review: I just bought these about a week ago and I am about to pack them up and return them and get my money back. The sound quality is awful and the wireless reception isn't much better. If you really like listening to music, then these are not for you! You have to constantly adjust the reception to get even the most basic stereo reception. If you like the primitive sound of AM radio from an old hand-held radio, then these are for you. If, on the other hand, you like to hear the subtleties of the music you're listening to in stereo without a bunch of static then save your money and buy something else. These are horrible!
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Summary: Needs some modification...
Review: First, the controls and power button are on the back side of the earpieces. If you lie down to listen, be prepared not to move your head on the pillow or you will change the tuning, volume or turn the headphones off.
I fixed this by reversing the L and R channels and wearing the headphones backwords, with the controls then on the front side.
Second, as the batteries fade, the headphones must be retuned.
Third, the range is not as great as they claim.
If you usually listen from one position and plug the phones in whenever you're not using them to keep them fully charged, then they will probably satisfy you.
If you plan to move around a lot or listen to music and want wide dynamic range and level frequency response, look elsewhere.
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