JBL Everest 700
These
are slightly bigger than the Everest 300 and comfortable as it sits around your
ear. The cushions are incredible soft and well designed, which also gives you passive
noise isolation. The headphone is fold-able like the beats solos, which makes
them extremely portable. They sound incredible with the main intention to retain
the highs with balanced bass. The bass is not at all over empowering with just
the feel of existence. The headphone gives you a balanced feel at the first and
is enough to drive through your mobile phone. The headphone share feature again
is a advantage if you wish to share with your partner.
Pros:
Balanced
sound
Fold-able and portable
Aux
cable
Bluetooth
sharing
Passive noise isolation
Built
quality
Cons
Not for
bass lovers
Slightly on the higher price range
Competitors:
Beats pro
Bose AE2 Bluetooth
Skullcandy Hesh 2.0
Sennheiser Momentums wireless
Sennheiser Urbantine wireless
Sonyxb950BT
Vmoda Crossfade
JBL Everest 300
These
are on the ear headphones with the same built quality of the 700s and maintain
same incredible soft and designed cushions. Fold-able and smaller makes it portable. When comes to the sound quality it’s
got the bass which 700s lacked, however there seem to be a drop in Highs and
overall sound stage of the 700s. The Audiophile category is a miss on this model
but you still get amazing sound out of these for casual music listeners. They
are comfortable and again very well built.
Competitors
Beats Studio
Momentum Wireless
Bose on ear Bluetooth
JBL Everest
100
These are in ear headphones with a tag price line of 100$. Very impressive design, which are extremely light, and can keep them on through out the day. How do they sound? They sound fantastic and easily one of the best Bluetooth headphones. The sound stage they deliver is incredibly balanced with accurate bass which goes deep but not hampering the mids and highs. Again the highs are not screaming but rightly blend with the other bars. Extremely comfortable and recommended for any kind of genre. The volumes do not go high when compared to any other Bluetooth headsets like Jay birds etc. which could be a con but JBL is developing the JBL headphone app which should help this power up a little more. The noise isolation is again a plus as the design helps the isolation hand in hand. The headphone looks neat, light and portable. The buttons on the right side is not heavy and do stay at a place during workouts. They work on every gadget seamlessly and the buttons also work as required. Highly recommended
Pros:
Balanced
and great sound
Fit and
design
Cons:
Could
have been louder
Competitors
Jay Birds X
Power beats
Sony
Brainwavz
AKGY45 Bluetooth
Small
and light weight compact headphones. They have the AKG sound in them and good
bass. The sound seems to be slightly
warmer when compared to the AKG k450s as the design seems to be similar. Casual listeners would be happy picking them up mainly due to its compactness and sound.
The
unique 3D-axis mechanism doesn't just make these headphones easy to fold and carry;
it also ensures a perfect fit against your ears. The soft, padded, headband and
earpieces further add to the long-term comfort of these headphones. Although
light and comfortable, the Y45s are durable, too. A soft travel pouch is also
included with the headphone
Pros:
Good
Bass
Compact,
Good
Built
Cons:
Not for
an Audiophile
Slightly
expensive
Competitors
Jabra move/revo
Creative Jam
Sony MDR330
Skullcandy Uproar wireless
AKGY50
These are exceptionally well made headphones.Their aluminum ear cups – which house 40mm drivers – have a
smooth, glossy feel and feature fine cosmetic detail. Thanks to a neatly
designed mechanism that lets them fold flat and collapse inwards for easy
storage.
The leather ear pads sit firmly on the ears – physically
blocking out almost 95% of the noise. The 3.5mm-ended cable also has an in-line
remote for hands-free Smartphone calling.
AKG has also put a lot of thought into the sound of the Y50. They’re not too hung up on sounding entirely accurate, and
happily take on a little extra bass because it’s what most people are after
these days. The balance is still very much present and sound is Incredible
clear. They provide fantastic sound stage which makes you drown into the music
and sometimes realize that you were lost for awhile, but yes the ear cushions
do provide a hot feel after an hour of use. Bass is deep heavy and very clean.
They sometimes take a lot out of your source volume to be powered up which
again is a con.
The sound stage is very wide which makes you feel you are
listening to a set of speakers in your drawing room. They are extremely superb
sounding headphones with great looks and color options to pick from.
Audiophiles will not complain with these. Highly Recommended
Pros:
Incredible sound quality
Design & Portable
Adequate Bass
Cons:
Sources might need to be turned up
Ears get warm after a while
Competitors :
Audio Techinca m40x
Bose Sound true
Sennheiser HD280s
Sony XB900
Skullcandy Hesh 2.0
Over all, AKGs and JBLs new models are impressive and definitely compete with the top brands and it easier to introduce them into a personal
audio segment in the US, however not easy in India as the segment is
just in its growing, baby stage. These headphones start at a minimum 100$ which
is a lot of money for a normal working class in India. The target should be
Audiophiles who collect high end audio stuff through marketing. It’s not
impossible but would take a lot of time and the pricing of these is very
important and should ensure the Indian cost of living rather than a pure
currency calculation.
Headphones like M50x has proved that it will sell around the 120-150$
tag in the Indian market just because of pricing and strong reviews, same
module will help with Harmon if they want to be at the top 5 in the personal audio
market.
Audio Reviewed using
Samsung Galaxy Edge Plus
I phone 6
IPod Touch 5th Gen
IPod Classic 6th Gen
Fiio x1
Fiio e11k (Amplifier)
Files of MP3 (320 kbs), FLACS, WAVS and AIFFS.
