Sound Blaster JAM V2

Easy to set up with my Apple TV and no noticeable lag in audio. These sound fine, good quality audio for speech etc, but not super duper hi fi sound. Very impressive for the money. Light and comfortable with very good battery life.

Been buying Creative since the 90s for a reason ... they had had an iPod years before Apple Better kit too ... and priced with decency When compared to full over-ear, heavy headphones, the AptX raises the bar on these compared to non Aptx ... they are great at mid volume ... not so much at high volume. Way more comfortable and light, not as stable on the head ... move about a lot ... be careful when peeing they don't fall in the toilet as you watch your latest golden masterpiece Battery around 10 - 15 hours for me ... nice USBC ... great Bluetooth connection ... bluetooth 5 is so efficient that batteries last almost twice as long as Bluetooth 4 products ... it can also remember 8 Bluetooth device connections rather than 2 Not designed to go to sleep with, due to one whole side being the power button ... I'm constantly turning them off and on Bass button, really needs to be on at all times, so you will often realise that they sound not so good cos u haven't pressed it yet ... a bit annoying Music easily sounds as good as £15 - £30 earbuds Creative are one of those companies that earn your respect with their products, and make you brand loyal My portable speaker is the Creative Iroar Go (£80) ... sounds just as good as the Apple product ... but I can put a microSD card in it and use it as a jukebox, without a phone feeding it ... 200 albums on an SD card and long pressing the fast forward and back buttons shifts between albums ... brilliant for a music lover ... not just mp3 on the SD card either .. It supports FLAC files which are high definition, lossless mp3 files basically ... zero compression and so sound as good as the CD

TLDR - great for windy environments - very light - excellent button controls - initial playback will stutter :/ As someone who has a pretty sensitive spot at the top of their head, I can only use headphones that are very light, which means that these are one of my only choices. I also got these because they were very cheap. But as I’ve used these, I’ve been very impressed. They have a very long battery life. They’re easy to charge. These have my favorite button controls. I love the giant button on the side that pauses and plays things because you can kind of nudge it with your shoulder if your hands are messy and you need to pause for a second. I’ve also found that this type of ear pad tends to get rid of a lot of wind noise since it’s essentially the same material as you would use on a studio microphone to reduce plosive noise. So these are the best headphones I have for using in lots of wind. These also have lossless audio support when used with a wire. Their range is also very impressive. I recently got the brand new AirPods 4 and the range on these headphones is slightly better than those AirPods. The multi point connectivity is also very good. It often works better than the automatic device switching that my AirPods have. In my opinion there is only one issue that really brings these headphones down. It’s the lack of AAC support. AAC is the higher quality codec that iOS and iPadOS use. There’s a small fee per device to use it, so I’m guessing that’s why it was excluded here. But what that means is that if you use these with an iPhone or an iPad, it will fall back to SBC instead. The audio quality of SBC is fine, in my opinion. The issue is that almost every time you play something, there are a bunch of stutters for about half a second and then it will play smoothly. I would guess that this is because most things are encoded in AAC and the audio is having to be re-encoded into SBC to be streamed to these headphones. This issue occurs with pretty much every app, but it doesn’t happen if you just quickly pause and play the same thing and sometimes it doesn’t even happen when you play a new song or video. But every time without fail, it does happen if you first turn the headphones on and play anything. It happens often enough to be quite an annoyance. If these supported AAC, I don’t think I would even really care that much about having AirPods. Hopefully they make a V3 with that support added. If you are using these with android, you can opt for the act X support that these have and you might avoid that one issue. Overall, these are very good headphones for an excellent price.

I have got a TV without a wireless headphone output together with a SkyQ box which also does not have a wireless output. I have tried several bluetooth trasmitters and headphones but the problem has always been poor lip sync i.e. latency. So finally I discovered that what I needed was a blue tooth 5 transmitter with APT-X LL and matching headphones. Surprisingly some of the most expensive headphones do not have a low latency codec. The cheap bluetooth transmitters are no good for TV and I ended up with a Taotronics TT-BA09 Pro then set out to find some bluetooth 5 headphones at a reasonable price. I soon realised that noise cancellation is where the big expense comes in so once I decided that ANC was an unecessary luxury I started to look for low-medium cost headphones. Like trying to compare smartphones, trying to compare headphones is a recipe for frustration. I ended up searching for headphones with a 5 star rating, thinking this is going to be sooo costly. Lo and behold, the top-rated headphones appearing here on Amazon is the unlikely Sound Blaster! I was really surprised at the spec- it has a higher spec that headphones costing three times as much. So I bought a pair. This is a pair for watching TV - the sound quality is OK and better than I expected. My Doqas headphones are a tight fit and hurt my ears after 20 minutes or so. These headphones are very lightweight and comfortable enough to wear for hours at a time. The controls are a bit fiddley to find by feel, except the on-off which is a large round disc covering most of the one earpiece. Pairing with the Taotronics was simple and worked first time. There is a bass boost button which is useful when music is playing. The headphones are not foldable. They connect via cable as well as bluetooth but only to a USB port on your laptop/PC not an audio jack input. There are two built-in mikes but beware - these are not ANC headphones - the noise cancellation is latest technology CVC (Clear Voice Capture) so it's noise cancellation when making a call, not when listening to whatever. They support two connections but I haven't tried to pair it also with my Firestick. So all in all, despite some limitations these are the best value headphones for watching TV, very comfortable and adequate (20 hrs) listening time. Highly recommended. Note: make sure your bluetooth transmitter is fully compatible if you intend getting one.

I can't praise these things highly enough. For under £30 you're getting bang up to date Aptx support which crucially includes the Low Latency variant. I own some top end headphones from the likes of Sony (WH-1000XM3) and Bose (Wireless Sound Sport earphones), and both are absolute junk for gaming or watching TV because the audio delay is terrible. Looking at the very latest models of top end headphones, they're still selling them with old Bluetooth tech which will have the same audio delay issues and potentially audio quality issues depending what you're using them with. These headphones however are one of the very few that actually have up to date Aptx support for the various Aptx variants, and when paired with a suitably capable Bluetooth transmitter, completely eliminate audio delay. All for under £30... just brilliant. I use these for gaming and watching TV, and I love them. For the Nintendo Switch, when paired with the Creative BT-W3 the audio is flawless with no discernible delay whatsoever - something headphones costing hundreds cannot do. Other than the great connectivity, the sound is good, the bass is good (especially with the bass boost button), pairing to devices is a breeze and because they're so lightweight, they can be worn for extended periods of time. "Audiophiles" will pick holes in the audio of course, because for sure, they won't compare to a £300 set of headphones for clarity. But, if you have the same ears as probably the majority of people, you'll be absolutely fine with these. The mic on them is ok too if you want to take calls, but I wouldn't say it's stellar. Certainly good enough. Overall, I'm very happy, and for under £30, I'm blown away with them. My Sony's are now going on eBay because for me, these are good enough and beat the expensive Sony's hands down for connectivity and lag free audio. Honestly, I was sceptical before buying, but they exceeded expectations. Just be sure your transmitter supports Aptx Low Latency (not just standard Aptx) if you want that lovely lag free audio experience when gaming or watching TV. Probably my bargain of the year at this price, and with these features.

Very comfortable set of headphones, not too tight on the head and ears. I was a bit unsure of on ear type headphones but was getting fed up of cleaning ear buds so bought those out of chance and glad I did. Sound quality is fantastic for the price, watching movies, playing games and listening to music was impressive. They have a good set of features as well, aptX for low latency and aptX HD for better quality wireless as well. Also realised that as well as using USB C to charge those with, it can connect wired up to PC or laptop and use them for meetings/calls as it has a DAC built in as well! The only drawback is they don't have the 3.5mm audio jack to plug them in with but seeing as they can connect up wired using USB C or wireless using Bluetooth it doesn't really matter. I've rarely seen a set of headphones with all of those features and decent sound quality at the low price of £24.99 I paid for them. Well recommended.

Sound quality is not great for music - low to mid range is muddy. Bass boost adds some depth/warmth to music but doesn't fix the muddiness, so a lot of detail just doesn't come through, even with a software equaliser. Fine for audiobooks / podcasts / etc. Plenty of volume, but a hissing sound becomes audible above 70%, which doesn't happen with any of my other headphones. I'm not trying to blow my eardrums - just want to listen to quiet videos & audio recordings. The headset I received makes an annoying buzzing noise in one or other earpiece at certain frequencies, I don't know whether this is a defect or just poor build quality. The headband is quite stiff so it clamps pretty hard on my head - I wear glasses so it crimps my ears over the legs of my specs. However it is comfortably light. I bought these because I hoped the foam earpads would let ambient sound through - I want to be able to hear traffic, people speaking, etc. - this doesn't really work as the earpads do a decent job of muffling most outside noise. On the plus side, no difficulty listening to stuff on public transport etc. Battery effectively lasts 1 day. The product description "22 hours" implies if you listen for an hour each day you'll get 22 days of use. While connected to Bluetooth it stays switched on even if nothing is playing, whereas other headphones will switch off after a while. This consumes battery power. If I forget to switch it off after listening for a couple of hours, it'll be around 20 - 40% the next day. It seems to be quick to recharge though. Overall I wish I'd tried a different headset.

Very good headphones for the money!!! A bit hyped in the mid-high, but very good sound and comfortable! I don't think there are too many options in this class as good! Recommend 100%