…And what is the story on the actual range. I want to stick my iPhone under my bike seat when I ride. Is there any hope for getting the signal that far away?

Nick

I’m trying to use the back beat with my new pre, and it works well for music, but not for phone. Any ideas out there? It just doesn’t work, period, with the phone app, even though it’s connected.

The sound quality is great! I’m no audio expert but I can hear very little difference in quality between these and my previous expensive metro-fi headphones.

Call quality is also good, people I’ve spoken too haven’t complained at all, in fact one person said I sounded clearer than with using the actual iPhone handset. Another did hear a little distortion though. Overall it’s good.

The problems though – The skip track forward and back does not work. Also, the play/pause button works inconsistently – sometimes it works and other times not at all, which is a little frustrating as it means you need to take your phone out to skip and stop tracks, but now i’ve had them a week or so, i’m used it and it doesn’t really bother me now.

Volume function works fine, so does answering a call.
Connecting the headphones has worked flawlessly every time.

They’re very comfortable to wear, they don’t put pressure on any part of your head, neck or ears, and have held up well in the gym, on the running machine, doing sit ups etc. You can also take them out of your ears and let them sit on the back of your neck quite safely.

I’ve not tried connecting them to any other bluetooth device so can’t comment on connecting to a laptop etc.

Overall, I love them. It’s a liberating experience not having wires dangling around your neck all the time.

If the lack of AVRCP compatibility is an issue for you then you may not want to get these, otherwise, they’re a great product.

* Are they fully functional with the new iPhone 3.0 OS — play/pause, skip/back, streaming music, answer/end calls, mute calls — *without* using the dongle, only the iPhone’s built-in bluetooth?

* Can they also be paired with a Mac that has bluetooth, for example a Macbook Pro? If so, then in addition to streaming the system audio, can the mic be used as a sound input for the Mac?

In other words, I’d love to be out biking, listening to music and taking calls with my iPhone, then come home, pair it with my Macbook, and continue using it for music and Skype calls.

Any more information you have on this would be great! I’ll keep checking this page to see what people say.