These days you can’t swing a dead cat in the city without hitting someone with earphones on. Many of us find the stock pair from Apple are a bit uncomfortable over any lengthy period of time. It’s time for an upgrade and today, Gadgetell is starting a contest that will end Friday for a free set of Atomic Bass earphones from Radius. Check out our review and if you like what you read, enter the contest.
Radius earphones for iPhone 3G
Guts
The Atomic Bass earphones for iPhone 3G add a high performance inline microphone/remote to the standard pair of Atomic Bass earphones that we are giving away this week. These earphones are made from light aluminum; their weight is barely noticeable. The wire is 120cm long, features a 3.5mm gold plated jack and according to the manufacturer feature a 10mm neodymium magnet that produces outstanding bass response. These things look cool.
Fit
Sizing is accomplished via a small, medium, large set of interchangeable silicone caps to plug up your ear canal. Other earphones tend to include tons of options for in-ear fit that let you customize them a bit more, but the S/M/L got the job done. I went with medium and was able to run on a treadmill without them falling out any more than those with more fit options, so no harm – no foul there. They didn’t feel perfect, but didn’t cause problems either – fit is a personal thing so experiences will vary.
Sound
Overall, these earphones fared well. Despite selling for $49.99 for the iPhone version, I tested them against a pair of Shure M100s and found the sound to comparable despite the Shures costing double the price. The bass response was good, I was able to discern low base and it wasn’t overpowering on the top end. Overall, sound quality was great.
Remote/Microphone
Most of the time, I don’t use iPhone specific earphones and after using the Radius pair made for iPhone, I have no idea why. Fast forwarding a song while running no long required my special skill of double tapping the main button, and locating the fast forward onscreen button. A simple double click on the remote and slow songs in my mix were bypassed while working out. Handy. The microphone was good, not great according to people on the other end; but it was better than trying to talk the phone in my armband while running, so points there.
Bang for the buck
It is easy to test these against my collection of $100ish earphones and it sits mid pack. Sounds was comparable, fit was a little off, but iPhone controls were cool. The hard part is to remember the Radius earphones cost half of the others. And that is impressive.
Overall
To sum up, I like these. Their sound quality and hot aluminum looks are winners in my book. The low price is icing on the cake. I don’t see these staying in stock long anywhere and according to the reviews on their website from places like CNET, everyone seems to agree with me.
Learn more at Radius.
Contest
Ok, so you’ve read my review. Now you want a pair for yourself? Gadgetell is here to help with special thanks to Radius. We’ve joined forces to give away a pair of the Radius Atomic Bass earphones in black, their most popular model. A $39.99 value, yours for the taking.
How:
How do you enter this giveaway? That’s super-simple. Register with Gadgetell, create a profile and leave a comment to this post telling us where you listen to your music with earphones on. Is it the gym? Work? Skate park? Bearing Sea crab boat? We’ll be picking at random, so don’t hurt yourself.
Remember, you must be registered and have a profile for your comment to count as an entry!
Good luck.
Read: [Full Contest Terms]
Where do I listen to music using my curent substandard Apple earphones?? EVERYWHERE… after my wallet, house keys and phone, the next thing I don't leave the house without is my iPod (old as it may be). I'm not a big fan of silence but more so, the absurd conversations I hear on public transportation on my way to work. I listen to it also at work when I need to concentrate as well when I work out (nothing like Eye of the Tiger to pull a hamstring while pretending to climb a mountain on a treadmill!)…I even swap my Sirius radio in my car for my iPod.
Where don't i listen? Going to school, doing homework, the gym, tuning someone out, everywhere!!!!!
Well I listen while I am driving my scooter to work and back…could really use some good headphones like these
yeah…pick me please
I listen to my tunes at work, and at the gym. However, I am at work way more than the gym.
I listen to them while i work out at the GYM.
i listen to buds on the Muni
I listen to my music with my headphones all day every day. From the time I start to walk to school I will be jamming to some Dance Gavin Dance or some Drake, in any type of weather, the music helps me block out the outside sound. In whatever type of weather sunshine, rain, or snow the reason I walk to school is because I like listening to my music and taking the time to look at the environment that I am in and you just don't get that from driving to school. At school I listen to my music form first period to fifth period. At work I listen to music while I am doing cart runs in any weather as well but at night only. I take music where ever I go walking from and to work five days out of a week. If I take the metro to Seattle you're sure to see me bombing my music.
I listen to my earbuds everyday on my 1 hour and 30 minute bus ride to and from school. I love my music, and I had a beautiful pair of sennheiser earbuds. Sadly, they broke and left me with a 7 dollar skullcandy which is lacking the sound I loved coming out of the mid-high priced earbuds. I could really use these especially since normal earbuds dont stay in my ear, on the in-ear ones.
I use mine mostly in the gym, or for music when I want to excape the sounds around me
Sounds good to me