Etymotic ety8s Bluetooth Earphones Reviewed

by Sze | Filed under MultiMedia

Laptop Mag has had a brief review on the Etymotic ety8s Bluetooth Earphones. The earpieces are connected with a behind-the-head wire and it can be used with your iPod ($299 with adapter) or with any Bluetooth-enabled device ($199 without adapter). According to Etymotic, they sample sound at 44.1 kHz, 16-bit resolution.

We liked listening to music with the earphones, but couldn’t get over their size (a bit less than an inch wide and a bit less than an inch-and-a-half long). Etymotic representatives we met with told us the earphones are so large because of the size of Bluetooth antennas, so we’re hoping we’ll see more earbud-like Bluetooth earphones in the future. We’re fortunate enough to have hair that’s long enough to hide these behemoths, but if you don’t, you’ll have to weigh the fashion faux pas against the sound quality and convenience of no longer finding yourself wrapped up in an earphone cord.

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