Are these set up with the plug in for the airplane sound systems either 1 or 2 jack?
Wait! Tell me you don’t do that!! If you are listening to any audio while mowing with any thing other than noise isolating headphones or earphones, it won’t matter what you use in the future because you won’t be able to use it with hearing aids! The level that you would have to turn the audio up to will eventually damage your hearing. Unless of course you have a lawn mower that is pretty much silent.
Also, for what ever reason, many people use noise-isolating and noise-reducing interchangeably. They are very different. Noise-isolation is an active process, in other words, it requires power. It uses a mic built into the ear/headphones to listen to the ambient sound and play it back through them, 180 degrees out of phase, cancelling out the sounds. These E1 earphones are simply noise-reducing, which is a passive process that is just blocking out as much of the ambient noise as possible by using the silicone tip to seal the ear canal.
Some of the confusion is coming from the manufacturers themselves. They now that noise-isolation is what people want, so they mark them as isolating instaed of reducing. Just trying to make more money!
And Woot!, where are the specs?!? What is the frequency range? What is the impedance? What is the sensitivity? What it the cord length? What is the weight? What is included? What is … People need to know these things man!!! Quit slacking!
Specs are right there on the deal page - cleverly hidden under the “Specs” tab:
Design: In-ear, Dynamic Moving Coil Micro Speaker
Driver diameter: 5.8mm
Drive Components: Full Range KG 15
Finish: Black
Frequency Response: 12Hz - 18kHz
Impedance: 18 ohms
Input Connection: 3.5mm
Noise Isolation: -18
Sensitivity: 106dB
In the box:
Klipsch Image E1 Noise-Isolating Earbuds
(3) Ear Tip Sizes
[MOD: In the defense of those that posted earlier, the specs were just added.]
I actually think a 20% savings is pretty significant. We all don’t have extra cash lying around…
“Frequency Response: 12Hz - 18kHz”
Frequency response is a meaningless spec if it doesn’t say what the +/- dB range is, e.g., 12Hz - 18 kHz +/- 3dB. I have a pair of crappy $5.00 earbuds that make a similar frequency response claim, and the bass is practically nonexistent. And unless you’re a 3-week old child, you probably can’t hear much above 12 kHz anyway.
As with pretty much everything else in the universe, all things do not work the same way for all people, parrots or squirrels. I’m short, my Klipsch in-ear set (purchased on Woot) are excellent in every way. they don’t pull out of my ears, no static in motion, great sound, surprisingly effective noise cancellation, etc. My HUSBAND, however, is tall and absent-minded so his get caught on stuff when he’s sitting or bending down and they sometimes get pulled out.
I give these 3 Mortimers and a Monte.
They are also not “noise canceling”. They block noise by fitting tightly in your ear, but noise canceling is a technology that actively creates anti-noise to cancel out outside noise.
I agree with this post. I love my S-4’s and you can pick up a set for $30 or less on Ebay. My guess is that it is worth the extra $10.
You have that backwards. Just look at the words. Isolating means that it is just seperating the outside noise from the music it is playing (the music is isolated from exterior noise). Noise reduction headphones REDUCE the exterior noise using a passive microphone system…Learn your facts before you try to learn others.
Also, they are more commonly called noise canceling, rather than noise reducing.
So if I pay $80 for Amazon Prime, I can spend $5 more for them there? You’re right. That is a deal!
These are some of the best sounding headphones I’ve owned. Unfortunately the right ear bud always seems to go out 6 - 9 months after use. But at this price I’m down for 2.
Had a set. Loved 'em. Lost 'em.
I’m in for two.
I completely agree. I especially like the foam for the sound isolating properties. I need them to be able to drown out the small engines at work, and they do. As a bonus I think they are more comfortable. The downside is they are hard to find for any given model of ear buds. I wish more manufactures made foam tips to match there ear buds.
Does anyone know how these compare to the Maximo iMetal earbuds/in-ear set that Woot use to offer every once in a while? I’ve purchased several pair fo the Maximo’s and all are still working.
I wear ear muff style hearing protection over a pair of shure e2c’s and it does a good job reducing noise level and keeping the in ears from falling out.
I am looking for earbuds that I can listen to while in bed and my partner will not hear them. (yes it would be at low levels, but when everything is off the house is quiet) Would these fit the bill? Does something like his exist? I have an android phone.
If you take care of your headphones, get the S4s. My pair has lasted me for about two years thus far. Store them carefully in the metal case when not in use and you should be ok. Main failure point (as I’ve noticed with just about any pair of headphones) is the cable section right above the plug… you let that bend and flex too much and you’ll be looking at only one working earbud.
No, there are others of us that are defective according to Apple. I’m still using the “Wicked” ear buds I bought from Woot a few years ago! Maybe I’ll buy some of these to see how they work.
Okay, so bass quality, ear comfort, and noise reducing aside; tell me about the cord. Is it a pain to control? Is it long enough? Is one side longer than the other? How much does it tangle? I spend so much time trying to untangle those things it’s ridiculous.
How long is the cord?