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| Brand: Klipsch
Category: CE
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Avg. Customer Rating:  37 reviews
Color: black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 1.3 x 0.3 x 0.3
MPN: 1007328
Model: 1007328
UPC: 743878019544
EAN: 0043878019545
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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 After trying Shure, Koss, Sony, these are the best May 2, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
They are light. They fit my ear (no other in-the-ear model fits my ear). They don't fall out. They do a good job in blocking external sounds. They are compact. For the size, sound quality is excellent. While active sound blocking systems (such as Bose) will do a better job blocking sound, the trade-off in bulk is just not worth it. These are expensive, but they cost less than all the money I spent on other models that fell short of the mark.
OMG- awesome sound & comfortable May 13, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have Ultimate Ears (UE) super.fi 5 pro, and Audio Technica's ATH-EC7 GM (among other lesser portable headphones). The Klipse Image trumped both of these.
The UE is not comfortable over the long run- it sticks in your ear and feels like a brick- and compared to Klipsch Image- the bass is bloated. If you never compare the two side by side, you won't feel bad about the UE's bass, but once you hear how the Klipsch Image reproduce bass notes- there's not going back.
The ATH-EC7 have trouble making the seal, which means weak bass most of the time (but it sounds better than the super.fi 5, and pretty much on par with the Klipsch sound excepting bass).
The Klipsch Image have an amazingly natural sound- listen to instruments and you'll immediate notice how much more real it sounds, and the bass is so very tight and accurate sounding. You can walk around with the Klipsch Image all day long and never tire of having it stuck in your ear.
Slight weakness (most other portables have these problems as well)- vibrations on the wire will transmit to your ears; impossible to tell right and left side (tiny white letter R & L, on copper color). Not sure I buy into the 45 degree plug- I think I like the 90 degree ones more.
I plugged it into an iphone and it will play music! :) Now anxiously waiting for iphone 2.0 to come out...
If you're into squeezing the last drop of audio performance (price not an objection in your vocabulary)- then you MUST audition this. Apple store sells it with a return policy.
Klipsch Delivers June 19, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
My wife has it easy when picking out my presents. Anything audio will do. Well, not just anything.
I've been dissatisfied with earphones. There are decent ones for $40 when mowing the lawn. It's the high-end earphones that have been troublesome. Some even cause physical pain.
Then along comes Klipsch. Klipsch has a long standing reputation for value and innovation. I started searching the internet for reviews on the Image headphones. The pattern was, not enough treble and pricey.
The discount offered on Amazon, more than I see now, took them substantially out of the $350 category. Then I found a video on youtube from Klipsch discussing earphone design. They figured out that ear canals are not round yet their competitors all have round ear gels. Klipsch was able to patent their oval design.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=KFN5-7-UxhQ
My Image earphones fit perfectly on the first try out of the box with the medium (standard) earbud. I tried all of the earbuds and went back to the standard. They are so comfortable I literally forget I have them on. I've read about people sticking them deep into their ear. Mine achieve a perfect seal with minimal insertion. They don't fall out. The oval ear gels and miniature construction are the golden ticket.
The frequency response is balanced at the lowest volume levels. I compared them to my other high end earphones and I did not run across any problems in the treble range. The detail of the brush striking the cymbal is incredible. The reviews about the bass pan out. I ended up flattening the equalizer settings on my MP3 player.
These headphones provide great presence to digital sound. When I hold my hand over my ear the sound is unchanged. This is the first time I can lay on a pillow in comfort wearing earphones.
I highly recommend the Klipsch Image earphones. The only problem I've had is having to take them off. Hats off to the audio engineers at Klipsch for exceeding my expectations!
Great Product = Happy Customer October 7, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I enjoy music, but definitely wouldn't consider myself an 'audiophile'. When I set out to buy a new pair of headphones, I did so with an initial budget of $80, thinking I was going to get the best of the best. NO WAY did I think I'd spend $350 no matter how good the sound. I did a ton of research, reading literally hundreds of reviews from many forums, online stores, and other write ups on the various products out there. The Klipsch Image's promised comfort while also delivering pure audio streamed almost directly to your brain. This alone tempted me, but I was skeptical about how good this could really be. I first tried several other products in the $80+, $100+, $150 and finally $220 categories, by other makers including Shure, Bose, Sony, Altec Lansing, Sennheiser and a few others. Each step I was blown away by the raise in sound quality, and somehow managed to justify the price increases. I had owned a pair of Bose QC2 Noise-cancelling headphones, and really liked how they filtered out background noise, but after trying the 'earbud' styles that 'claimed' to offer this, didn't think it was possible. I was somewhat satisfied with my Bose QC2's, but they were extremely large (by comparison), and given Bose's fame for using brittle materials, I never took them out with me, only used them for flights. Another problem I had with all the others, was the fit.
Most of the other earbuds out there had mixed reviews, and I have pretty average ears, so I was confident I would be ok; but I wasn't. Some were 'ok'. Some took quite a bit of fiddling before they were 'just right'. But all of them were only comfortable in my ear for a few hours at most. When I reread the reviews on the Klipsch Image headphones, I saw that the engineers had specifically addressed these issues in their design (Amazon has a video from their engineers at their product page now), and they're success was backed by many reviews. I was nervous as heck, but I ordered them.
Having owned them now for a few months, I am so glad that I bought them, despite the steep price I paid (which I see has gone down drastically as of now). I sold my Bose QC2's as these do a phenomenal job of blocking background noise. They plug right into my ear canals in a few seconds, and there's no playing around trying to get the right fit. I listen to them *everyday*, whereas I used to very rarely even listen to music. This has had a very therapeutic effect on me. Where many others still deliver music that may sound pretty good, this is like an absolute flood of pure music, and they're so comfortable I don't even feel them. On average, I listen to them now about 4 hours a day (2 hours commuting about on foot, and 2 hours at the gym). I've bought a new MP3 player just for these, in addition to re-ripping my audio collection in lossless format.
The only criticism I can offer is perhaps that the cord could have been a little thicker, but only like 1 or 2 gauges thicker. They're very lightweight and I love that about them, but for those people who don't take too much care of their things, the extra durability or at least sense thereof would be nice.
At the new lower price, I wouldn't hesitate to buy these. You will absolutely love listening to these, and be blown away by them *every time* you plug these into your ears. You gain not only a greater appreciation of music, but also of your own hearing.
 Reasonably good February 9, 2008
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
It's no doubt a good product. But it's not worth the 200$ which I had to pay for this. I am sure one could get something similar for half that cost.
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