The Best of CES: Zik Parrot By Starck Headphones
We go to CES with the hope that we'll find something totally unexpected, something that will make us say, "I must have it." The Zik headphones are one of those products.
The elegance of these headphones took us by surprise: stylish and ergonomic industrial design, wireless active noise-cancelation, NFC-integration, presence-sensing, and touch-controls are a combination of features we’ve never seen before in a pair of headphones. Not to mention, they sounded pretty darn good.
Though Parrot has not yet announced a price or a launch date for the Zik headphones, we look forward to comparing them to other leading brands of noise-canceling headphones so that we can know for certain that this first attempt from Parrot blows the others out of the water.
Watch the video below to get a sense of what it’s like to listen to music via the Zik headphones. I couldn’t tell if I was screaming or whispering because I couldn’t hear myself speak. Also of note: I knew the presence-sensing feature was working because when I took the headphones off, the music was paused on the iPod Touch, and when I put them back on, I could not only hear the music resume but I could see it "play" on the iPod.
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Cool features. I bet they'll be expensive!
This looks very nice, although its probably more expensive than a Beyer alternative. (Which would probably sound just as good.)
But of course we'll never know until we get a pair and listen to them.
I think they're ugly.
I think they're ugly.
i very much agree....if you really want the best noise canceling headphones, BOSE is the best
I'm sure the price will greatly outweigh any desire I have to buy these. I'll just use my nifty button that's attached to my headset to change my volume.
i very much agree....if you really want the best noise canceling headphones, BOSE is the best
Bose spends more money on marketing and research and development, and it shows. $150 pair of klipsch speakers can outperform $1000 bose speaker system, you have major problems.
Personally I go Sennheiser, my HD 555's cost about as much as the bose around the ear, but it's so much better sound. Bose is largely a joke in the audio industry, at least one high-end consumers are concerned.
That being said, when you say audio equipment sounds nice, tell us what it's comparable to. Because I'm assuming you are using a piece of skull candy crap before you put those on and pretty much anything sounds better than that if they're taking headphones seriously.
As for the design,it appears the metal. Can someone tell me if that is metal or if it's metal like plastic.
It is metal !
Bose spends more money on marketing and research and development, and it shows. $150 pair of klipsch speakers can outperform $1000 bose speaker system, you have major problems.Personally I go Sennheiser, my HD 555's cost about as much as the bose around the ear, but it's so much better sound. Bose is largely a joke in the audio industry, at least one high-end consumers are concerned.That being said, when you say audio equipment sounds nice, tell us what it's comparable to. Because I'm assuming you are using a piece of skull candy crap before you put those on and pretty much anything sounds better than that if they're taking headphones seriously.As for the design,it appears the metal. Can someone tell me if that is metal or if it's metal like plastic.
are you one of those people that think DR. Dre headphone are the best in the world?
My baby 18 yr old sister asked for Dr. Dre Beats for Christmas. Our dad went to Fry's Electronics and checked out the Beats.
After listening to several headphones he picked some nice Sennheisers that were in the $100 range that he thought sounded superior to the Beats.
When my brat sister opened up the package she whined, opened them and left them on the coffee table during the entire holiday season. When I went home they were still sitting there.
are you one of those people that think DR. Dre headphone are the best in the world?
i have used them, thought they were nice, than i looked at the price, it was 2-300$ and i loled so hard a person in staples came to ask me whats wrong.
those things are bass heavy, and cant produce better sound than my hd555, and that is a LOW bar as far as headphones are concerned... if beets were 70-100$, they would be decent for the cost, but are a branded joke.