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August 2013
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The editors liked
Solid audio performance with no distortion on deep bass at top volumes. Active noise cancellation. Innovative touch sensitive panel and NFC integration. Excellent app includes customized EQ. Supports wired and wireless listening.
The Parrot Zik headphones offer excellent sound for wireless Bluetooth earphones
And have a slick
Eye-catching design
A relatively comfortable fit
And a wealth of features
Including wireless audio streaming
Noise cancellation
And touch-sensitive co
Clean
Capacitive touch panel
Quick and painless Bluetooth or NFC pairing
Free app enhances sound
Responsive and intuitive touch controls feel like the future. Soft leather
Sturdy metal and satiny finish make a highquality headphone. Smartphone apps (iOS and Android) provide additional sonic tweaks
Breathtaking
Comfortable design
Active noise cancellation and passive noise isolation
Intuitive mobile app and onboard controls
The editors didn't like
Highly sculpted frequency response not for everyone. Headband is slightly uncomfortable. Expensive. Significant sound leakage
While the Ziks are expensive
They include a cheap cloth carrying case. Also
Some small glitches in their operation mar their otherwise impressive audio quality
Must use app to enable/disable active noise canceling
NFC didn't work with certain phones
Disappointing cellphone audio
Songs with heavy bass are muddy. Too much DSP for audiophile snobs. Noisecanceling generates some hiss. Phone calls sound soso
The choice of what headphones to use is largely a personal choice. Some people go for logos or for the entertainers that endorse the products but I find that listening to music is a deeply personal and individual experience. The headsets just have to soun...
Abstract: Wacky French tech company Parrot — the same folks who brought us the AR.Drone and AR.Drone 2.0 flying quadricopters — has now dipped its fingers into the headphone market. The Parrot Zik wireless headphones have been designed specifically for smartphone u...
Published: 2012-08-14, Author: David , review by: cnet.com.au
The Parrot Zik headphones offer excellent sound for wireless Bluetooth earphones, and have a slick, eye-catching design, a relatively comfortable fit, and a wealth of features, including wireless audio streaming, noise cancellation, and touch-sensitive co
While the Ziks are expensive, they include a cheap cloth carrying case. Also, some small glitches in their operation mar their otherwise impressive audio quality
Despite some issues, Parrot can make a case for its Ziks being the Porsche of Bluetooth headphones....
The Parrot Zik headphones are the best wireless Bluetooth headphones your money can buy, combining a great looking design with some excellent features like intuitive, touch sensitive controls. However, the high price tag doesn't match the audio quality...
Published: 2012-07-14, Author: Adrian , review by: gizmodo.com.au
Abstract: The technology driving wireless headphones has not yet reached its full potential. But over the past few years, Bluetooth has advanced to a point that less than $600 can buy a pair of headphones with decent audio and respectable battery life. We rounded u...
Abstract: We asked one of our Geekzone users to review four headphones for us and compare to his own preference. Here are the results.Philips Citiscape DowntownThese headphones are reasonably comfortable, though nothing to write home about. They sit on your ears...
Abstract: Well, bought these after tiring of cables, and experimenting with a cheaper pair of wireless headphones, which I liked but kept falling off my headTHESE ‘phones arrived in cool packaging and connected easily to my iPhone. The free app adds multiple featur...
