These days , everybody wants a small-arm of Bose ’s noise - canceling earphone occupation — and Creative ’s raw iPhone - friendly Aurvana X - Fi pot are a very worthy competition .
Unlike other Bose competitor such as Sony , Panasonic and JVC , who have gone with discounted pricing , Creative determine to attack Bose at the QuietComfort 2 pricepoint of $ 299 . It ’s apt , since they are about the same size ( yes , bulky ) , and run on AAA bombardment ( two as opposed to the Bose ’s one ) . They are as comfortable , with large soften earcups , and when they ship , they will descend with a connector that works with iPhone , no arranger required . ( I do not make love yet if these will formally be designate “ Works with iPhone ” but they will “ work with iPhone . ”
Though I have n’t done a side - by - side comparison with Bose , or test originative solo in the requisite plane environment , Creative ’s noise - cancelation engineering science vocalise like it will do the trick . Overall , the good quality is rattling , with copious , vindicated basso and if anything a too - bright high ending . pellucidity is not a job here .
When I ask Creative rep how they could vie without lowering the cost , they mentioned X - Fi , the company ’s proprietary sound DSP technology . One component is the Crystalizer , intended specifically to flesh out overly press MP3 file cabinet . The Crystalizer makes extra sense in the intimacy of headphones , and I could definitely hear an improvement when I toggle the feature on .
The last X - Fi feature is the CMSS ( Creative Multi - Speaker Surround ) mainframe , intended to overspread out the audio and make a practical surround environment . This is one of those things that depends on the mouthful of the listener . It changes the intermixture of the music significantly , but some would argue that by simulate a natural hearing environment it is really doing the track judge . If you ca n’t tell , I am still on the fencing about CMSS .
All in all , it ’s a corking product . I still think Creative should have priced it at $ 250 , if only to air a substance to Bose that high-pitched timber does n’t have to mean steep profit margins . Then again , it ’s enthralling to see Creative fighting hard to maintain a premium trade name in the ultra - discounted public of knock - offs .
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