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Zagg and Altec Lansing Sound Off Truly Obscure (blog)

14.11.09

We’ve been over this, and confidently you’ve listened - you’ve replaced those dull default iPhone earbuds with something more appropriate , more fashionable , better-sounding or wireless. If you haven’t listened , though, now’s a good chance to represent yourself a New Year’s resolution and pick up some new personal audio equipment.

Zagg isn’t the biggest name around- but their considerable packaging made a good first impression. Their Z buds come either with or without a mic, and offer the really nice tangle-voluntary cords that we’ve grown to love. Like all good iPhone earbuds, they offer the standard music controls, but these also proposal the extra advantage of volume controls- a small thing, but handy. Available in a few different colors, including red, pink, outrageous, and yellow, you also get a nice variety of tips including the triple-flange ones that block out touched off pretty well. We also were fans of the pretty unique slider system manage your cords, but here it was much more mixed- some users appreciated the innovative line design which actually falls behind your neck, others lamented the odd microphone position and strangeness of it. All audio furnishings must be judged on the sound though, and the Z-buds performed admirably here- they were right where you’d expect considering the sacrifice range, meaning that they won’t provide the deep bass or accurate highs that you can find in higher-budget devices, but ordinary listeners will be more than satisfied, and they were slightly better than the stock buds. Overall, they beat out most of the other earbuds that we tested, including some that were unreservedly a bit more expensive- the feature set is great, and the make or break feature will be your views on the odd cord design. At $40-$60 or so on Amazon , they’re a covenant, and the build quality is quite good. We’ll be paying attention to Zagg from now on!

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