Just the other day I was out in the city, trying to see new things in town and I realized I’d love some music on my new iPod Nano. I decided it’s time to get one “capable” headset for a test drive and see if they’re better than what Apple provides and see if I’m missing something, because headsets technology has developed a lot these days. First impression: MUCH better!

So I took the most recent entry into the earbud market, Philips SHE9850, and decided it’s worth my time to review it for you guys. The first thing that fascinated me is that the rubber and foam tips “intelligently adjust” to your ear, based on “detailed research into the anatomy of ears”. Of course you’ll have to try it yourself but believe me, they offer a high comfort level because they’re angled the right way.

However, thought they look perfect, they’re not really. Apparently built to cancel background noise (that’s why it has rubber tips) they are not very good at it, just the average.

Another great point is the sound quality (they actually deliver bass levels), which is actually much better than a solid equivalent headphone you put in your ear.

Last thing I enjoyed is that you’ll have to pay from $70 to $90 for a set of Philips’ SHE9850 headsets and that really doesn’t sound that much when you get such quality.

If you tested them, too, just shoot us a comment with your thoughts. If not, would you buy your pair?

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