Able Planet's True Fidelity Multimedia Headphones (with Patented LINX Audio) - Goodies

Available from: Able Planet

SPECIAL FEATURES
- Featuring Award-Winning Patented LINX AUDIO™-a Hear the Difference™ technology
- In-Line Volume Control with Mute Switch and Clip for Easy Adjustment to Safe Listening Levels
- Lightweight Adjustable Headband for Maximum Comfort

SPECIFICATIONS
- Frequency Response: 20Hz - 20,000Hz
- Two 3.5mm Plugs

ACCESSORIES INCLUDED
- USB Adaptor
- Soft carrying pouch

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Able Planet's True Fidelity Multimedia Headphones (with Patented LINX Audio)

To this day, I remain impressed with Able Planet’s LoSt CaUzE headphones and that was two years ago. They remain my headphones of choice for listening to my portable music player. So, the Able Planet’s “True Fidelity Multimedia Headphones” were received with high expectations.

The biggest problem with the True Fidelity Multimedia Headphones is the name. AblePlanet has obviously sunk its entire budget into creating great hardware with

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nothing left over to pay someone to come up with a catchy, marketable name. Even something shorter like “True Fidelity” would have done it. The official nickname is “PS500MM” but that has even less marketability.

The other problem, and this it completely dependant on how big your ears are, is the size of the ear cups, which on my head felt

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too small. With a full ear cup, the headphones feel like they’re somewhat anchored in place. If I turn my head quickly it won’t feel like the headphone are going to be shaken off; I got this feeling with True Fidelity. The smaller ear cups are comfortable and do a good job of blocking outside noise, but even adjusting the headband still left me with the feeling they might slide off my head if I turned too quickly.

In reality, this shouldn’t be a problem for most users utilizing True Fidelity the way it was meant to be used: while sitting at your PC.

There are two options to connect True Fidelity to your PC. Either with the standard mic and headphone jacks or via USB adapter (which the mic and headphone plug into). Either way, I was impressed with the how good everything sounded – even without a proper sound card involved – and the mic performed really well.

The mic sifted out a lot of background noise from my test recordings using Audacity and for everyday voice communication, all reports from people on the receiving end were positive. The problem with the mic is how it’s attached. There’s no swivel point to allow the mic to be moved out of the way. The mic arm is really bendy but that doesn’t make up for being able to swing it up and out of the way.

Rounding out True Fidelity’s features is an in-line volume control and mic on/off switch that are located in the perfect spot to reach up and adjust on the fly.

I really have no problem recommending this quality set to anyone looking for something that sounds great, while offering a great-sounding mic, and is affordable. The only caveat would be the ear cups, which were just a little too small for my ears.

- Aaron Simmer

(July 8, 2009)