{"id":3243,"date":"2011-08-15T09:10:06","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T14:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcitement.com\/?p=3243"},"modified":"2011-08-17T17:43:08","modified_gmt":"2011-08-17T22:43:08","slug":"techcitement-review-and-giveaway-intune-headphones-for-your-favorite-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/hardware\/techcitement-review-and-giveaway-intune-headphones-for-your-favorite-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Techcitement Review And Giveaway: InTune Headphones For Your Favorite Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

The iPod has fundamentally changed music in a lot of ways, mostly for the better. It drove the music industry to accept digital distribution models, rather than selling us whole albums when we only want two or three tracks. It created the option to carry your whole music collection with you, instead of a handful of CDs you could manage to carry around with you. But there has been one major downside, and that\u2019s sound quality.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s nothing inherently wrong with the way most digital music sounds, and the true audiophile can choose to buy or stream their music specifically from services that provide higher quality files (Spotify<\/a> in particular provides truly amazing sounding options for premium subscribers). The one inescapable, often flawed, reality of portable music is headphones. Specifically the cheap, low-quality earbuds that come with iPods and virtually every other portable media device. You\u2019re simply never going to hear the same song as the artist recorded when you listen to those things. They don\u2019t have the range or power to reproduce everything you\u2019re supposed to hear.<\/p>\n

Fuse takes an interesting approach to this problem with their InTune<\/a> headphones. You pick your favorite type of music and buy earbuds tailored to make it sound great. InTunes come in four flavors, Jazz\/Classical, Rap\/Hip Hop, Rock\/Blues\/Country, or Pop\/Easy Listening. None of them provide you with the type of fidelity you can get out of a great sound system or a pair of $200 headphones. The sound you do get though is better than what you\u2019re probably used to in a pair of earbuds t\"\"<\/a>hat costs just $25.<\/p>\n

InTunes come with three different sizes of ear gels to help you find a better fit. I find them comfortable, and they provide reasonably good noise isolation as well. They do run a bit large compared to other similar gels I\u2019ve used in the past, so\u00a0 I use the smallest size, when I usually use the medium.<\/p>\n

The obvious downside to this concept is that most people listen to more than just one type of music. That means potentially needing to change headphones when you change tracks or ending up with even worse results than those iPod earbuds on the wrong song. At first glance, it seems like anyone with even slightly eclectic tastes in music won\u2019t get anything out of InTunes. Plus, I don\u2019t expect most people to buy all for varieties for $100. At that price, you could just buy one pair of higher quality headphones.<\/p>\n

Personally, I see a few scenarios that make InTunes a lot more useful. The first is if you have playlists that fit your mood or activity. I don\u2019t think too many people need classical music or easy listening in their workout playlists, for instance.<\/p>\n

What I find more interesting is how well InTunes worked for Pandora Radio. Any given channel tends to be a good fit for these headphones, which means the right headphones are easy to choose without planning out a whole playlist. That made these earbuds a surprisingly good fit for most of my listening.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re looking for great sounding portable music, now is your chance to try these out. We have one of each variety of InTunes to give away to four lucky readers. Here’s how to win a pair: simply comment on any articles we publish this week, and we\u2019ll choose the four best comments for the week this Friday.<\/p>\n

Good luck and good commenting!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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