Hey guys - I just put my votes in - hoping this goes well. While we wait, you should checkout/vote for the monitor arm that I just put up... this is essential for any clean battlestation. Help me bring this to the Massdrop community!
https://www.massdrop.com/vote/lcd-monitor-arm-v001b-by-vivo [img:cablemgmt.ygi.jpg]
Honestly you guys should do a little research on the Phiaton Chord MS 530 headphones, they're very good sound quality even over bluetooth and they can be wired as well
I couldn't care less for a headphone like the Parrot Zik that needs firmware updates.. I hear the UE 9000 is actually pretty great as both a bluetooth and wired headphone, though it's ANC isn't the best.
Correct me if I'm wrong, I know better than anyone I'm not the most tech savvy guy, but if your Parrot Zik is buggy (like swiping the ear cup housing doesn't work properly when you want to change a song or raise or lower your volume), and you need to hook it up to download a better version of the firmware that makes these functions work properly, doesn't that mean you "need" firmware updates? I mean, granted, sure you can use it like any other regular bluetooth headphone and just use your device to change songs and raise/lower volume, but isn't the reason for the Parrot Ziks high price tag because you are paying for those extra features on the ear cup? I'd rather have something that works well, right out of the box, than have to download updates for firmware when things go wrong. It probably doesn't happen often, but it's still not something I'd prefer to deal with.
I wouldn't take MKBHD's word on headphones. He's hardly an audio consumer, let alone an audiophile. Not to suggest that the word is applied to pretentious idiots who think anyone who doesn't believe in burn-in is beneath them.
Or if you're in a wheelchair like me and have had too many bad experiences with ipods falling and headphone wires getting impossibly tangled around your wheels and ripping apart..