I just bought a pair of these headphones and thought I'd share my thoughts and experience with them so far.
First of all I must point out, the customer service from XTZ has been typically excellent with emails of the invoice sent straight away, followed by shipping details and a tracking number. Any questions I had were responded to by Anders Haby promptly. The Delivery itself was very fast considering it came from Sweden and only cost €4.00. I placed the order on 7 October. Received headphones on 13 October, in time for my holiday.
The headphones came packed in thick card, ensuring the main package wasn’t scuffed in anyway. Praise has to be given to the presentation when you open the box. It all has a very high end feel to it. A pleasant surprise was the bag for the headphones, very high quality and luxurious feel. The build quality of the headphones themselves are as you would expect from the pictures. They feel solid with strong feeling plastics and metal hinges. The LED lights and subtle logos give a classy look and gives the impression of a high end product. My only issue is that I wear glasses and they fit quite tight so my ears get squashed, something I’ll have to play around with to get the right comfort levels.
I have to admit, when I first plugged them up to my PC, I was disappointed with the sound. Then I realised my audio drivers needed updating and I was listening to them in mono. After updating the drivers, they sound amazing! The best way for me to describe them would be for anyone who has heard/owns XTZ speakers, these headphones have a very similar sound. They deliver in the area that I love about XTZ….highly detailed without sounding harsh.
I paired them to my android phone via Bluetooth in minutes and all seems ok in this area. This is the area I’ll be testing a lot more over the next two weeks on holiday. I haven’t used the app yet but will do soon. I’ve also got the Dirac Audio Processor but haven’t registered it yet.
I’m still getting used to them as they are my first pair of headphones but I’m taking them with me on 13 hour flight on Friday so that will be the biggest test in terms of noise cancelling, prolonged listening period, battery power and comfort.
I was expecting them to be great but so far, XTZ have exceeded my expectations.
First of all I must point out, the customer service from XTZ has been typically excellent with emails of the invoice sent straight away, followed by shipping details and a tracking number. Any questions I had were responded to by Anders Haby promptly. The Delivery itself was very fast considering it came from Sweden and only cost €4.00. I placed the order on 7 October. Received headphones on 13 October, in time for my holiday.
The headphones came packed in thick card, ensuring the main package wasn’t scuffed in anyway. Praise has to be given to the presentation when you open the box. It all has a very high end feel to it. A pleasant surprise was the bag for the headphones, very high quality and luxurious feel. The build quality of the headphones themselves are as you would expect from the pictures. They feel solid with strong feeling plastics and metal hinges. The LED lights and subtle logos give a classy look and gives the impression of a high end product. My only issue is that I wear glasses and they fit quite tight so my ears get squashed, something I’ll have to play around with to get the right comfort levels.
I have to admit, when I first plugged them up to my PC, I was disappointed with the sound. Then I realised my audio drivers needed updating and I was listening to them in mono. After updating the drivers, they sound amazing! The best way for me to describe them would be for anyone who has heard/owns XTZ speakers, these headphones have a very similar sound. They deliver in the area that I love about XTZ….highly detailed without sounding harsh.
I paired them to my android phone via Bluetooth in minutes and all seems ok in this area. This is the area I’ll be testing a lot more over the next two weeks on holiday. I haven’t used the app yet but will do soon. I’ve also got the Dirac Audio Processor but haven’t registered it yet.
I’m still getting used to them as they are my first pair of headphones but I’m taking them with me on 13 hour flight on Friday so that will be the biggest test in terms of noise cancelling, prolonged listening period, battery power and comfort.
I was expecting them to be great but so far, XTZ have exceeded my expectations.