Gadgetory

hi i'm david cohen away from cnet.com and this is the creative soundblaster jam a $50 bluetooth headphone that's lightweight relatively comfortable to wear and sounds good particularly for its modest price point until recently it was hard to find a bluetooth headphone that sounded decent for less than $100 but that's changing as higher-grade chips and components get cheaper the sound blaster is by no means high-end and in fact looks a little like the headphones that came with the walkman back in the 80s but there's something endearing about it's throwback design and as I said it's lightweight and should fit most people pretty well though not everybody likes an on-ear design and there is no padding on the top of the headband which may bother some people they also don't fold up in any way and while they seem sturdy enough I can't tell you how well they'll hold up over time as far as features go there's a pause play button that doubles as an answer end button for cell phone calls the requisite volume controls are onboard and when you hold those buttons down they turn into transport controls allowing you to advanced tracks forward and back you also get a bass boost button that does just that boost the bass a little while sacrificing a little clarity last but not least there's NFC tap to pair technology for devices like Samsung's Galaxy phones that support it I didn't count err some bluetooth hiccups and I also didn't think this headphone works great as a headset for calls caller said they heard a lot of background noise when I talked and my voice sounded a little recessed but on the plus side the headphones battery life is good at 12 hours and a headphone sounds quite good with relatively clean dynamic sound for Bluetooth bass was also strong even without engaging the bass boost button which I didn't think added much in all this is a strong budget bluetooth headphone but it isn't without a few weaknesses I suppose you can't expect perfection for 50 bucks but you could always dream I'm David Carr noise and that's the creative Sound Blaster Jam thanks for watching you