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Parrot Zik 2.0 Review - The World’s Most Advanced Headphones?

2015-02-18
what's up everyone John Breton different TechnoBuffalo here today we're gonna take a look at the latest headphones from parrot these are the Zeek 2.0 's this review is brought to you by the all-new G flex 2 by LG life's good parrot claims these are the most advanced headphones in the world and they're competing against a lot from folks like beats Bose audio technica and way more they come in just around 400 bucks so they're not for the feint of wallet but are you getting a pair of headphones that's worth that money that's what I'm here to tell you a parrot wants to make sure you're gonna get the pair of headphones matches your personality so the Zeke twos are available in six different colors so you can pick a range from black white red blue and in between it really wanted a big emphasis on design with the Zeke twos they are designed by Phillip Stark who did the first gen as well and they look really nice difference between the first gen if you're not familiar is a 17% lighter they have a new wider headband with new padding which we'll talk about in the comfort section of the review I've got new longer ear cups and they've got double the size of the cushion that goes on your ear so from look at these things they look really industrial and very modern all the movable parts here are real metal no plastic you're gonna see on your touch they've got bright color accents on them and it's a really minimal design you almost can't see any buttons when you look at it from the ear cups on the underside is where all the i/o is gonna live there's not much you've got a power button 3 / 5 millimeter headset jack and then you've got your charging port which is just microUSB underneath the left ear cup you're going to find some other options you've got a removable 850 milliamp hour battery in there and it goes back on via magnet the design here is absolutely gorgeous but the design does come with a few trade-offs first location of the power button it was a bit on the annoying side I found myself when I taking the headphones off oftentimes pushing the power button I was able to change my grip and fix that but certainly be aware of it also sin dust real design means these headphones are not going to fold up and you want to pack them away so bear that in mind when trying to side if they're right for you so first and foremost a pair of Deeks are bluetooth headphones and I love that no pairing mode is necessary I'd have to figure out if I had a long press the power button or double tap it is some sort of Morse code to make it pair it's just always in Harry Moe just really nice if you've got an NFC capable phone you just tap it to the left ear cup and it'll pair on macca for you super nice and super easy one of the coolest features I think about the headset is actually not the headset itself it's what you can do with it from your phone via iOS or Android app it gives you full customization over what you can do with headphones something apparently seen on any competitors it'll tell you simple things like your battery it also give you noise control control the noise canceling in the headphones this is really neat you can turn it all the way up and really shut out the outside world or you can go all the way down to what they call street mode what that's gonna do it's gonna take the outside noise use the built-in microphone which can use for calls and put that audio also through the headset so if you're on an airplane and you want to be able to hear what the captain saying or you're on a train you want to hear for exits coming up really cool to be able to have that full customization options built in so also in the app we can get a full equalizer you're gonna get a parrot's concert hall which I'll talk about in the audio section also get featured presets on just fine what's good for you selected and completely move on this does I missed over throughput filed in the meter headset jack and it will work even when the headsets are turned off so if your battery is dying nothing to worry plug it in and you are good to go for a headset that claims to be the most advanced in the world one odd thing I found is this uses bluetooth 3.0 and not 4.00 it which is a bit on the strange side certainly there are much more advantage to 4.0 with the audio here is I'll get to still sounds very good and distance wasn't much of an issue either surprisingly parrot claims about three meters of range when you're away from your computer or your phone I got almost doubled up two Tunes four and five and sometimes as far as 64 I got any sort of crackling so you could step pretty far away and not lose any fidelity you probably get these things saying where the controls and I kind of thought the same thing it's completely gesture-based on the right ear cup swipe up and down to change the volume up or down and left or right to change tracks you can just tap it if you want to start or stop your music fun answer a call you can just tap it using the built-in mic or long tap it to decline another really neat feature if you take the headphones off your head I'll have to polish your music can you put them back on it will put the music back on also if you're not listening to any music at all you just have headphones you put them on your ears automatically activate the noise canceling feature just really nice or frequent travelers who just don't want to music just don't want to hear people around them and just want to sleep at 830 million power battery lasted us around five and a half hours I saw other reviewers got a little bit longer I just used it as I would normal set of headphones get say between five and seven hours of use it's gonna charge via micro USB and take about two and a half hours to charge these suckers up alright but they are headphones how do they sound they some really good is the moral base extension is absolutely awesome even the lowest notes sound very very good a highs are super crisp without being harsh at all when listening to it on normal volume as the volume gets louder though the highs can definitely get a little bit harsh I did not like the concert hall effect at all I thought it added way too much reverb so I turn that off immediately but you have the option turning it on or off as I mentioned before noise canceling is absolutely great as well Fred phones that are calling themselves the world's most advanced headphones they are plagued just some outdated Bluetooth and it's okay battery life but overall audio and customization is awesome 400 bucks I would have liked if had more than just a pouch to carry these things around then you can buy an extra case for about $50 and where you buy it from as I mentioned the headphones don't fold up so I'm gonna take a lot of room in your bag but overall the headphones were really comfortable for hours of use even with glasses and delivered great music fidelity via bluetooth I would absolutely recommend this plus it look really good on your ears so if you're looking to get it premium bluetooth headphones that has noise canceling you want to spend at 400 bucks as your price point I don't think you're gonna go wrong with the parity - they knock this one out of the park they're all the features I would have wanted even added things I didn't know I wants like a removable battery screw I would have lights modern Bluetooth and perhaps longer battery life but I can live with those small comprises get the great customization the great looks and the great hottie of sound that the pair of z2 is all thank you guys for watching hope you enjoyed give the video a thumbs up for a sound fidelity wanna check out other TechnoBuffalo videos that we've got hit the big subscribe button right here until next time I am John Ritter from TechnoBuffalo and I'll talk to you guys in the next video
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