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the jazz mini is a beautiful and compact aluminum stand for your smartphone that even holds tablets up to eight inches click now to learn more the first thing that caught my attention about this product was its excellent packaging something I appreciate as someone who sees a lot of packages if you get my drift the second thing that caught my attention was how infuriatingly difficult it was to extract the goods from the package so to speak and I'm sure there's a joke in there about how blue my buds were getting by the time that I actually finished but the real question here is not how much innuendo can I cram into my point about how hard you have to work to get the jaybird blue buds X earphones into your hands but rather is it even worth the effort I normally avoid doing videos about lifestyle audio products they advertise a bunch of features and then fail to perform their most basic functionality that is to reproduce audio with as much fidelity as they can with a reasonable degree of proficiency so let's start with the bottom line then audio quality when I was doing my listening tests on the blue buds X I was not only pleased with the level of performance I was getting out of a mid-range pair of IMS but I didn't even feel like I was making compromises because their wireless rock on jaybird I spent some time digging through my music collection and figuring out what kind of sound signature jaybird was going for I had determined that they sounded pleasing with satisfying impact at the low end reasonable detail in the highs and mids that were less pronounced than I liked when I realized that they advertised their response curve right on the box kudos appreciate this saves me some time because I can just say they sound as advertised once I had determined they sounded good the feature started to matter the Bluebirds axe feature a remarkable eight hour battery life that it pretty much achieves in real world use an integrated microphone for voice calls that my brother described as decent in spite of the fact that it was located behind my ear at the time and Liquipel sweat repellent nanotechnology with a lifetime Sweatt warranty to back it up the package includes a variety of tips three sizes of sports ear cushions to help them stay in and a large hard carrying case that fits the included charging cable and the earphones themselves there are also cable management clips for wearing the blue buds X as an over-the-air headset and finally there is a manual with excellent instructions on how to set them up so let's take a look at them physically these are big in ears but that makes sense since they have to contain wireless communication tech and the battery it did make me worried about how well they would fit though since I have pretty small ear canals more on that later speaking of batteries the microUSB charging port is accessed by popping off the backing of the left earpiece just like so and it's got three inline buttons that you can use to control power calls media playback and volume control depending on how long you press them for in practice that works but if you've also got a pebble or other SmartWatch that's even awesomer I find reaching for my wrists a bit easier to do between rallies than reaching behind my head but your mileage may vary on that one so back to how well they fit the manual says to try the under the ear fit first so I promptly set myself up with the smallest ear tip and between the size of the buds and the weight of the cord they just fell out I guess I was expecting that so I gave up immediately and set them up as over the year something I'm already used to for my IE 80s it took me about five minutes to set up and adjust the wire management clips by the way the inclusion of an extra wire management clip in the case in case I lose or break one is a very nice touch and now they fit so it's time to head to the court and stress test them with some badminton singles pairing is lightning fast and the range is perfect for the products intended use I didn't experience any interruptions whether my phone was actually on me or sitting at courtside the tops of my ears easily support the weight of the wires and I didn't even need their sports ear cushions for them to stay in flawlessly A+ for comfort the only thing that weirded me out a bit is that as someone who carries IMS 24/7 I felt a little bit naked without wires but I'm sure I'd get used to that noise isolation is maybe a touch too much to use these in a team sport but this is a big point in the products favored for bass response and listening immersion so there's no 100% right answer there the product isn't perfect yet though volume adjustment is something they need to address I'd like to see it tied into the phone's volume control like most other Bluetooth audio devices as it is they're separate and when you make adjustments using the inline button it actually temporarily cuts off the music with each button press also when you wear them in over the ear mode the stereo sound is reversed because you are physically inserting them into your ears the other way I guess it's not a huge deal since the product is not intended for me to sit back in my comfortable chair reveling in my audio snobbery but rather for me to use when I should probably be focused on something else but it's still something I wouldn't mind seeing addressed with a version 2 product something good did come out of that channel switching issue though their support blew my giraffe in mind you call the number on their website go through one menu layer to indicate that you're a customer yes a company that doesn't divide callers up further by support and pre-sales inquiries or as I call it people whose money that we already have and people whose money we're still trying to get and a real person picks up in like 10 seconds their live chat was actually even faster they responded while I was on the phone for 10 seconds so much Wow anyway it's conclusion time now and let's put it this way they will not be replacing my IE 80s as my daily drivers but these cost three times as much no they're going to be my workout in gym in ears and they absolutely Rock for that though honestly if I didn't already own mid to upper tier IMS then they would be a candidate for everyday use they're really solid I mean I was intrigued when a viewer sent me this review suggestion but I didn't have much hope for them because mainstream audio stuff is usually flashy junk but I figured I couldn't go wrong because in my conclusion for the video either I'd end up with a rock-solid product that I could recommend with confidence anyone who wants to listen to music while they work out or I'd end up getting to use the awesome punch line I wrote about how I just spent the last eight minutes mocking a jaybird a joke that worked better in my head than it doesn't practice guys like and share this video if you liked it dislike it if you disliked it and leave a comment on the Linus 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