AIAIAI TRACKS HEADPHONE
12.14.09
The lovely folks at AIAIAI in Denmark kindly sent us a pair of their Tracks Headphones to take for a test drive. We were familiar with AIAIAI products via the internet, but when the real deal showed up we were blown away. The packaging alone will get you to half mast. We took our time unpacking, which felt on par with, if not better than opening a new Apple product. Unveiled, the headphones are so simple they could truly stand alone as a design object. The Tracks were a snap to assemble and we were rockin’ out in minutes. We happen to have a somewhat massive and highly-tuned sound system here at C13 HQ, so we rarely use headphones. To reacquaint our ears with the intimate headphone setting, we slapped on a pair of Sony MDR-V500 we had laying around. Swapping between the Sony’s and AIAIAI’ Tracks, the latter were significantly more bassy (a trait we certainly enjoy). The only downside to the Tracks was the noise insulation – if you’re pumping tunes, well, everyone else is gonna know it. This is obviously inherent in the design (the Sony’s fully enclose your ear, while the AIAIAI’s foam just sits atop). Other than that, the Tracks look beautiful, sound great, and anyone with even the slightest aesthetic sense ought to geek out over the packaging.
Oh and on a side note, you can get these as a headset, meaning it’s iPhone compatible (mic and everything)!
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