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Old 11-01-2006, 06:05 PM
martin_ayton
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I've had one of these for several weeks now, as a replacement for several Bluespoon AX units which had a really nasty (and common across the AX and AX2 range) habit of frying their batteries and then frying themselves. I like it a lot and I can back Judie's comments as to call clarity.

I'm guessing that Judie's 'phone device has some sort of voice software built-in, though it doesn't sound like MS VoiceCommand. I use VC with my Hermes and, with the VC through BT hack it works pretty well. I find it best to use a pretty innocuous command (like "what time is it") when I first connect the headset after a soft reset of my Hermes, because that first time VC over BT is not reliable (not the headset's fault). After that, it works like a dream.

My major con with this headset is the earpiece: I can't find which of the buds is best for me. I'm currently using the largest, and with some careful wiggling of it (following a hit given in Jason's recent '2 inch view' article about ultimate ears headphones, which have similar buds), I can mostly get a reasonable fit. However, it still needs refitting every 30 to 60 minutes, and it can come loose without you noticing - I have nearly lost it on several occasions. I'm considering getting some of the ultimate ears foam buds since they apparently fit this headset nicely.
 
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