An often over looked Gem – Tiger Eyes

With Bluetooth so oftening getting the nod for people choice of Smartphone headset, its often easy to overlook some of the other options out there.

Not so BestBuy in the states.

Recognising the booming demand for Smartphone accessories, Best Buy have taken the exclusive option on the new Tiger Eye model.

Yes, the consumer, who has recognised for a long time that the biggest drawback to the iPod/iPhone were appalling headphones supplied in the box, has started to reach out for luxury earphones that also double up as a wired headset. The best of both worlds.

Shure for a good while now have offered their mic connection to allow their headphones to also have a microphone for this purpose, but what if I was to tell you that actually for not a huge amount more than that cable accessory, you could get a cracking set of earphones with mic in built, that sound as good as the Shure SE210 product if not better??

Yes Tiger Eyes is this product.

The 8mm Titanium drivers provide suitable punch for your Eye of the Tiger work out song, while allowing you to hear your friends, family, or customers in full stereo, with staggering clarity.

Bass response is sold and crisp, the level of definition is truly impressive, for something sub £100, let alone the mere £69 Jaybird are asking.

And I’m not alone in thinking this; check out the review on JAMM.

Now in addition to the mic they also let you control your music, and volume, meaning the iPhone/iPod or other smartphone can remain in your pocket, armband or bag.

IN keeping with their development with the US triathlon team, they are also sweet and perspiration resistant, and have a lifetime guarantee to back up this claim. Like old car speakers the speaker diaphragms can determinate over time, especially if introduced to sweat – hence the titanium coating! Clever stuff indeed!

Seems as if Best Buy has the march on this product. Might explain why, with 2700 stores worldwide they are the largest CE retailer it he world!

The Ultimate App - its just so happens to control your houses music too!

I dont actually have any CD's in my house now.

I know, as the last one i found, i put in the car, and after remembering why i hadnt listened to it for 6 years, found itself with a new owner.

Although i have music on my PC i rarely if ever bother to boot it up and liberate the 200+GB of music, for one simple reason. Sonos.

As you may have seen on last nights gadget show, Sonos is looked upon as the definitive wireless sound system for the house. The S5 featured last night, is simply a Sonos zone, with 5 in built speakers and 5 corresponding digital amps added to enable staggering sound.


Download the App now - itunes - search Sonos. If you dont have one, at the very least you'll now understand what it is, and how genial this is for any music lover. The ability to turn your iPhone or iTouch in to the controller for the whole system though (your zones), for free, is genial!

Zones - well thats what Sonos refers to when it describes its units. Basically, what you do is break your house up in to zones. For example, Lounge, Livingroom, Kitchen, Patio etc. Each one of these you will most likely want a different Sonos Zone (i.e. wireless music player) for.

Be warned this gets addictive!

Sonos make their Zones in 3 flavours too; ZP90, ZP120, and the S5.

Lets seperate these further;

The ZP90 is has now amp in it so needs plugged in to either;
1. your amplified speakers
2. your existing AMP, such as a hifi or surround sound system

The ZP120 has an amp on board meaning, you can use it to directly drive speakers. Simple.

The S5 is an exceptional choice if your room has no speakers, and with 5 built in and and amps to go with them, it makes a mockery of other products that look similar. i.e. Bose Sound dock - it would simply blow it away. Want more sound, you can use 2 per zone if needs be, and at around £350 is a real bargain.

Now you can access the following;

Last FM - free
Spotify - TBC
Deezer - free
Napster - £4.99 opens up 8.5m songs - its better than having an HMV store in your back room!

Quite simply put, once you have this sonic marvel in place, you can access pretty much every song ever made, with one or two exceptions (but literally 1 or 2) for a measly £4.99 a month! Thats less than half the cost of a new album per month! Oh, and that new album will be on there also!!!!!

Speaker choices are wide open if you want seperate ones, I even installed ceiling speakers in our dressing room. Sonos doesnt need line of sight to control, so you can even hide the whole system away if you wish.

Embrace this product - its one of the few that have made it in to my house - all 8 zones - and counting. I've even managed to justify one for the garage...............damn you Sonos!