The shape of my ears has generally been a problem, for ear-pieces to fit, in my past. Mine are narrow, so that I need the most narrow inserts already. But then it can happen to me, that my facial muscles tense differently, at different times of day, which I believe causes a subtle change in the shape of my ears. Do not laugh. And so simply because I may be cracking a smile, I will also be cracking a non-airtight gap between ear-pieces that just fit, and my ears, which results in a sudden loss of deep bass.
The LG HBS-750 Headphones have an equalizer function, that switches between three modes:
- Bass boost (the default),
- Flat,
- Treble boost.
When I try these settings indoors, at first the difference seems so slight, I tend to think, ‘What a waste of an equalizer.’ But when I am walking outdoors, I now find that switching from mode (2) above back to mode (1), gives me back exactly what I lost, because the ear-pieces are no longer airtight in my ears.
I tend to find that mode (3) is less useful, because it emphasizes the aspects of aptX -compressed sounds, that are more scratchy. But then again, maybe somebody else appreciates the treble boost feature of this headset.
Now, one way to tell whether a product is a forgery or not, is by the fact for example, that the equalizer on the HBS-730 I was playing with before, did not kick in. But in reality the logic is more confuted than that. The manual of the HBS-730 clearly states, that the equalizer settings cannot be changed, if that unit is in aptX mode.
The manual for the HBS-750, which I am using now, clearly states that its equalizer settings are available, when this unit is in aptX mode.
Further, today, when testing the HBS-750, I did listen to music for 7 hours straight. It was my initial intention, to run the batteries all the way down, just so that I could recharge them once, and allow them to live up to full capacity ‘in the field’, later. But after about 6 hours of my own music, I grew too sick of that. I could not force myself to listen to more than 7 hours of music, at which time the battery-level announcement still told me that the batteries were at “medium” level.
They then needed 70 minutes of charging time, to come back up to full.
With the HBS-730, I could not listen for more than 135 minutes, before they were dead. And to recharge the supposed HBS-730 only took 35 minutes, cycle after cycle.
Dirk
