Buying any stereo headset – including a Bluetooth stereo headset – involves matters of personal discrimination and sound sensitivity. With Bluetooth stereo headphones, you may discover that wireless versus wired sound quality is a considerable factor when buying the right headset for your Bluetooth-enabled cell phone. What is not necessarily a factor is the idea that, strictly speaking, merely paying more equals higher sound quality. This article will discuss a few of the more popular options available so you can better decide what is right for your needs.

Consider the Jabra Halo. With a $95-$99 price range, you might think that equals high quality, but this did not prove the case with many stereo headset reviewers. The predominant complaint is that the Halo sacrificed quality for style: OK, it does not look like the typically dorky Bluetooth headset, but it did not fit over the reviewers’ ears properly enough and the touted touch-volume controls – including dual-microphone noise cancellation, a feature Jabra boasted about when bringing the headset to market – were what one reviewer called a nuisance. And most of those reviewers said the overall call quality was not very good.

Priced closely enough at $99 however, the Sony Ericsson HBH-IS800 has been considered a great option for Bluetoothers who want the smallest headseat with the highest quality for the size, compatible to either A2DP music phones or MP3 players. This earbud set got dinged by reviewers at the Bluetooth Stereo Headset Guide because its sound quality, while excellent for a wireless headset, is thought to be lesser to the wired models. However, its bass sound is considered among the best of its breed even if some harder rock and techno music might sound a little bit crowded, and the high-end sonic detail is considered among the best for the size and style.

The Samsung SBH600, however, turned out to be a mid-priced model getting high praise for outstanding stereo sound quality even if the call quality was somewhat lacking, as well as getting raves for the 3.5mm headset jack that allows a user to apply it to non-Bluetooth stereo devices as well. Basically a pair of smaller-than-normal over-the-ear headphones, the SBH600 does not have an active noise-cancellation feature but the ear cup pads are considered above average for that kind of ambience and very high on comfort, and the ear cups fold inward to let a user store them more simply than other such devices.

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