Rating: 
Summary: Expensive as compared to working
Review: ... i found that this headphone is not what i thought about itafter reading about it on the net and the booklet included with theheadset at the first sight.According to the manual the range is 300feet. This is not true in the case of a scenario in which you use theheadphone with walls e.t.c between the transmitter and theheadphone. I placed the transmitter on the top floor of my house andthe sound quality was very good in the area of about 60 * 50 feet onmy top floor with concreate walls in between and wood doors, but wheni went downstairs, the real thing showed up. While moving around icould easily hear hissing sound which disappers when i stopwalking. Moreover the signal also became weak. I adjusted thefrequency from the headphone but of no use. So whats the use, even iwent up and changed the frequnency of the headphone and thetransmitter again, but when i came back same was the result. The soundbecomes louder when i came under the room in which i placed thetransmitter. Allover it showed variable sound and i was just about 30feet away from the transmitter with concrete walls in between. Thesecond thing is that i went in the opposite direction of the room onthe same floor in which i placed the transmitter and when i was about20 feet away with 2 concrete walls in between and many glass windows,the signal was over. I belive that the 300 feet range is a marketingstrategy or if its possible, its in an open space like a ground. In ahouse or through walls, its impossible. The headphone comes with 3NiCD, rechargable batteries which are placed in the headset and theheadphones are connected to the transmitter with a charging cable. Thetransmitter is then connected to the power outlet to charge theheadphones. The initial charge is 24 hours (Plays 5 to 6hours). Average charge is 10-12 hours (Plays 3-4 hours) and ExtendedCharge is 16-18 hours (Plays 5-6 hours). There is no indication of anytype that the batteries are being charged on both the headphones andthe transmitter. The headphones comes with Y cable adapter, ACadapter, charging cable and headohone adapter plug also. Theaccessories are enough to plug anywhere. This thing is made in Chinaand the quality is not bad, the headphones fit very easily and arecomfortable enough to fit over the ear but the grip of the headphonesover the head is not so tight, if you look down the headphones alsolooses some of its original location and they might fall from yourhead if you jerk your head down. The transmitter is very lightweight and its quality is not so good, moreover its not so powerful,but it works till the distance i have specified with very goodresults. The antenna of the transmitter is very light weight and itcan break easily if not proper care is taken. Over all theheadphones are of good quality material but not the transmitter. Therange is not 300, its about 70 to 90 feet (works; very good in thisrange) with walls e.t.c in between and in an open space it ismore. The sound quality is very good if you are on the same floor ofthe transmitter but distorts if you go on different floor. The priceis high as compared to the product. Note: This is a totally clearreview of the product deflecting my own experience. I am not in theopposition of this company or product neither i have tried any otherwireless headphones of this or some other company. You may observe thefunctioning, quality e.t.c of the headphones as deviated from theresults which i have written in this review.
Rating: 
Summary: Not a good product
Review: .... When I dropped them a day after getting them home, the right earpiece shattered, revealing the inside of a very cheap product. .... The description doesn't tell you that you have to tune the transmitter, then tune the headset until the signals coincide. That takes a little doing to get it right, and I find that the two parts lose each others' signal several times over the course of a couple of hours. I have to re-tune the base and the headset each time they lose each other. It also has an annoying whine most of the time also. Since last XMas, it seems like this is the only wireless headphone product in the retail stores, which is a shame because it is so bad.
Rating:
Summary: Expensive as compared to working
Review: After buying this Advent Headphone for $99.99 from amazon.com, i found that this headphone is not what i thought about it after reading about it on the net and the booklet included with the headset at the first sight. According to the manual the range is 300 feet. This is not true in the case of a scenario in which you use the headphone with walls e.t.c between the transmitter and the headphone. I placed the transmitter on the top floor of my house and the sound quality was very good in the area of about 60 * 50 feet on my top floor with concreate walls in between and wood doors, but when i went downstairs, the real thing showed up. While moving around i could easily hear hissing sound which disappers when i stop walking. Moreover the signal also became weak. I adjusted the frequency from the headphone but of no use. So whats the use, even i went up and changed the frequnency of the headphone and the transmitter again, but when i came back same was the result. The sound becomes louder when i came under the room in which i placed the transmitter. Allover it showed variable sound and i was just about 30 feet away from the transmitter with concrete walls in between. The second thing is that i went in the opposite direction of the room on the same floor in which i placed the transmitter and when i was about 20 feet away with 2 concrete walls in between and many glass windows, the signal was over. I belive that the 300 feet range is a marketing strategy or if its possible, its in an open space like a ground. In a house or through walls, its impossible. The headphone comes with 3 NiCD, rechargable batteries which are placed in the headset and the headphones are connected to the transmitter with a charging cable. The transmitter is then connected to the power outlet to charge the headphones. The initial charge is 24 hours (Plays 5 to 6 hours). Average charge is 10-12 hours (Plays 3-4 hours) and Extended Charge is 16-18 hours (Plays 5-6 hours). There is no indication of any type that the batteries are being charged on both the headphones and the transmitter. The headphones comes with Y cable adapter, AC adapter, charging cable and headohone adapter plug also. The accessories are enough to plug anywhere. This thing is made in China and the quality is not bad, the headphones fit very easily and are comfortable enough to fit over the ear but the grip of the headphones over the head is not so tight, if you look down the headphones also looses some of its original location and they might fall from your head if you jerk your head down. The transmitter is very light weight and its quality is not so good, moreover its not so powerful, but it works till the distance i have specified with very good results. The antenna of the transmitter is very light weight and it can break easily if not proper care is taken. Over all the headphones are of good quality material but not the transmitter. The range is not 300, its about 70 to 90 feet (works; very good in this range) with walls e.t.c in between and in an open space it is more. The sound quality is very good if you are on the same floor of the transmitter but distorts if you go on different floor. The price is high as compared to the product. It should be around $60. Note: This is a totally clear review of the product deflecting my own experience. I am not in the opposition of this company or product neither i have tried any other wireless headphones of this or some other company. You may observe the functioning, quality e.t.c of the headphones as deviated from the results which i have written in this review.
Rating:
Summary: You'll be sorry if you buy these. Seriously substandard!
Review: Although at first these seem like they'll do the trick, a number of poor design features make these a much poorer choice than some other brands. Advents are several years behind the leaders in technology and design, yet Advent charges a premium price. After looking at other brands in the same price range, I'm amazed that anyone buys Advent headphones. These should really be bagain-basement phones. Here's why: 1) Highly uncomfortable. I couldn't stand to wear mine more than an hour or so because of pressure on the ears and head. My ears start burning and I get a headache. They are noticably uncomfortable after 10 minutes. Supposedly they are self-adjusting, but they always clamp my head and ears too tightly -- perhaps the designers thought I'd wear them while jogging. It's true they are cushioned -- but how'd you like to have someone pressing cushions hard against your ears for hours? An ear-vise I don't need! And there is no way to manually adjust so they don't press as hard. Bottom line is that I don't use these at all because they're so uncomfortable. I checked out a Sennheiser headphone set in a store (haven't bought them yet) and they were much, much lighter, didn't clamp hard, and so much more comfortable. Weight on Sennheisers is listed in specs as only 3.5 oz with battery! The battery pack for the Sennheiser I looked at in the store is TINY, while the Advent takes 3 AAA batteries (so there's extra weight there). 2) Advent sound quality is good, but as others have complained, the tuning of the transceiver and headset drifts often. I need to retune headset to tranceiver every 10 minutes or so. Otherwise, the sound keeps cutting out like when you're listening to a radio station while driving through mountains. Another design annoyance is that the tuning wheel is identical in size and is right next to the volume wheel on the headset, so there's a good chance that when you're trying to retune you'll turn the volume knob instead and blast the top of your head off! 3) The battery system is really REALLY lame! The battery system alone will make you curse the day you bought Advent. With Sennheiser (and I think some other brands) you can purchase an additional battery pack that charges in the base of the tranceiver when you're using the other pack in the headphones. Then, if the headphone battery pack runs down, you can just swap for the fresh pack. With the Advent you're stuck with one set of batteries. In order to recharge them you've got to stop using the headphones and plug the headphones into a charger and wait for hours. The only other option is to buy your own additional batteries and buy a generic recharger. So that's additional expense plus a big mess of having an additioanal charging unit sitting around. The whole charging system is poorly designed. Sennheiser and some other brands have "on stand" charging. With "on stand", when you put the headphones on their stand, they charge automatically. (I have a great wireless phone headset by Vtech that charges by induction when on the stand, so this technology is available.) With Advent, you have to plug a charging wire into a small hole in the headset. This means a) you need to find the wire and plug it into the small hole and b) you have an extra wire running from the tranceiver to the headset when charging. So you have a real rat's nest of 3 cords -- the tranceiver power cord, the audio input cord, and the headphone charging cord. Plus, as mentioned above, if you want an extra set of batteries to charge, you'll have to have a generic charger sitting around too with its cord. Yet another problem with the battery system is that, as mentioned, Advent uses 3 AAA batteries. This means that if you did want to buy your own batteries to use as backup when the Advent batteries run down, you've got to pull out three AAA batteries, replace the little cloth "pull out the batteries" tab, and then insert three new batteries. This is a big pain compared with Sennheiser that uses a single pop-in battery pack. Jeeze! Didn't Advent bother to look at their competition before designing something that works like a 10-year old prototype?
Rating:
Summary: not at all "high fidelity"
Review: Don't think for a moment that you're going to get high fidelity sound with these headphones. You're better off buying a small mp3 player/fm tuner with wired headphones. Some of them even allow you to wear the device on your arm, getting you most of the freedom that these "wireless headphones" offer. I bought these as a Christmas present for my wife, and we're both very unhappy with the sound. Also, the 900mhz frequency was of some concern, and it turns out to have been with good reason. We have a 900mhz cordless phone which uses "DSS" (digital spread spectrum; it does frequency hopping). It turns out that the headphones pick up a very frequent "click" noise which must be a result of the cordless phone's transmitter going past the same certain frequency over and over again. But even ignoring that issue, the sound is just not what we're used to from our mid-range consumer stereo and other experiences listening to consumer grade walkmen, cd players, and corded headphones on our hi-fi.
Rating:
Summary: Junk...
Review: Don't waste your money, these headphones can't compete with $10 corded headphones. I was willing to accept some loss in sound quality to go cordless but these sound like a poorly tuned FM radio station. Actual range is only about 40 feet through walls. Get yourself a Walkman/Diskman/MP3 player instead.
Rating: 
Summary: Nothing wrong with these at all...
Review: Fine sound, good reception over a decent range (looks like I can get around the yard without them making any big complaints), comfortable. I would say that the fidelity is only slightly less than the earbuds I'm used to. And the separation is better than I expected. There is a fair amount of hiss if no music is on, but I'm pretty picky and I think its totally tolerable.
Rating:
Summary: Nothing wrong with these at all...
Review: Fine sound, good reception over a decent range (looks like I can get around the yard without them making any big complaints), comfortable. I would say that the fidelity is only slightly less than the earbuds I'm used to. And the separation is better than I expected. There is a fair amount of hiss if no music is on, but I'm pretty picky and I think its totally tolerable.
Rating:
Summary: Great for around the house
Review: First, if you're a Hi-Fi nut and want to spend hours analyzing every nuance of your SACD's, these aren't the headphones for you. Spend your money on some nice WIRED headphones, like the Sony MDR-V600. If you just want to listen to your music privately with the freedom to move about the house untethered, the Advent AW770 headphones are a great choice. I have two 400 CD changers and two Advent AW810 wireless speakers. This set up is perfect for parties. But the AW770 headphones are great for listening to music at night without disturbing everyone else in the house, or while working in the yard. Plus, the AW770 headphones and the 2 AW810's all work from the same transmitter -- all three work at once without any noticeable signal degradation. Again, these are not for critical, CD-quality listening. They're comparable to FM, and very practical for private listening around the house. If you have a vast CD collection and can't always blast the stereo, I highly recommend the AW770 headphones. Only complaint: sound is a little too bass heavy. Also, Amazon's picture of the back of the transmitter is inaccurate.
Rating:
Summary: Great for around the house
Review: First, if you're a Hi-Fi nut and want to spend hours analyzing every nuance of your SACD's, these aren't the headphones for you. Spend your money on some nice WIRED headphones, like the Sony MDR-V600. If you just want to listen to your music privately with the freedom to move about the house untethered, the Advent AW770 headphones are a great choice. I have two 400 CD changers and two Advent AW810 wireless speakers. This set up is perfect for parties. But the AW770 headphones are great for listening to music at night without disturbing everyone else in the house, or while working in the yard. Plus, the AW770 headphones and the 2 AW810's all work from the same transmitter -- all three work at once without any noticeable signal degradation. Again, these are not for critical, CD-quality listening. They're comparable to FM, and very practical for private listening around the house. If you have a vast CD collection and can't always blast the stereo, I highly recommend the AW770 headphones. Only complaint: sound is a little too bass heavy. Also, Amazon's picture of the back of the transmitter is inaccurate.
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