Patent-pending Contour Gel tip mimics the natural shape of the human ear for optimal comfort
Perfect over-ear fit for isolated and active use
Compatible with all 3.5mm headphone jacks, including iPhone
Tweeter and woofer with cross-over for maximum acoustic fidelity
Category leading acoustic performance
Listen like a rock star with Custom-3 noise-isolating professional-quality earphones from Klipsch. Whether it's the spine-tingling riffs of an electric guitar or the incredible boom of a kick drum, you will get the "live on stage" euphoria that only Klipsch earphones can provide. Status symbol products such as the iPod(R) have played a major role in making technology fashionable in recent years, making it necessary to develop a stylish audio accouterments that can bring better sound to in-vogue listeners.
Klipsch Custom-3 is the perfect solution for audiophiles and musicians
Great Comfort
Featuring a black soft-feel paint finish with copper accents on its earbuds, Custom-3 earphones utilize dark gray patent-pending Contour Ear Gels that are anatomically designed to accurately fit inside the human ear canal. These soft, oval silicon tips reduce ear fatigue as well as provide an amazing seal for excellent noise isolation and bass response.
Because ear canal measurements vary, Custom-3 headphones come with five different washable ear gel sizes: small, medium, and large single flange designs as well as small and large double flange designs. Extra small sizes are available through the Klipsch website. This variety of size options allows these earphones to fit more of the population than any other earphones on the market today.
For perfect exterior comfort, flexible ear wires bend over and around the ears so they can be customized to each user. And not only do these adaptable wires provide optimal comfort, they also let users experience full or partial noise isolation—a great safety feature for on-the-go users. Just pull the ear gels out of the ear canals and adjust the wires to firmly position the earphone nozzles over the canals.
Several tip sizes and a cleaning kit always ensure a clean,
comfortable fit
Great Sound
Inside Custom-3 earphones, you'll find over 60 years of audio expertise ready to get the music inside your head. Exclusive KG723 tweeters, KG731 woofers, and patent-pending electro-acoustic crossover systems let your hear performances just as the artists intended—making Custom-3 an excellent choice for musicians and critical listeners.
Great Durability
Klipsch has gone to great lengths to ensure the long-lasting durability of Custom-3, up to and including its 50-inch-long cables. Put through extensive "real world" testing, these headphones feature appropriate strain relief at every cable connection point to help prevent wire damage. Plus, underneath the cable's black cloth weaving, a special PVC Wireguard jacket prevents the wires from becoming exposed and frayed.
Complete Features and Added Frills
Klipsch Custom-3 earphones provide a studio reference acoustic experience as well as a secure personalized fit for active lifestyles. With unparalleled comfort and exceptional durability these earphones can go the extra mile with you wherever you may go with any number of portable devices such as iPods, the iPhone and virtually any device with a headphone jack. These headphones come with a high-quality vinyl carrying case that will also fit an 80G iPod, an airline adaptor, a 1/4-inch adaptor, five sets of ear gels, and an ear tip cleaning tool.
This review is from: Klipsch Custom-3 In-Ear Noise-Isolating Earphones
***Note: This review has been updated since originally posted. Please check the "Comments" on this review for further discussion as well!
SO, you're shopping for high-end earphones, eh? Let me begin with this: you've found the right products.
This is a review of BOTH the Klipsch Image X-10 earphones and the Klipsch Custom-3 earphones. (Amazon used to group reviews for all Klipsch headphones together for some reason...now they are separated, but here is a review of both earphones anyways.)
I've had a pair of the Klipsch Image earphones for a good year now. (Klipsch has introduced a cheaper version, the Image X-5, and renamed the original Image the Image X-10...so I will refer to mine as the X-10s from here on.) The Image X-10's are a fantastic pair of earphones. They are TINY...really, really small. This makes them extremely portable, light, and comfortable. When I first received the Image X-10's, I simply placed them in my ears and the seal was perfect - on the first try with the standard medium single flange gels! It is EXTREMELY easy to insert and remove these earphones. Instant, perfect seal every time. They are very, very comfortable. I have worn them for hours without my ears hurting or itching...they feel about as natural as can be. The sound quality is great as well, and when you consider their size, it is unbelievable how they designed these earphones. Stock iPod earphones and most every other "upgrade" earphones will pale in comparison to the sound quality and clarity of the Image X-10's. One of the highlights is the soundstage - with the Images, you can visualize & "place" the location of each of the instruments in a song around your head...very distinct. These earphones provide exceptional quality and comfort. Definitely more clarity than the Sennheiser PX100 (open air, on ear supra-aural...very inexpensive, about $30-40 street, yet an incredible warm sound with great bass, the best deal for headphones) and even better detail and reproduction than the AKG K271 Mk II (fairly high-end closed circumaural around ear studio monitor headphones, accurate and crisp detail, about $200 street, my favorite all-around headphones for studio work and mixing). The Images are very adept, with the ability to provide shockingly defined but totally encompassing bass when asked to, much like my Grado SR225s do (and the Grado's have the advantage of an open ear design.) The Images have very good sound isolation with the single flange gels I use, and you can get a little extra isolation with the double flange tips.
I've had the Klipsch Custom-3's for quite a few months now (a few less months than the Image X-10s). When I first put the earphones on, I had some trouble getting the fit/seal right, so I tried moving up to the single flange large ear gel instead of the medium ones that come on the earphones. (On the Image X-10s, I use the medium single flange gel and it works perfectly...kind of weird that I would have to use a large on the Custom-3's to get the seal right when it should be the same as the Images...the gels visually appear identical in both earphones...) After some experimentation, I dropped back down to medium size gels, and just inserted them deeper in my ear canals. This seems to work best, but after about 15-30 minutes,...
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