Active Noise Cancellation helps tune out surrounding noise
Wireless Base Station with integrated dock for iPod
Perfect for travel - includes 3.5mm audio cable
Easy Sync with VIZIO devices such as Home Theater Soundbars
Includes carrying case for on-the-go portability
Experience the power of premium surround sound! VIZIO’s Active Noise Canceling High Definition Home Theater Headphones with Wireless Dock for iPod make no compromises-they combine professionally-tuned 40mm neodymium drivers and true lossless audio to deliver realistic cinema sound anywhere. Thanks to the wireless dock, you can enjoy your music and TV anywhere in your home-and without disturbing neighbors or sleeping family. Or you can connect the dock to your existing home audio system and share your iPod music. Bring the headphones when you travel and use them with the included 3.5mm cable-Active Noise Cancellation reduces background noises so you can relax, tune out, and lose yourself in rich, natural sound. Combine the headphones and dock with other VIZIO Wireless HD Audio products for true wireless, lossless audio in any room.
This review is from: VIZIO XVTHP200 Active Noise Canceling High Definition Home Theater Headphones with Wireless Dock for iPod (Black)
This review is from a gamer's perspective, so if you are an audiophile, you may want to look elsewhere. I have a PS3 hooked up to some Logitech X540 speakers and wanted some headphones that could give me the same type of performance. I had a pair or Turtle Beach DPX21, but returned them because I did not like the soundstage of the headphones. They had good bass but the directional quality did not impress me.
These Vizio XVTHP200 retail for over $300. To some, that may be expensive, but they are on par with other wireless headsets from other makers such as Sennheiser, Turtle Beach, or Astro Gaming.
Out of the box you get the headphones, the wireless dock/stand, power adapter for the dock, travel charger for the headphones, 3 iPod/iPhone trays, 3.5mm audio cable, RCA cables Optical/Toslink cable and a carrying case.
The wireless dock charges the headset via contacts on the top. The front of the wireless dock will display the input: iPod/SPDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interconnect Format)/AUX SRS Fuction: SRS TruVolume/SRS TruSurround and Dolby Digital Light.
The back of the wireless dock has RCA Audio in, SPDIF in, RCA Audio Out, DC in, HUB/CLIENT switch, Pair button, and Power button. The top of the dock has your iPhone dock and an INPUT button.
The headphone's left ear cup has buttons for: volume up, power, volume down, Active Noise Reduction, and SRS.
The headphone's right cup has buttons for: Next track, play/pause, Previous track, a charging port, input and an input button. It also has a 3.5mm input jack for on the cup for hooking up an mp3 player directly when you travel.
Tech specs are: Speakers: 40mm Neodymium Drivers
Sensitivity 96±3 dB 1mW at 1.5mm
Distortion: 1KHz < 10%
Impedance: 32 Ohm ± 20% at 1KHz
SPL: 110 dB SPL per 1mW
Battery Power: Battery - 940mAH
Voltage: Adapter - 100V~240V
So how do they sound? Fantastic. With the iPod or my iPhone plugged into the dock, music was crisp with great non-distorting bass. As for games, I tried COD MW2, COD Black Ops, and Split Second. At first I had the optical cable going straight out from my Samsung monitor and had the PS3 set the sound to use the HDMI cable. Sound was good but the PS3 then can't do Dolby Digital. I then routed the optical cable from the PS3 to the wireless dock and then the Dolby Digital status light came on. You soundstage was definitely better with the PS3 games with crisper highs. The unit has two SRS settings. SRS Truvolume is suppose to eliminate volume spikes. For me, it gave me a more louder more expanded sound. SRS TruSurround expands the sound even further. The Active Noise Reduction button should be used only if you want to block out certain sounds such as a jet engine or vacuum cleaner. Additionally, I noticed absolutely no white noise when nothing as playing. I also testing routing the sound from the speakers to the heading using a 3.5mm jack to RCAs and only got a slight noise when the volume level was higher than 70% from the Logitech's control knob. Keeping it at 50% fixed the issue.
Drawbacks? The headsets are heavier than the Turtle Beaches and will probably be heavier than all the other brands you test but for me it is not an issue. The earcups adjust left to right and tilt and are very soft. They also fold up for traveling.
The other issue is that the side of the headphone band are made of rubber so it was a bad dust magnet.
The headphones took about 2 hours to fully charge. If you place them on the dock, then will always charge, even if the dock is powered off and then the headphones will power off once they are charged. You should probably only charge them only you get a low battery notice for best performance.
So far I am very pleased with the headphones due to the fact it can stream audio from my PS3, my laptop or from my iPhone and charges my iPhone. The sound has great bass and very good separation even though it is a single driver unit. Build quality is good and being wireless is a great option compared to the wired units.
If you are looking for a good wireless headset, I recommend you consider the Vizio unit.
UPDATE: Some games like GT5 do not work under optical out. Initially I thought that the headphones had gone out, but you have to change the PS3 sound settings back to HDMI and not Optical Out. So if you are not getting sound from the gaming console, check your sound settings in the console or even in the game itself.
UPDATE 2: So after two weeks of further testing, I returned the headphones. The main reason for me was personal in that they were too heavy and the leather padding was too hot for my head. I still think these are great headphones but just not for me. I went back to the Turtle Beach DPX21s and after adjusting the sound settings, I have happy with the TBs but don't like the fact that they are not self powered so you have to keep swapping out the USB plug from device to device for the TBs to power on.
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This review is from: VIZIO XVTHP200 Active Noise Canceling High Definition Home Theater Headphones with Wireless Dock for iPod (Black)
First off let me say that these headphone sound great, especially when the noise-canceling and SRS are active. But if get as much 15 away from the receiver, the sound starts to break up. At first I though it was due to the transmitter being near all my other AV equipment (i.e. EMI). But even after moving it to another part of the room I am still getting a limited range. The other reviews I have read (mostly on the Costco site) say they have great range. I don't know...maybe I have a faulty pair. I am going to try putting the transmitter in an entirely different floor and see if that helps. If no...
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