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Klipsch Image S2 Comfort-Fit Noise-Isolating Earphones | 
| Brand: Klipsch
Category: CE
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $37.77
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New (15) Used (3) from $29.99
Seller: Compenet
Rating:  45 reviews
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 2 x 5 x 7
Warranty: 2 years warranty
MPN: IMAGE S2
Model: IMAGE S2
UPC: 743878021301
EAN: 0743878021301
ASIN: B002FB7IX4
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Exclusive Oval Ear Tips for longterm comfort and excellent sound-isolation & seal | | • | Great Bass Response and clarity from micro-speaker and oval eartip seal | | • | Piano black finish with silver accents | | • | Three sizes of oval eartips (Small, Medium and Large) to achieve the perfect fit | | • | "Snap" carrying pouch & ear-tip cleaner included included |
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Product Description
Cheaper than a standard concert ticket, Image S2 in ear headphones let you go "live on stage" with your favorite artists anytime, anywhere. Plus, they're so comfortable you'll never get tired of wearing them.
These extremely affordable, sound isolating earphones go above and beyond what you'd expect from the stock earbuds that come with your MP3 player or music phone.
In fact, you'll find Klipsch in ear headphones are far superior to other brands-delivering unequaled comfort, noise isolation, musical accuracy and bass. Furthermore, Klipsch has managed to take its decades of research and development experience to value engineer the Image S2, while staying true to its audiophile heritage.
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 Exceptional ear bud. April 22, 2010
J. Curtis (Baywood Park, CA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Ear buds are a funny thing. There are so many manufactureres and so many horrid sounding products. Even the ones that should sound good often don't. Recently we tested a pair of super expensive noise isolating buds that sell for over 400 dollars but they didn't sound any better than our 50.00 pair. In fact they didn't even sound as good in some frequencies. So here comes the Klipsch buds and they seemed worth a try. After demos with the Voda-don't waste your time, Shure-way too costly, and the Bose-decent but too expensive for what you get, the Klipsch seemed like a decent bud to try and we wern't disappointed. They come neatly packaged, easy to access. There are three sizes of fittings small, medium, which worked the best, and large. Sizing the pieces is the key to sound quality, fitting, and comfort. They're easily driven and provide good quality sound even at low levels. Bass, mid, and upper range are all superb, easily exceeding most other products costing much more. The high freq cuts off over 10khz quickly so if you like super high highs, the Klipsch buds will come very close but other makers may exceed these but at a cost. Then there's the claimed noise suppression which is also superb. You can hear ambient sounds but they're sufficiently muted allowing the audio to be played at low levels if desired. In the lab, they performed slightly above the claimed spectrum. In the ears, they sounded wonderful. The only issue, and one common with this type of bud with free hanging cable, is noise transmitted from brushing against you. Moving the adjusting band helps a lot. The wiring is rugged and compact but should be kept close to the body away from potential snags. Overall, we loved them and their great sound quality and can easily recommend them. Klipsch has a strong tradtion of great sounding products, next to Sennheiser, and these uphold the tradition.
Okay, so I'm not a sound engineer... January 30, 2010
R. Huffman (Bellingham, WA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
... and I bet you aren't either (because how many of those are there?). I picked these up on the recommendation of a friend because I wanted something with relatively good sound quality and without the annoying noise made when the headphone wire rubs across my clothes. These have both. Granted, I can't tell you that they have bright highs or whether the lows are muddy... I just know they do a reasonably good job of drowning out the sound of the bus and its passengers, that they sound better than my old headphones (skullcandy), that they're comfortable to wear even after two hours of studying, and they have almost none of that annoying cord-against-cloth sound. Maybe the $80 S4s are better. I don't know. I also know I don't want to spend $80 on headphones. $50 is pretty much my limit, and for that money I'm happy.
Awesome March 29, 2010
D. Brinkman (Salt Lke City, UT)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love these.
I searched for a long time for comfortable ear buds. I must have the world's weirdest ear canals, or something, but I always found ear buds to be very uncomfortable and make my ears hurt so much I could only wear them for a short time. The other thing was that a lot of ear buds (sure I tried some cheapies), sounded terrible. I'm no aficionado, but these others sounded terrible. By the way, I tried JVC, Altec Lansing, Sony, and Skull Candy.
I use these almost exclusively for running with my Sansa Clip. They do not fall out at all. I put the Sansa Clip on my collar, so the 1 meter cord is a little bit too long for that, but not a big deal. Especially if I run the cords off the back and up under my arm to my neck. Frankly, I could use a 12-18" cord for my arrangement, so judge accordingly.
So, first off: comfort
The S2's have a long, skinny barrel. In fact, they easily bottom out in my ear canals. I can't tell you they get to my ear drums, but they do get just as deep as I dare to push a cotton swap. They go way in there. At first I tried the medium ear gels, and they go right in, but I wasn't getting much of a seal. So I went with the large ones. They make my ear feel a bit stuffed, but I get a good seal, and because most of that stuffing is from the soft silicone, they don't hurt.
The seal I get is tight, so they do provide good outside noise rejection. In the winter, I run a lot on a paved trail that happens to have been landscaped next to a new freeway, so this matters to me. They are working good for that.
So, for comfort, not perfect, but they are the best I've ever tried and they don't hurt.
I'd like to get around to trying the Comply tips, but we'll see. There are several barrel sizes for Comply, and to get the Tx-100's, you would have to get them from Comply's web site. Amazon and Radio Shack only carry the tx-400s.
Sound Quality
Wow! They sound like they should. What that means is clear sound and flat response. I don't ever hear any distortion out of these any volume level. It is always clear and smooth. And, after I get a good seal, the bass is strong, but not too strong. And the mids are clear. The cymbals are crisp and nice. I happen to prefer even beefier bass, so I use the EQ on my Sansa Clip to "make it so."
Klipsch makes a big deal out of the fact that their ear gels are cast oval. That seems superfluous to me. They aren't very oval. And as soon as you touch them at all, they deform from oval to whatever. So, starting out oval doesn't seem to matter much. My ear canals aren't perfectly circular, and I doubt they're perfectly oval, either. But isn't that why they make them out of silicone rubber?
By the way, I bought these off of eBay for $23. They were an open-box return. But I haven't had any problems with them in the weeks I've had them.
Extremely comfortable and right price point! November 18, 2009
A. Hudson (GSO)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
I received these via the Amazon Vine program. I knew Klipsch made great speakers but was not aware they made headphones until receiving these.
The size of the headphone themselves are rather small but don't let the size fool you. The headphones are like being live at a concert. I was surprised at the clarity of them. When you close your eyes you feel the band is right there in your head, literally. The headphones come with different sizes of ear inserts and surprisingly enough I had to use the largest ones in the box. It forms a perfect seal for what I thought were my small ears. I know these are "noise isolation" headphones but the seal is so good that it is almost "noise cancellation". I could not hear people talking with them in as I could with other noise isolation headphone.
I tested these out on my iPod Touch and my computer and the sound from both devices was the same, excellent! There is just the right amount of treble and bass. I am not one for too much bass so that is probably why I fancy these a tad more than other headphones I have tried. The most amazing thing about these are the comfort level. I was surprised after wearing them for some time that they did not hurt my ears at all. They are very comfortable. Other headphones I have tried and even loved I have to adjust the seal to my ear and therefore my ears are sore afterwards. Not with these.
Another bonus point is the case that came with the headphones. It is suede a like material with the Klipsch logo on it. It is very easy to open and you just place the headphones in the case. For travel these will come in very handy as the headphones are small and the case is too.
Excellent at this price point but the S4 is superior October 22, 2009
Matthieu Hausig (Brooklyn, NY)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have been using a pair of Klipsch's S4 headphones for some time now so this review will focus on the differences between those headphones and their little brother the S2. Overall, the sonic profile is similar, clear sounding with some bass emphasis. The S2's are noticeably quieter than the S4's which are in turn quieter than many earbuds. They were still plenty loud for my tastes but if your chasing rapid hearing loss look elsewhere. The bass extension was not as deep as the S4's, the lowest register was lacking the same presence. Highs had a similar clarity. Designwise, the long tubes of the headphones are a bit clunky and I'm not sure how well they would stay in place if the cord was bumping around alot. The fit is comparable to the S4's whic is to say great.
Overall, these are quality headphones and provide an excellent sound for the price.
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