Jabra Clipper BT review

[meltingmetal]

I picked up the Jabra Clipper today at my local VZ store with the mindset that I was buying it to turn any headphones into Stereo BT headphones as it's advertised.

Given the fact that the headphones are not hard wired and use a standard 3.5mm jack it got me thinking...could I connect a 3.5mm cable to the clipper and then to any stereo with a 3.5mm aux input? The answer is yes but there are some drawbacks. See my write up below.

Cost is $60 but I used the 25% off droid accessory coupon which came with my care package. VZ gave me a hard time because the clipper is not an official droid accessory (they referred to it as a universal accessory but in the end they took 25% off)

Ran the clipper streaming pandora on my way home...connected to the aux input of my factory head unit in my car.

Connection was solid - no fading, no skips and no background hiss. You do have to put the volume up a bit louder on the radio.

Now the bad news - the sound is on the flat side. I tried to adjust the settings on my radio but they are digital controls and it did not make much of a difference. Not much bass and not a lot of treble.

The nice thing is I could stop and advance to the next song using the clipper which is much easier than trying to use the touch screen on the droid - you don't have to look at the clipper to do this.

Got home and connected the clipper to my skull candy ear buds - sounded a lot better with good base and decent treble.

Then connected to one of my stereo's using aux in and it sounded really good. Lots of bass and treble. It was nice to sit on the couch with pandora streaming to my stereo and I had my droid in my hand the entire time so I could check email and surf the web. Can't do that (easily) with docking station. And my stereo is 15' from my couch so it would be impossible with a docking station or 3.5mm cord.

I did not try the clipper with my a/v home theater stereo....I hope I have more control over the sound - if so it would be a huge winner.

I did receive a call while listening through the headset and the caller said the connection and audio quality were excellent.

So all in all I highly recommend the clipper if you want to use it as advertised. If you want to use it as a bluetooth stereo gateway (like the blackberry device which sells for $60) your mileage may vary. If you can control the bass and treble then I'd highly recommend it.

I'm keeping it really cool product and it kills two birds with one stone.

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[meltingmetal]

Woot! Just realized this thing has a built in mic so it turns any headset into a wireless bt headset capable of making and receiving calls.