Nice look, nice sound, not user friendly, not recommended
919915
After living with it's eccentricities for 60 days, I've grown to hate it. It just is so badly designed. Grrr. My earlier review is below, but the difficulty of programming the alarm, the difficulty of turn it on and off for just one day, and the need to constantly reprogram it (as opposed to leaving one time in place, but turning on that time only when I need the alarm have made me hate it.

Here is my earlier review:

It's a good radio with three oddities that really knock it down from from being a five star product.

First a clock radio, especially an expensive one like that one that doesn't come with a battery backup in 2016 is an embarrassment. This has a 10-minute backup, which is ridiculous.

Then the user manual isn't written well and the icons, especially the ones identifying the buttons are in such tiny type they are nearly unreadable.

But the real oddity is the way the alarm gets set.

Setting the alarm is really easy if you want to set it for a regular schedule. It can be set to go off every day, or weekdays only, or weekends only.

But it's very odd if you want to just use the alarm occasionally or skip a day.

If you do that, the clock radio doesn't retain the last alarm time. It defaults to 6 a.m. and you constantly have to reset the alarm.

So if you have a day off or a holiday and turn off the alarm, you have to totally reset the alarm the next time you use it. It's not a good design for any alarm clock. It's especially bad for an alarm clock with two alarms. If you set one alarm for music wakeup and another for a buzzer wakeup, they both have to be reset each time.

At least that is what the instructions say. It's not very clear.

It's not very user friendly. .
2178632
First I would like to say that these earbuds have nice sound and are comfortable in the ear.  However, I would not purchase these again, nor would I recommend you purchase them, for the following reasons.

(1)  The design of the plug is terrible.  In the pictures you can see that it is a 90 degree plug rather than a straight plug.  This creates a problem if you try to use these on a phone with a case on it.  It is so short once plugged in that it either likes to pop out (as it did on my first phone) or it won't push in all the way (as it did on my second phone).  Once plugged in if it stuck out another 1/4" further before making the 90 degree turn to the cord it would be just fine.  If you are going to use these on any device with a case you are going to have problems.

(2)  The body of the actual earbud is very hard to grip.  It looks nice, but the way that it is angled makes it hard to grasp to put in your ear with out it squeezing out from between your fingers.  The design looks nice, but is no good in terms of actual usability.

(3) Won't work on my Samsung Galaxy S6 at all.  I took the case off, due to the issue mentioned above, to push it in all the way.  My phone couldn't "see" that there were headphones plugged in and just played the audio out of the phone's speaker.  I tried a different pair of earbuds and they worked just fine.

I wouldn't consider these earbuds to be "terrible," but with all of the choices on Amazon I would definitely pick something else.
705404
Nice looking headphones at a great price BUT here's the problem: whenever the headphones send a status change message through the headphones (i.e., battery low, Bluetooth connected, etc.) the volume of the message is at max level and the message blows your eardrums out. Not good.
2755209
I bought this speaker because my Sony Vaio S has ridiculously quiet internal speakers.  It had the best reviews at the lowest price point, so I thought "why not?"

First of all, it is a very classy-looking device, with the matte black plastic exterior and a splash of red on the drum.  The aesthetics remind me of an HTC EVO.  It is approximately the size of a tangerine when it's closed, which is a perfectly portable size.
This thing can get extremely loud.  Even outdoors the sound travels pretty far and watch out when turning up the volume all the way inside.  I was wrong to expect so much from such a small device, but it is important to note that these speakers are very tinny.  Unfortunately, I can't use these for my personal listening because they absolutely despise bass.
If you're looking to buy speakers to improve the sound on your laptop, look elsewhere!  Otherwise, these are well-made speakers with ample volume for portable media players where sound quality isn't much of an issue.
2613706
I'm not an audiophile, but I thought the sound from these headphones was good. I mostly listen to podcasts, however, so I may not be the best judge of this kind of thing. I really liked the look of the headphones. The metallic pink was really cool. My problem with the headphones, however, was that they were not very comfortable. I use headphones to drown out other peoples' snoring while I sleep and they were extremely uncomfortable to wear while laying my head on a pillow.
3281552
Pros.  The headphones themselves are awesome for the price.  Great sound and bass.  Nice looking, and very comfortable.  Also very long and durable cord that is also nice looking.

Cons.  The software for these are horrible.  Whatever usb port you install it on, they must remain on that port.  If you switch, you must uninstall it, and then install it for that port.  Also didn't notice much difference in the software then with windows controls.  So I chose to uninstall it and use basic windows drivers.  I can now use whatever port without having to reinstall everything and restart my computer.

The manual, or what's supposed to be a manual.  It's translated, but not very well.  Example " Please remember you used when installing the driver of the USB port, when pulling out the head of the USB need to insert the use please use the installation of the usb port, when using other usb port need to reinstall the driver".

Overall the company has great potential if they get better software for the device.  The manual isn't that big of a deal for me, just would have been nice to have better software to go with it.
4233599
The sound is good, but there are a few things about the unit that bother me.  First of all, mine came from the factory with a headphone output jack that is intermittent.  If you bump the headphone connector, the signal cuts out momentarily.  This is true with multiple headphones/cables.  This problem is compounded by the fact that the volume control is right next to the jack, and it's pretty small, so it's almost impossible to manipulate the control without bumping into the headphone connector.

Seeing as how this thing is primarily used as a personal amplifier in a monitoring setup, and mainly to control just volume, it would be nice if there was a larger and more distinctive volume control knob.  If you are wearing it on your belt while playing a gig, chances are you're not going to want, or even be able to look at it to make a volume adjustment.  A larger, more accessible volume knob that is easily distinguished from the balance knob would be good.  I can't tell you haw many times I reached down and turned the wrong knob.

Why the proprietary Y-cable with the XLR connectors?  Behringer, at half the price, managed to incorporate on-board XLR connectors, much more rugged, in my opinion.  With this unit, if you step on and rip out the Y cable, you are screwed.  Do that with a plain old XLR mic cable and chances are there is a spare readily available.

Finally, if you have your earbuds in and you power this thing up, you get a huge "pop".  This is 2017, a problem like that is inexcusable, especially at this price point.  Engineers had that figured out a long time ago.
2139220
First I'll get the good out of the way. I am not an audiophile, but the sound is decent to me. I'd love more customization options for the equalizer, but I can hear everything clearly, and the surround sound is effective.

This review is going to be mostly negative due to a number of baffling design decisions made by Turtle Beach on this product.

1) Power button located on the right-side ear cup must be held down to turn on and off. I do not understand why that is chosen over a simple on/off switch. Once the headset is powered on, the Turtle Beach logo BLINKS blue light for the entire time the headset is powered on. Not only is this visually distracting when using the headphones in a darkened room, but I can HEAR the light blinking on/off about once per second in my ears. It is bad enough when headphone makers adorn headphones with extraneous lights, but to have a blink that is audible is the WORST.

2) The main volume dial and the chat volume dial are both located on the right ear cup back side. They have the same feel and are separated by only a few centimeters. It is very difficult to tell them apart. They also do not have much resistance to them, and an accidental bump against my headrest can send the volume to max. Also, there is no mute for the main volume or chat volume. Instead, I need to dial the volumes down manually--not a major hassle, but another weird quirk.

3) EQ Presets are handled by a single button on the right ear cup back side. It is impossible to tell which preset you have currently selected unless you press the preset button again and cycle all the way around back to the one you want.

4) Microphone mute is handled by a button on the left ear cup, which is fine. I prefer earphones that mute the mic when it is folded up, but this model has a removable mic, so I understand that is not the solution here. The bigger problem is in regards to the voice prompt that plays when muting the mic--or doing any other functions as described below.

5) Voice prompts are loud, annoying, and inconsistent. A female voice states different phrases when you control various functions such as powering on/off, switching EQ presets, muting mic. Besides the volume of the voice being too loud and not adjustable, it can interrupt without reason. The biggest offending times is when the earphones threaten to power down automatically. Also, when I have the microphone muted, every couple of minutes the lady says, "Mic off," interrupting my game or movie audio.

6) The fit of these headphones is not good. I have a small head, and I use the smallest setting for fit on most brands. For these, even when expanding the headband, the fit never feels comfortable.

7) I am not sure this is a fair complaint since the product is not marketed as working with PC, but I'll make it anyway. When using these headphones with PC, the chat volume dial controls main volume and the main volume dial controls chat. Also, people with whom I try to chat via PC hear only loud static which I cannot fix. I bought these headphones based off of other reviews and comments that say these work with PC, but they DO NOT. You can hear audio, but the full functionality is not there. I'm sure this is just so Turtle Beach can sell the 500p and 450p as two separate SKUs, but it is pretty bad in my view.

I wish I had returned these, but I've had them too long to send them back now. Just heed my warning and go with a different brand.
3325861
The 7.1 Drivers don't work from the website and it does not come with any drivers at all out of the box. Unable to use the 7.1 Feature! I don't think these actually have a 7.1 surround sound feature. They are only Stereo for me. The Sound Quality is pretty good.. the lows are have a good thump to them. The Highs sound a bit tinny though...They are very very loud too.

Update: After owning them for a few weeks, ive noticed they are very very uncomfortable when wearing for extended periods of time.. the outer edges of my ear hurt because the padding is too big for my ears and does not rest on my ears so the hard inner surface of the headset speakers are pressed up against them..

Honestly I would steer far far far away from this, even if the price looks appealing.. just dont.. Im returning these as soon as possible
4460080
This is a nice looking audio package for Windows, it has a nice feature set, and some good plugins.  It has several major drawbacks however.  The biggest one is latency.  I experienced as much as 100ms latency with this product using _all_ audio devices I have.  I tried under WDM, ASIO and MME drivers - and it made little difference.  This product was unusable for me.  Not only that - if you are a consumer looking to experiment with home recording, this will not work with any Sound Blaster products.  I purchased an M-Audio Duo box ($259), and it finaly recorded, but with 100ms latency, which was terrible.  I tried it on two different computers both running windows 2000 and had the same results.  Midi input isn't bad, but there is no good mapping file for Korg Triton.
I would recommend looking at Cubase SL/SX instead which I have purchased and am very happy with so far.  It's a bit more fiddley than Sonar, but it actualy works, and they have a very nice effects mechanism which is easy to use.  Latency practicaly went away when switching to this product.  I give Cakewalk a big Thumbs Down - Unusable!
4247992
It still has some issues, which might be the user. The headphones hurt my head a lot and it never does what I ask ti to do. It takes dictation but I can not get it to do any of the editing commands but like I said it might just be the user nad no the program.
3145265
Sound: decent
Convenience: great
Usability: great, very easy to connect to device
Comfort: poor, presses uncomfortable behind ears, prolonged used not advised, fine for a short amount of time (1 hr or less)
For talking on they are subpar. On a bumpy road it was very hard to hear person talking.

I point to the uncomfortable part in photo.
2892409
I'm being generous by giving this product 1 star. Allow me to explain:

PROS:
1. Lightweight
2. Look amazing
3. Sound fantastic
4. Detachable cord
5. Good price and nice case

CONS:
1. Fingerprint prone (yeah I know its nit-picky, but it bothers me)
2. Detachable cord controls don't work with Android or even a PC (only with iOS devices; which is crap)
3. And higher volume levels, the sound begins to crackle (quite a bit at the highest level)
4. Return policy doesn't go past 30 days (my wife bought them 31 days before my birthday, so I cannot return them)
5. The worst part: SOUND BLEED!!!!

The sound bleed is easily the worst part of these headphones. I can't turn them up past 40% before EVERYONE in the room can hear what I'm listening to. This makes them almost completely useless to me as I was going to use them at work and around my kids but now I cannot do this. So much for that. Don't buy these if privacy is of any concern to you!
893555
I wish I liked this sound bar. There are more cons for me than pros and hence returning this. Hopefully Yamaha will be able to fix some of them later via firmware update but I cannot wait for that to happen as my return period ends in a couple of weeks

1) Airplay does not work smoothly (Sound bar connected to Wi-Fi and can play songs but only for 3-4 minutes. After that there are frequent pauses and it never works, until you change back to "Phone speaker mode" and again go to "Airplay mode" which again plays good for 3 minutes. My Wi-Fi is pretty strong and R7000 router nearby and also have other airplay devices in home which work perfect. So this is a sound bar issue. (Did not try connecting via wired Ethernet connection)
2) Size: The sound bar is huge compared to my old one. Width: I am okay as I have a 65 inch TV, but for people with 60 inch TV or less, you don't want a sound bar which is wider than your TV. Do you? Height: It is long and looks odd but I can compromise. Depth: After wall mount is comes more forward than your TV, which I do not like. I wish there is a wallmount style 4k sound bar from Yamaha which is about 3/4th size of this sound bar with similar functionality. The other 4k soundbar looks like tabletop style and not wallmount.
3) Extra accessories. I don't want to spend around $1700 and still do not have many things which I need to go and buy outside. Subwoofer is not provided and not even the subwoofer kit. Wall mount is not provided but thats okay as hardly any manufacturers provide it. So now I have to buy three more devices to complete the setup? Why crib about this? Because there are built in subwoofers in the soundbar which do not pack a punch compared to a dedicated subwoofer. Also the SWK-W16 wireless kit is big and looks odd on top of the subwoofer. You don't want a lot of mess and wires if you prefer a cleaner look.
4) Sound Modes: I was excited about the different listening modes, but after testing a fair bit I was very disappointed.  My living room is a perfect rectangle with 3 side walls and only one side opening on the right. After calibration I tried several movies and music to see the difference between 3D surround and Surround but I hardly found any difference. May be it works only with latest blu ray movies with 7.1 channels, but I hardly have any to test. Target mode is okay but you know sound waves travel a lot so I hardly see any value in it FOR ME.
5) 4K video: This was the deal breaker for me. I have an NVidia Shield TV and video/audio works fine in 1080p. But when I go to 4k in NVidia shield I start seeing audio dropping out and video go blank for a moment. This happens several times while watching some apps (YouTube, YuppTV). When not in Apps things work fine. Does that mean the apps are buggy and not the sound bar? May be Yes, May be not. When I connect the NVidia Shield to my Samsung 4K TV directly, the apps work fine. This tells me that while the video/audio is passing through the sound bar there is some compatibility issue I don't know where.
6) ARC: I tried playing video via YouTube app in my Samsung 4k TV and connected the sound bar to the ARC HDMI port on my TV. I never got sound via ARC to the sound bar. I tried enabling external sound in TV and several other options, but it did not work for me. May be Yamaha or Samsung guys need to give more instructions on how ARC works.
6) General: You need to connect all the devices to the sound bar. For my kind of setup I don't have devices near the sound bar and they are far away in the room, so I connected to a HDMI switch and a single cable to the sound bar. One more switch device which makes me worry about HDCP compatibility and sound pass-through compatibility etc.

Overall i could say that this soundbar might work for a lot of people but not me.
4627985
Looks nice , but sounds horrible..and problems with signal...IR..
905507
It sounds good, looks cool, but simply not comfortable when wearing it.
I had a wired Bose and wanted a wireless one; Bohm has good review so I gave it a try. This headset is good overall, if you can bear the pain wearing it -- it can be that my head-shape/ear-shape is not what's this headphone designed for, or the cushion of the earphone is not thick enough, or the shape of headphone is too tight; for whatever reason, it's extremely uncomfortable for me to wear it for more than 10 mins. Since I want a wireless headphone for my open-space office, I decided to return it and find a more better one.
2007408
I'd give these 2.5 stars if I could since I'm truly on the fence about them. Terrific sound when paired with another ZIPP for dedicated L and R channels and using WIFI to connect.. However, a few problems that have me considering returning/exchanging my speakers (especially after spending $600). When you try to use your speakers with your computer to watch video there is a SIGNIFICANT lag. The lag is not as noticeable if you only use a single speaker, but it's still present. Also, Bluetooth connectivity is really spotty. I've tried placing the speakers next to my computers/phones/tablets and the signal still drops off. This means if you don't have a premium account with the music streaming services (Pandora/Spotify/etc.) you'll be forced to use Bluetooth instead of WIFI which totally undercuts the functionality of the speakers.