Found a little gem called “Mining of Massive Datasets” from Jeffrey D. Ullman of “Dragon Book” fame.
The PDF version of the book is downloadable from.
http://infolab.stanford.edu/~ullman/mmds.html
I find it to be a very good read!
Archive for February 2nd, 2012
Background:
I wanted a set of wireless headphones for work which where Bluetooth capable (to connect to my iPhone) to listen to music when working in an open landscape, which I find distracting when people are talking all around.
The Good:
The mic. allows for handling calls without having to switch headsets.
Quite light with a nice build feel to them eventhough they are a bit “plastic”.
Good Bluetooth performance, no problems connecting/reconnecting to the iPhone.
The not soo good:
The builtin equalizer presets does not apply when listening to music over Bluetooth.
No Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP), which means you have to fiddle with the phone to change tracks, pause/play and not through controls on the headset.
Audio leakage, I find that they leak fairly much risking to disturb your landscape neighbours.
Sometimes there are some initial audio drop-outs which seem to be Bluetooth connection “stabilizing”, but after a few seconds it is up and running and there are no further problems.
No re-chargable batteries.
Summary:
The PX5 is clearly marketed as “Gamer Headsets”, for which I think alot of my issues are non-issues. In retrospect the PX5 was not perfectly suited for my use-case.