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As a bundle, these headphones seem great with nice packaging, well fitting ear buds, dual driver design and what would be a reasonable price for a set of top end headphones. But the insubstantial cables and truly poor sound quality make these headphones best avoided. Riyad's Comments - Although Spode and I don't fully agree when it comes to high quality in ear headphones, we can at least appreciate that both the Shure and Ultimate Ears products are a cut above most models, which you'd expect considering the price. We also agree that the Creative Aurvanas are very disappointing. In fact if these headphones were £30 they'd be disappointing, but at £70 they're simply nowhere near as good as they should be. The dual driver system on the Ultimate Ears super.fi Pro headphones gives you clarity at the top end, while filling your ears with a full bass sound without the slightest hint of distortion. The Aurvanas at first seem to offer decent bass response, but the minute you try to turn the volume up or boost the bass, you're greeted with horrendous distortion. I may not be the biggest fan of the Shure e4cs, but their clarity and lack of distortion is without question. Ultimately though, both my and Spode's headphones of choice will cost you twice as much as the Creative Aurvanas, so you've really got to be looking for the best sound possible to consider them. That said, I still feel that the Aurvanas are very overpriced considering the poor sound quality they produce. ***Riyad's Comments Update 25/09/2007*** While meeting with Creative at IFA last month I mentioned how woefully disappointing these earphones were when Spode and I tested them. The Creative bods seemed very confused by this and insisted that I must have received a dodgy review sample. I've lost count of how often manufacturers use the "damaged sample" excuse when a bad review rears its head, but considering how surprised I was at the poor sound quality from the Aurvanas, I agreed to have a listen to another set. Expecting the worst, I plugged the Aurvanas into my ears, but found that the sound produced was infinitely better than the distorted mess I had heard the first time round. In fact, I'd go as far as saying that this example represented the sort of fidelity improvement that I'd expect when upgrading from the bundled rubbish that ships with most players. With a current street price of around £55, the Aurvanas are definitely worth considering if you don't want to stretch your budget to the likes of Shure or Ultimate Ears. It's probably worth listening to the set you intend to buy though, just to make sure you get a pair like the ones I'm listening to now, rather than the original set we tested. Read full review

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By Andrew 'Spode' Miller
Reviewed 07 July 2006
Updated 05 February 2011

Price as reviewed

£51.40

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