Motorola S9 Bluetooth Active Headphone Review

The Motorola S9 Headphones fill a perfect niche for those who need fairly cheap wireless headphones that stay on during a workout. They can also be used with your cell phone if it is enabled for Bluetooth 2.0. 

I like these earbuds because of the low weight and fairly discreet size. It's not like wearing actual headphones and they have the in ear buds which add sound quality and minimize external noise.  I recommend having some sort of pouch for your belt or putting the device in your back pocket so you can get the best signal to the wireless headphones. 

All the controls are in the headphones. It's just a set and forget system and they are so light it's easy to forget that they are there. Until the battery runs out in about 6 hours. 

One problem with them is the size of your head. If you have a large head that can stress the band and cause the buds to press into your ears uncomfortable hard. 

To get these headphones to work with your iPod you will need to buy this Jabra Bluetooth Music Adaptor. It basically sends the music out wirelessly so your headphones can pick it up. The range on the Jabra Adapter is about 30 feet, perfect for casual listening. I don't recommend this broadcaster if you are into recording because of the latency, it can be a bit delayed making time marking impossible.

These are good headphones for a specific purpose (activities, working out, etc) but if you are going to be listening to a lot of music I would recommend a high quality, and more expensive solution, like the Sennheiser MX W1 Wireless Earbuds.