Review: STREET by 50 in-ear wired headphones from SMS Audio
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The front of the rather stylish packaging
The rear box shot
In the box are the STREET by 50 earphones, a user manual, some silicon tips and an airplane adapter
Fresh out of the box - the rather stylish STREET by 50 in-ear wired headphones from SMS Audio
Of mostly ABS plastic construction and sharing design elements with their bigger brothers, the pure white is complemented by shiny chrome/silver finish that's tastefully interrupted with blue
Roughly in the middle of one of the Y arms leading to the bud there's an Apple volume and playback control that also has a built-in microphone
The earphone with the silicon tip removed
The STREET by 50 in-ear wired headphones from SMS Audio
Close up of the Apple device playback control, which allows volume adjustment, play and pause and next and last track selection
Pat Metheny's Cathedral in a Suitcase was well represented through the STREET by 50 in-ear wired headphones
There's a flexible joint between the flat cable and the 45 degree angled audio jack
The collection of earphones used for comparison during the review
Dr Dre, Jay-Z and Ludacris aren't the only rappers to have given their names to audio headgear. Record producer, actor, entrepreneur and philanthropist 50 Cent has also released some cans through SMS Audio. Earlier this year the existing wired and wireless over-ear headphones were joined by the STREET by 50 in-ear wired headphones and Gizmag has spent some time getting to grips with a pair. SMS Audio says that the main focus when developing the earbud-type earphones "was to create a sound signature that is suitable for many genres of music and not just rap/hip-hop." So how did they shape up?
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