Review | Creative SXFI Air and Air C headphones review: entertainment on the go with home-cinema realism
- These headphones with built-in amp technology are comfortable and push out amazing sound
- They require setting up an ‘audio map’, but the results are well worth it
Creative SXFI Amp’s latest releases deliver the listening experience of a multispeaker system through a pair of earphones or headphones. But not everyone wants to fiddle around with a headphone amp, and the Creative SXFI Air and Creative SXFI Air C headphones with built-in SXFI (Super X-fi) are the company’s answer.
Design and hardware
It does not take more than a cursory examination to notice that the Air and Air C are cut from the same cloth, from their dimensions and headband design, down to the positions of buttons.
There are inevitable differences, of course, considering that the former is a Bluetooth headphone while the latter is a wired version designed for home use.
The Air has buttons for turning on the device and Bluetooth pairing; the wired Air C does not support this. Instead, it has buttons that let you enable or disable the LED lights or mute the microphone.
In addition, the Air has touch controls on the left ear cup for adjusting the volume and navigating tracks. The Air C has a volume rocker where the micro-SD card slot is on the Air.
