Everyone must have used, at least once, the automatic audio equalizer pre-installed on their mobile phone, portable multimedia player, computer, etc. in order to adjust certain playback settings to match the music genre being played, for an optimum quality of the music-listening experience. However, a company called Radiopaq has a totally different approach to this issue, offering users to purchase a couple of specialized headphones, which, apparently, are already pre-configured for optimum playback results with certain specific genres.

Hence, users will be able to choose between the available classical, jazz, rock and pop versions, the earphone drivers and the internal earphone case profiles being specifically designed in order to achieve the best possible sound for each genre.

But what really differentiates these four headphones? Well, according to the company, “for Rock you get a big, warm but tightly controlled bass, with all the high end detail still present, with Jazz you get rhythm and pace, with a perfectly defined soundstage, our classical earphones faithfully reproduce every nuance of the performance, and with the pop earphones you'll get a more dynamic, sharp listening experience with strong vocals and a great beat.”

Other features, not necessarily related to music, include a tangle free cable for ease of use and quick storage, Bi-Directional noise isolation for the user and the persons around him/her, as well as a light weight metal construction for comfort and custom tuned acoustics. Furthermore, the headphones sport an eleven-part audiophile chamber construction for balanced reproduction, and a multi-strand high performance audio cable finished with a corrosion-free, gold-plated 3.5mm audio jack plug.

Plus, in order to fit the needs of as many people as possible, the headphones are accompanied by three sizes (L/M/S) of in-ear silicone gel cushions.

The biggest problem with these earphone sets is the fact that each of them retails for around 60 pounds sterling (around 87 US dollars), which means that it’s very unlikely for any user to purchase all of them. But if you're simply in love with a single genre, then you might give these things a go.


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