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The Audio-Technica Sonic Sport ATH-Sport1 are a pretty unique looking pair of headphones, or in-earphones if you prefer. They feature a frame that is designed to wrap around your ear and therefore hold them in place as you run, preventing the impact of your footfalls from knocking them free. They are also styled quite differently, with a very specific offset colour scheme that is present, regardless of which version you have.
The colour scheme also highlights the separate parts of the earbuds. For example, the blue “arm,” is in-fact that: an arm. It is attached to the rest of the earphone by a hinge that allows it to bend outwards to provide more room for when you are putting the earbud in. It also means it has some give, potentially making it more comfortable for those with different shaped ears.
The cable for the Sonic Sport ATH-Sport1 is also quite eye catching, continuing the same bright, baby-blue throughout. It is reasonably long (1.2m) and has several little features along its length to avoid some of the annoyances of traditional headphone cables. There is the typical clip mechanism, that lets you pin the cable to your shirt or elsewhere to prevent it slipping, or pulling on the earphones. There is also a plastic divider to keep left and right earphone cables separate and another little one that lets you choose the length of each side's cable.
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I got these headphones free at the CES 2015 so I want to be a little generous in my review of these headphones. So I will say they are the WORST I have ever heard. NO bass and the treble is just tinny. But other than that they look nice.