Westone 4

In-Ear Headphones Reviews

Westone is back. Although the American manufacturer is already well established in the professional audio market, the firm is slowly but surely expanding into the consumer sector with excellent products like the Westone 4 in-ear headphones. As usual, Westone is keen to compete with the likes of Jays and Klipsch with a decent accessories bundle. With a selection of memory foam tips, rubber earbuds, silicone earbuds and tri-flange tips, these earphones are sure to fit like a glove ... if ears could wear gloves. There's also a mini-jack to 6.35 mm jack adapter, a cleaning tool, a hard case and a wired remote with volume controls. In fact, all that's really missing is an in-flight adapter. The Westone 4 have the same comfortable design as the Westone 3 headphones. The tips sit perfectly in your ears and aren't painful or irritating even after several hours of use. Some users won't like the fact that you can't wear the Westone 4 with the cable hanging down the front of your ears. The design of the earphones actually means that the cable has to pass over the top and round the back of your ears. This does, however, mean that these headphones are held firmly in position, and that cable friction noise is kept to a minimum—even Westone's excellent braided cable won't be entirely immune to that.