The Gadget Show: Parrot

Parrot 

The Gadget Show Live 2013

Parrot was at the Gadget Show Live this year and was showing off a range of the wireless technology that the company is known for. They had quite a few products such as a wireless remote control AR Drones, a range of gadgets for your car and some tablets.

Parrot also brought along its Parrot Zikmu Solo wirelesshi-fi stereo speaker tower. The speakers pack a punch when it comes to its finesse and design due to its beauty as an audio tower. The tower has a total power of 100W and can be easily controlled via your tablet or smartphone and comes in black and white . The 800 euro price tag for a single tower (or £699.99 form certain stores in the UK such as Amazon) is quite pricey and the product can be a bit confusing when you take a first quick look. It does have a docking station on the top if you don’t want to use a wireless way to play your music but it is a lightning adapter (so an adapter will be required if using an iPhone 5). But for the price tag I do think that there was better audio speakers at the Expo.

The Parrot Zik wireless headphones was also on show at the expo. The Parrot Wireless headphones are again another product form Parrot that comes with a hefty price tag of £249. They are quite comfy around the ear cups and cancel out background sound, though sound does seem to leak out the ear cups. After a while the headband can cause some uncomfort though due to weight of these headphones being a lot larger than others out there.

It again has this sleek and beautiful design that comes with a lot of the Parrot’s product portfolio. But it’s the features on the outside of the ear cups that got my real interest. It can be annoying to keep removing your phone or music player out of your pocket to change the track and especially on wireless headphones. The Zik on the other hand has this unique feature whereby you can control the volume and change the track by moving your finger along the outside of the left ear cup. You simply move your finger side to side to change the track and up and down to change the volume levels. A really cool feature to have on your headphones but even cooler is that the technology in these headphones that also pause the song for you when you take them off.

A piece of art they may be, but they also accompany a superb sound quality from the low levels of the bass to creating a dance sensation in your ears. The sound is great but the unique selling point is the touch pad on the left ear-cup. But if you do want to purchase this piece of art it will leave a massive whole in your pocket. Apart from the price though I was really impressed in the Parrot Zik headphones at the Gadget Show Live.