Why can't you two just get along?!

I love my Vibe II’s. I got a review sample directly from V-Moda earlier this year and I loved them. Then my cat ate them for breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, and dinner and there was nothing left to love, so I went out two days later and bought another pair at full price because I thought they sounded that good. That was at the end of April. I got my iPhone 3GS just yesterday and my sheer delight turned to icky surprise (is that an emotion?) when I realized that the playback controls on my Vibe II’s weren’t responding correctly.

Every time I pressed on the button to pause a song, I’d end up going directly to voice control instead. In fact, the only way I can pause a song is to tap the button like a madman. A quick Google search showed me that I wasn’t alone in this. Apparently buyers of the Vibe Duos have also been having trouble, and a quick test with my Vibe Duos confirmed this. The official support e-mail from V-Moda says that there will be an upgrade/exchange policy later this summer with some updated version of Vibe II and Duo headphones, so I’d suggest that anybody who is even thinking about buying V-Moda gear wait until then.

I hope it doesn’t cost too much.

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