Verdict and Conclusion
Not every person is a fan of over the ear headphones, ARCTIC looks to provide an IEM alternative for those who want a set of earbuds.
While they are not the best out there, they are certainly not the worst either.
Comfort-wise they take a couple of hours to get used to them, after the initial time of the plastic molding to your ear they are quite comfortable and can be worn for hours provided that you pick the right sided ear bud for yourself.
Microphone quality is very good and you will not find any issues at all if you use it on a wide range of devices.
Testing the headphones everything from a phone to a desktop found great microphone quality across the board.
I do wish that these headphones came with a 3.5″ extender. But the fact that they don’t is not really a big deal since they are not marketed toward PC users in specific.
Final words.
There are better headphones, and there are worse headphones out there. The E461-BM earbuds do many things good, but nothing what I would consider great. If you need some headphones for traveling or for a laptop they are a great bet, but if you are looking for a daily use set of earbuds I would step up to something more substantial.
Good:
- Comfortable after initial trial
- Carrying case
- built-in microphone
- many different earbud sizes
- 3.5mm splitter
Bad:
- No wow factor
- Lacking in certain types of music
SCORE
7.7/10
