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 crackling appears after a couple of weeks August 23, 2010
DT (east sussex UK)
I bought these headphones 6 months ago. In that time I have had two pairs; the origional pair and their replacement, both of which developed a crackling noise when the noise reduction is switched on. After returning the first pair their replacement
develpoped the same problem within a couple of weeks. There is obviously a desgin flaw with these phones and I will not be replacing them with the same model.
 It does what it says on the box July 19, 2010
david Gordon Brown (Sark, Channel Islands)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Nice, comfortable unit.
No, it doesn't make an aeroplane entirely noiseless, but it cuts out the majority of the sound from the engines.
For me, the big advantage is that I can listen to a movie without having to crank the sound up to overcome the engine noise, accelerating my hearing loss.
The downside it that 'seat back' entertainment systems don't let you reduce the sound level until after the commercials. But it was always left at the (ear-splitting) maximum by the last person to sit in that seat, because he DIDN'T have sound-reducing headphones!
So don't plug them in until AFTER the adverts!
They also work well on buses, ferries and anywhere else you get high ambient noise levels.
They work so well I even bought a pair for my wife (so I can use mine!).
Importantly, they also work very well as regular headphones.
Recommended
Brilliant in airplanes July 15, 2010
Flaus Marti (Cuernavaca, Mor)
I recently took a long haul flight and bought these headphones before the return leg, so I had the perfect "before and after " experience. Aircraft headphones are getting worse and worse and I swear on the first flight I had to turn the volume up so high my eardrums were getting damaged watching a film, and still I missed half of what was being said.
On the way home I plugged in these headphones and.... what a stunning difference! Just great, comfortable over an 11 hour flight (sure, they came off once in a while, but certainly comfortable for a whole film and a bit more). The improvement in sound is stunning, volume right down, no ear pain, enjoyable to watch the on-board films. These will now be my constant companion on my frequent long haul flights.
Great, but not audiophile quality! June 20, 2010
Thomas Knight (Brighton UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
These headphones are really really nice. I bought a pair for my girlfriend at first, and she was over the moon and said they were amazing. :) I too, was staggered how good they were when I tried them on, so I went out and bought myself a pair as well!
I've had a few noise cancelling headphones in the past, but none of them have been nearly as powerful or as hiss free as these. In fact, there is virtually no hiss at all. The bass also sounds incredibly crisp compared to other noise cancelling headphones I've tried!
I say 'virtually no hiss', because there is just no hiss at all when you haven't got any music playing through them, or when you've got the track paused, and for Rock music, or pretty much any sort of music played by a band. But audiophile quality they are not, as I listen to a lot of classical music, (especially piano, as I play the piano) and one thing that I noticed as soon as I played piano music through them is that there seems to be an audible distortion of the very high frequency harmonics of the sound when noise cancelling is turned on, especially through the left ear-piece!
In fact, I sent mine back and got a replacement pair because of this, just in case, but the only difference in the new pair is that although they do distort the sound slightly less, they do it through both ear-pieces instead of just the left.
Either you will notice it or you won't. (my girlfriend hadn't noticed at all until I had pointed it out and made her listen very carefully several times over)
To be honest, you get used to the tiny bit of sound distortion, and when you compare it with the amount of white noise you get with other noise cancelling headphones, it's hardly worth worrying about. I use the headphones on the train almost every day, and the improvement over listening with other headphones is staggeringly good.
If you are an audiophile who likes listening to classical music, then you will most probably find the slight hiss caused by the sound distortion quite irritating, but if you don't consider yourself an audiophile, you probably won't even be able to hear it. (you'll just think I'm making it up) And if you listen to music with cymbals in, you DEFINITELY won't be able to hear it!! ;) It's barely noticeable, just annoying for anyone who likes their music to sound absolutely perfect, and for each ear to hear the same quality sound!!
It's just a design flaw anyway. It's todo with the placement of the microphones and their housing, and --may-- be able to be rectified somewhat with some cunningly placed blue-tack... But it's up to you what you do with your £100 worth of headphones!! I take no such responsibility!!! :P
Apart from this, they're great! They're certainly the best sounding noise cancelling headphones you'll get for this price, and JVC always have a better build quality internally then most of their competitors. (I know this for a fact as I've taken a lot of electronics stuff to bits in the past)
Overall, they're a wonderful piece of kit! If you're faced with a noisy environment in which you want to listen to your music, these are the things to get!!
amazing June 19, 2010
carpe diem (london, UK)
since I've got this product, I don't have anymore stress in tube...listen to other people's music?!no way...with my classic music, I relax myself and enjoy my journey...
I really love them....
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