Inner ear headphone
New Products ( 16 )
Next month, JVC will market an inner ear headphone. Compared to the conventional model, these earphones have twice the housing space, promising improved quality from low to high sound ranges. They will be sold as premium earphones, targeting consumers looking for better sound quality. Two types of earpieces allow for flexibility in choosing comfort and fit, and come with a carrying case.
The price is open, but retail price expected to be approximately 30,000 yen.
Order by Time Order by Popularity
16 Comments
Login to comment
0
kokorocloud
Wow. Those are some expensive headphones...
0
jason6
I went to Umeda Yodobashi camera and tested out all the headphones ranging in price from 2000yen to over 50000yen. Admittedly I do have poor hearing from going to too many concerts and such, but sound quality improved steadily until the 10000yen mark, whereby any differences after that were too subtle for me to pay for. What is the best price for great earphones?
0
DenDon
according to you 10,000 yen
0
Beelzebub
jason6, sounds to me like you'll be ready for a hearing aid soon. Digital ones go for about 250,000 yen. It's cheaper to stop going to concerts and sitting in front of the shock wave emitted by the proscenium speakers.
0
chotto
Sennheisers are where it's at. Paid 15,000 for my first pair, and lsot them >< Then I got a 9,000 pair.
If you're an audiophile like me, then as a rule of thumb, the more you pay, the better. I also paid around 14,000 for a pair of Sony DJ Headphones. Surprsingly good.
0
bisoy
I rarely use headphones like this coz the shape of my ear can't hold them. Also, I heard it's bad to over use it. I know someone who used it while sleeping, he suddenly got up and puked. The doctor said it was the headphone.
0
stirfry
i have awesome B&O earphones for a third the price, and awesome JBL earphones for half the price of the B&O...just add these JVCs to the long list of things that are the wrong price in japan
0
pawatan
30,000 isn't so bad for high end inner ear phones. Shure and Audio Technica both sell pricer models. My ATs beat the heck out of the cheaper Sonys and Sennheisers I've tried before.
What is the optimal price point for headphones? Whatever you are willing to pay for the quality you want. If that's 3000, great, if it's 100,000, well, that's up to you, too.
0
sf2k
Inner ear phones?
Must work harder, the current cohort will be tone deaf by 30, fully deaf by 40. Clearly people are not going deaf fast enough.
0
Hockeybuff
I definitely recommend the Shure SE530. You can check them out here: http://store.shure.com/store/shure/en_US/pd/productID.105460100
The difference is that these earphones have 3 drivers in each ear. It is very much like 3 way speakers. They separate the low frequencies from the high frequencies. Even Jason6 would appreciate these with his bad hearing because they are sound isolating. A lot of earphones on the market have sound cancelling. Those work by having microphones on each of the earphones and cancels out the outside sound with the sound from the source (ipod etc.). The problem with that is legitimate sounds from the source do get cancelled out as well distorting the true sound. Even then, not all the sound is cancelled out. With the Shure 530's, on an airplane, you can barely hear the sound of the engines and you can have the sound source volume really low and not hear the outside world! I have a pair and they are worth it. They are a bit pricey but they have no comparison.
0
movieguy
@Hockeybuff I LOVE(D) my Shure SE530s, but the wiring started to fray after 3 months or so. I would have loved to take another chance, but at 50,000 Yen PLUS, I couldn't. For anyone who wants to take a chance, the sound is AMAZING.
I did invest in some WIRELESS Sennheiser headphones and I love them. To be fair the sound isn't as amazing as the Shure headhphones, but much better than average and not having to worry about wires anymore makes the loss sound of the Shure's much easier to take. They were also expensive, but for people who have long commutes and hate wires these are great and the technology is catching up fast to when the prices will be more reasonable.
JT isn't lett me post the entir site for the Sennheiser wireless, but if click on this link and just look down a little for the "MX W1" you can find out more.
http://www.sennheiser.com/sennheiser/homeen.nsf/root/privateheadphones_wireless-headphones
0
pawatan
I never tried the SE530s but I used the Shure e3c for many years and loved them. When I went to replace them I got a pair of A-Ts instead:
http://www.audio-technica.co.jp/products/hp/ath-ck100.html
(Though they were alot cheaper than retail off amazon.co.jp)
0
Hockeybuff
I had heard about the wire fragility before I bought mine. I would recommend getting them from Biccamera and having them extend the warranty by 3 years by just giving them the points you would have earned from the purchase. If you bought one set in Japan and even if the warranty is over, you can pay for the repair and get a new pair. They don't repair them, they just replace them.
0
nandakandamanda
How would these compare with Zen inner ear headphones? http://www.walgreens.com/store/catalog/Accessories/ZEN-Aurvana-In-Ear-Earphones/ID=prod5901813&navCount=1&navAction=push-product?V=G&ec=nt129754&srccode=cii9324560&cpncode=18-51144251-2
0
XXXXX
So true. They don't look comfortable, like the rest.
0
lostrune2
My cousin also swears by Shure, those at least $100, but gets them half price. A friend used to work for Bose, so those we got for free. There's a Logitech wireless too that can be used with any device.
Back to top