JVC HA-NCX77 Noise Canceling Earbuds

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"Thou gettest what thou payest for..."

by urr_quasdim on April 27, 2007

Pros: noise cancelling effective, fits nicely in ear, unit small and light

Cons: sounds like you are in a cave: booming bass and practically non-existent trebble
Summary: Ear buds usually suffer from insufficient bass output. Not these: here you get a cavernous, booming bass with next to no high frequency output. Even boosting highs and un-boosting lows with a user-controlled equalizer doesn't do much; the trebble is still paper thin. Shame, because the noise-cancellation does work quite well, I can tell a substantial difference in road racket with and without the unit activated. Alas, sound quality is sub-par. I guess maybe that is the reason for the relatively low price.
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Since the original opinion I've tested this product with the iPod Nano (2G). When setting equalization to "Treble Booster" the sound was better than with any manual EQ I tried, using other players. The treble is still somewhat subdued but decent enough. I am sure the same will hold true using the iPod 5G. Thus I "upgrade" my previous rating from 4 to 6.
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Since my original Opinion I tried this product with a 2G iPod Nano. When setting equalization to "Treble Booster" I experienced improved treble - considerably better than with all the manual EQ settings I experimented with, using a variety of players. I am sure this "discovery" also holds true for the 5G iPod (and, perhaps, for other players). The high frequency is still a bit "thin" but acceptable even for long listening. I therefore "upgrade" my original rating from 4 to 6.

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reply by: mokamanu on April 26, 2009

Since your original rating was a 2, and there are only 5 stars possible, are you now rating this a 5?

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