Panasonic Stereo Earbud Headphones with Comfortable, Clear, and Powerful Sound. Includes 3.9 ft Cord with Miniplug 3.5mm Headphone Jack - RP-HV096-K – in Ear Earbuds (Black)

These buds just play well in everything I own. I've got Edifer, Koss, JVC, Sennheiser, Sony, Phillips, and who knows what else. Only the Sennheisers compare with these when compatibility is figured into the equation. If you impedance match you buds and headphones to your electronics as do I then you will end up with many sets. Trying to find a happy medium where the sound is no muffled or volume clipped on one device or just plain bad on another while working on your favorite player is a challenge. These Panasonic buds work quite nicely on them all and I mean all. I am particular about buds and phones and I was honestly quite surprised by the quality and sonic performance. Very surprised. Like I do on all my buds, I put foam cushions on them to keep 'em in my fat ears. L and R are easily distinguished but not necessary as these are bilaterally symmetrical. As opposed to most every other vendor, they come in an easily opened package marked for recycling and with minimal content. Low cost, great compatibility, sonically outstanding (to my ears, anyways), minimal recyclable packaging...these are just great and for less than $20 you get far more performance than many are able to offer for a lot more $$.

This style of ear buds are old school today since every company has switched to inner ear style ear buds. While that newer style is nice and all they have two big draw backs. They cause your ears to produce more wax since your body thinks its being invaded by a froigen object. They also prevent you from hearing things outside of the music you're listening to which can be dangerous. If you're outside and say someone sneaks up on you or something else happens where you need to act fast but can't because you can't hear anything. These older style ear buds however don't block out outside noise and they also don't cause your ears to produce more wax. These Panasonic earbuds are in my opinion the BEST of this style earbud currently on the market. They're loud, very clear and are able to produce great sounding lows. By comparison the Sony and JVC earbuds in this style sound good and are in fact great products in their own right. But they don't compare to these Panasonic earbuds! Compared to inner ear style earbuds these come close but they won't hold up since these are considered lowered end products today so the major manufactures won't invest in making this style of earbud compete in the market today. So where are these earbuds useful? If you're always out and about these will be great. You can hear almost everything around with these on while you play music. Another use would be if your job allows you to listen to an MP3 player. Or just to use as your everyday earbuds. I wish Panasonic and other brands would start to make these with a microphone built into the cord so I can use these with my cellphone in the same way I can use my inner ear style earbuds.

the earphone volume sounds actually pretty good and I think its far better than apples included headphones for the iphone 7. there are some definite disadvantages though. this works great for plugging into a laptop and although normally a sign of good earphone audio is that they produce powerful sound at low volume. that is not the case for these. you need to turn this up to about 36 in windows to get decent sound. although once I damaged the earphones with the 99.5 decibel source ive turned that down to 20. the earphones still sound fine but it is disappointing. the audio source was stereo converted to surround sound then converted to stereo and then raised to 99.1 with a perceptive decibel increasing tool. anyway although these are great headphones more powerful drivers or some way of providing the earphones more power would have been preferred for a higher price. these are good headphones and incredibly cheap. just try not to break them. because although the audio quality is good. these are the easiest earphones to break ive ever owned. although i frequently break headphones and earphones. still I might actually buy this again. hopefully theyll last for a couple more months.

Honestly, you get what you paid for!! Would give this 2 stars, but the price in itself for a pair of alright earphones deserves a star. Sound quality is okay, not as clear as expected, but definitely decent. Surprisingly comfortable! My main issue with it is, even on low volume, outsiders can pretty much hear the music (indistinctly), esp if it's in a quiet environment. Turning up the volume, literally everyone outside can clearly hear what's playing.

These (and the older but very much the same model, HV-094) are undoubtedly my favorite headphones of all time. They are tiny, but don't go *in* your ear canal but rather hang on the outer ear (you need to try this to understand if you never tried this type of earphones). This means that: 1. they don't hurt the ear even after a long time, 2. they don't shut off external sounds (which I guess can be a downside in certain environments, but excellent for usage in a usually-quiet home). 3. They simply don't fall out of the ear. They also sound great for my non-audiophile ears. Finally, these earphones are cheap... My 35-year experience with earphones shows me that every wired earphones I ever owned always broke. Usually, it's the cable that goes first and makes the whole set unusable. Even if I get a $100 set after at most a year, the cable becomes useless. These earphones are no exception, and in my experience usually last (with heavy usage!) about a year, but - they are so cheap, you can just get a new one without any regrets. These earphones are so good, and so much more convenient than all the common in-ear earphones that everyone else sells, that I'm always afraid Panasonic stops making these, so I actually keep a stockpile of these :-) If the earphone apocalypse comes around, I'm covered.

Good.

not worth it, will not buy again

Already losing sound in the Left side!! Not cool!! Got these because my last Panasonic earbuds lasted forever.. Not these!!

Auricolari nuovi, purtroppo ruotando il jack sparisce la musica. Qualità audio scadente.

Mis expectativas eran bajas por el diseño, pero tengo que reconocer que fue una grata sorpresa el desempeño y el sonido que ofrece estos audífonos. Si quieres unos buenos audífonos esta es tu compra.

The headset was working only for 5 months, which is quite a short product life for an expesive simple headset. However, it is worth mentioning that while it was working, the sound was indeed very good. Coincidentally, no guaranty was offered with this purchase.

Good but not as good as I thought.

Simple and effective earphones for when I don't want to use Bluetooth