RHA MA390 Universal Earbuds: Aluminium in-Ear Headphones with Mic & Remote for Apple & Android, 3 Year Warranty Included

excellent and extremely comfortable earbuds for audiophiles in this price range. Or even higher price ranges.Bass boost: As described, the bass is a bit boosted, but reasonably so. It is not unbalanced boost like so many are. If it is still too much for your taste, a bit of eq will take care of it. I listen without any eq and these are about the best buds I have heard until one gets into above $100 range, and even then these keep up pretty well. The bass is also tight and deep, not boomy or muddy. And the super crucial midrange is precise while upper mids are velvety smooth without being “dark”. Treble is great but never sibilant or harsh (except on bad recordings/low quality mp3 rates when these buds will reveal the weakness of the source material).On top of that these are the most comfortable and earbuds I have ever had at any price. Much of this seems down to the silicone ear tips/flanges, which are MUCH higher quality than one would expect. They are also pretty distinctive from any other standard silicon ear tips in that the center tube is very hard, almost almost rigid, while the flanges that conform to the ear canal are extremely soft and supple (the softest I have ever used in fact). This combo allows the flange to conform to the shape of the ear canal and create a great seal (which is ESSENTIAL for any earbud) without squeezing or pinching the inner tube and therefore distorting or attenuating the sounds. And it does this with very little pressure applied to the ear canal. And you don’t have to Jam them deep into the ear canal or fiddle to get a good seal or differences between left and right ears. My left and right ear canals, like many others , are a bit different from each other, often requiring different ear tips for each and/or making it hard to get a good fit/seal on one or the other side. Not these. No issue at all. 10 hour plane flight? No problem. No soreness etc. ok, some other earbuds and tips I have used block out more external noise, but always at the price of comfort and/or ease of insertion (I’m looking at you Etymonic and Bose, and any comply foam tip on any ear bud) after two months of use, the eartips have not deformed (squashed), ripped, yellowed, gunkef up etc at all. I simply love these eartips, and on earbuds the ear tips are crucial to sound quality.As a result I reach for these more often than any of my other often note pricy earbuds. And at this price, I don’t have to stress about handling or loosing them etc.The company is an established audio brand, from the U.K. I think, but not widely known and recently relaunched and new to the earbud/portable market, i understand.FWIW, I do think the brand is from the U.K. at least originally and these earbuds do exhibit a distinctively British audiophile sound quality/signature. If you are an audiophile type you likely know what that means: accurate but with warmth. Coherence and textures of timber; neither lush (sennheiser, grado to lesser extent ) nor hyper crisp/ detailed (klipsch, etymonic, beyerdynamic high ohm models) clear midrange with a smidgen of dip in the “presence” frequency region that lends a slightly holographic sound stage and smooths harshness in treble.If you have ever heard a quality Spendor speaker, mission, or KEF driven by a Arcam , Quad etc , integrated amp ( or old school ultra high end Luxman from the 1970s) you know the sonic signature.Don’t get me wrong, these don’t reach such levels of sonic nirvana, but they seem to have been engineered/tuned with those qualities in mind. At least more than any other earbud I have tried.Some AKG earbuds have a similar sound signature.

Really enjoying the RHA's after just 24 hours of play. I've put a variety of music thru them (rock, metal, blues, hip hop, jazz, r&b, classical, and spoken word) and I'm pleasantly surprised at how balanced these are for sub $30 buds. The bass and treble are a bit over-pronounced, but still within my acceptable ranges for listening. Guitar focused music sounds amazing. I spent some time listening to Stevie Ray Vaughan and Gary Clark, Jr and was amazed at how good they sounded through these buds. One last note about the sound of these buds...The cable is well designed to reduce microphonics. I walk my dog all the time while listening to podcasts or music. Earbuds with cheap cabling cause all kinds of rustling as the cable moves against my clothes. These RHAs do NOT have that problem. The bottom half of the cord - before the splitter - is covered in a woven protective fabric that completely removes any rustle. The top half is coated in the usual rubber, but is thick enough not to cause any rustle. This means i hear my music when walking...not cord microphonics.So, the sound is very good...incredible at this price point. The next question is how they fit. I've tried all kinds of buds and I tend to prefer small and light. I don't like the kind that wrap over your ear, or the kind that have huge bass ports that end out hurting your ears after more than an hour of listening. The RHAs, I'm happy to report, are small and unobtrusive. After 5 minutes you forget they are there. There are included ear tips to change sizes. I found the default worked perfectly for me...no slippage and decent noise isolation. Keep in mind...these are passive noise isolation, so some noise can seep through at low volumes. However, considering how loud these buds can get, you likely won't notice much.How's the build quality? The aluminum housings seem very well designed. I already mentioned the cable covers are good. I'll report back after a few weeks/months of wearing these every day to see how they hold up, but thus far I'm very impressed with the attention to small details on these buds. The aluminum is smooth w/out burrs and the cable connections seem sturdy and well protected.Overall, I love these new buds. I'm always looking for <$50 ear buds because I use them so much that the normal wear and tear means I go through a few sets every year. I wear them at work...while walking my dog...in the gym...just about 6 - 8 hours a day. That's a lot of use, so any buds that can last 3 - 6 months - to me - are really good buds. That being said, I don't like to sacrifice sound quality, which is where these RHAs come in. I'm really digging how they sound. I'm listening to James Brown as I write this, and the growl in his voice, the groove of the bass, and the blare of the trumpets is crystal clear. If you're looking for earbuds to really get into your music, these can't be beat at this price.UPDATE Jan 2019Still using these again headphones 5 months later and they aren't still in great shape. I use them daily and carry them around in my pocket without a case. I can't believe they are this durable and sounds this good. I'm an RHA fan now! Highly recommended.

Well, they certainly won’t win any awards for accuracy, but these diminutive earphones deliver a ‘fun’, punchy sound - well suited to pop, rock and hip-hop. They’re not great with classical and more detailed genres of music; there’s a bit too much bass for my liking, and the treble could be sweeter. Also, the bass seems to ‘colour’ the other musical frequencies, and the mids in particular suffer as a result. HOWEVER, despite these misgivings, the overall sound produced is rather pleasant, and the soundstage is surprisingly wide for in-ear cans. For that reason I can recommend this set. They’re likely to be an improvement over the free earphones bundled with your smartphone, at least.They come with three sets of earpieces - so you’re bound to find a fit that suits you - and there’s a soft carrying case and a shirt clip included as well. Also fitted to the cable is a one-button remote, which works just fine. There’s no volume control, but personally I don’t miss this - I just use the volume rocker on my phone through my pocket. One piece of advice if you decide to change the rubber earpieces provided: turn them inside-out before putting them onto the actual earphone. This is a bit fiddly, but a lot less fiddly than fitting them ‘right-way round’.Some have complained about the loss of sound from one channel or the other over time and other build quality issues, but there’s a 3-year warranty so if you do have problems RHA should sort you out. For £20, these are a bargain. If you’re a bit strapped for cash I can’t imagine you’d get more for your money elsewhere.

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First of all this review is not coming from someone who has used lots of expensive earphones before.Well, if you are like me and you are upgrading from a very basic earphone (eg. under Rs. 500) you are going to love it. It has everything you could ask for from a earphone in this segment. If you are someone who loves that excessive bass or the super sharp treble, you might consider other options (Sennheiser has great treble). This is made for the people who like balanced sound signature. The vocals are crystal clear, bass is there but it's not excessive as I mentioned, and it's got good amount of treble too.The build quality of this earphone is ok-ish, the bottom part of the wire is braided unlike the top part (though the cable is thick enough) which kind of bothered me because the top part gets tangled very easily.The microphone quality is very good. If you are going to use it for Discord or normal voice calls you will love it. The other parties told me that my voice in discord sounds crystal clear even in normal position of microphone where the mic is like 10cms. away from mouth. You also get a clip to attach the mic to your shirt which is a nice to have tool :DThe headphone jack is gold plated but it's not L-shaped. I would have loved to have the same.After all if you ask whether it's worth it to spend this much money for an earphone or not then definitely yes, once you use this earphones, you can't go back to those cheapos!

Cuffie comprate dopo aver letto in rete svariate recensioni abbastanza positive, le classificano tra le migliori in ear sotto i 30€ e averle viste in offerta su Amazon a poco più di una decina di euro più per curiosità che per altro.Queste le specifiche:DRIVERS 130.8 Special DriversDRIVER TYPE DynamicIMPEDANCE 16 OhmsSENSITIVITY 89dBFREQUENCY RESPONSE 16Hz - 22000HzMAGNET TYPE NeodymiumPESO 16grLa confezione è ben curata, c'è un sacchetto in rete e tre coppie di eartips di misura diversa.Le cuffie si presentano molto bene, sembrano di livello superiore, sono in alluminio con il cavo in parte in tessuto in parte gommato con il microfono ben posizionato vicino alla bocca, il comando universale mi da l'impressione di fragilità.Gli eartips sono in silicone con canale interno più rigido.Ma veniamo al suono.Appena aperte sono sbilanciatissime verso gli alti, cominciano ad essere ascoltabili dopo una ventina di ore di rodaggio.Il suono è artificiale e metallico anche durante le chiamate, non ho riscontrato la microfonicita' segnalata nelle recensioni, ma neanche le altre caratteristiche.I bassi ci sono ma sono troppo artificiali e sintetici.I medi sono indietro.Gli alti eccessivi e sgradevoli.Ascoltando alcuni pezzi che conosco bene erano quasi irriconoscibili, il suono in generale e metallico e confuso con un livello di distorsione che inficia l'ascolto.Non ci siamo proprio.Ho molte cuffie (basta vedere il mio profilo con le recensioni), ascolto musica da sempre con impianti di adeguata qualità e sono un chitarrista, quindi ho una buona idea del suono dal vivo, in studio e riprodotto.Sempre alla ricerca di prodotti ben suonanti con un buon rapporto qualità prezzo devo dire che questa è una delle poche volte che mi trovo fuorviato dalle recensioni e devo esprimere un parere così negativo su una cuffia.Sembra di parlare di prodotti completamente diversi, cosa confermata da quanti come me hanno riscontrato precisi difetti acustici.Evidentemente il controllo qualità di questa ditta deve essere davvero molto basso, altrimenti non mi spiego le recensioni positive.Do due stelle per la confezione ed i materiali, ma anche a questo prezzo c'è di molto meglio.Ad esempio le AKG per il Samsung a meno di e. 10 vincono il confronto a mani basse, neanche a parlare di prodotti come le Brainwavz o Sennheiser di prezzo analogo a quello di catalogo perché il confronto è impari.Assolutamente sconsigliate.

Llevo ya 2 años con estos auriculares y no he tenido ninguna queja con ellos ya que tienen una calidad de sonido increible (venía de unos Sennheiser CX 300-II del doble de precio) y una construcción mucho mejor a estos. Vienen con su propio estuche para guardarlos, lo cual me parece imprescindible si eres de llevartelos a todos lados y pretendes que duren.Actualmente tras 2 años de uso practicamente diario, y de un cuidado aceptable (siempre bien enrollados y en su funda), el auricular derecho ha empezado a fallar de repente, escuchandose bastante más bajo lo cual hace incomodo su uso.Con todo esto recomiendo su compra sin dudarlo, aunque decir que probaré los Mi In-Ear Headphones Pro HD que tienen un precio similar y prometen un sonido mejor.EDITO: Tras contactar directamente con el servicio técnico de RHA, al par de días me respondieron con una serie de pasos para revisar si el fallo era por suciedades internas (en el propio tubo del auricular). Para ello simplemente retiré ambas rejillas con cuidado (se pueden volver a poner), las limpie y soplé un poco en el interior.Se ve que habría algo taponado, aunque simple vista parecían limpios, por que después volvieron a sonar ambos auriculares al sonido normal.