RP HT225 On Ear Wired Headphones - Black

Comfortable, long cord and volume control. don't waste money on more expensive ones. For years I kept buying the same brand because my cat kept chewing the cord. these are far better and 1/3 of price.

Well, when I first opened these up I was a bit underwhelmed, they don't really convince you with fancy design or aesthetics. However they are very solid and functional. They are more comfortable than my previous pair of AKG headphones. The shape of the cups is perfect for fitting around your ear, and they are really light so don't give you that achy feeling on your ears that heavy headphones can after a while. Sound quality is decent, without being any thing exceptional. Certainly the best quality you are going to get for £15-20 or $20-25. If you need a cheap, reliable, solidly built pair of headphones, then these are your best bet.

TL:DR - Buy them if you intend to stay at home for long stretches of time and minor faults don't bother you/money is tight, you will get what you paid for in terms of physical quality with excellent sound quality. The sound quality on these headphones is great, fantastic, top-tier. They're amazing quality for their price- BUT- the plastic on the head strap is flimsy, I've had both pairs I've owned fall apart after 6 months, not to a completely broken state but to a unclipped state where the ear cup has to be reattached, if anything that just makes them easier to store. The length of the cable makes taking them anywhere also awkward, if you use them at home, all the time, good but taking them anywhere else or attempting to listen to something on, for example, a bus is a no-go unless you roll up the wire. The volume control also has a tendency to get iffy after a while, even if you don't touch it, not to a point of creating volume problems but more to a point where one ear cup will go completely dead until you find the 'sweet spot' on the control, again, not a deal breaker.

I was a little nervous about plugging these moderately priced headphones into my rather expensive audio recorder. Low impedance phones can run some pretty large currents, for which not all recorders are designed. Pansonic engineers have designed the RP HT 225 with compromise in mind, namely, they are neither high impedance, nor low impedance, they are 2K ohms. This brings about a moderate loading on the output stages of your very valuable recorder or camera etc., which helps conserve battery life, yet provide a higher sensitivity, despite the lower wattage. When recording for a movie, I found them to possess surprisingly high sound quality for their price. Although they are not considered to be in the professional price bracket or range, they aren't far short when it comes to the purity of sound. Of course, it must be realised that when making a sound track for a film's lip synch, only speech is ever heard, but I found that a trial with music was not to be sneezed at. I will admit to buying them to replace others in an emergency, but the RP HT225 has now become part of my kit. They are light, quickly adjustable, even with one hand, comfortable on the ear to the point of your forgetting they are there. The 4 stars for comfort is because they do not envelope the whole of the ear, but push one's ear against the skull, however, the pressure is, again, a compromise of comfort with sufficient grip to hold them in place when one's head is moved in a downward direction, or if nodding instead of speaking when silent ascent is required. Whilst nothing is perfect, this headset has a surprisingly near to ideal response curve for the price ... mind you, Panasonic have some pretty smart people in their midst. I cannot for the life of me imagine that anybody would return their RP HT225 Headphones on the grounds of dissatisfaction. I can recommend this model with confidence ... and I'm not alone.

Excellent headphones brought for my dad and he loves them. Handy volume switch on the lead. Good value good quality

I prefer to have Hi Fidelity sound all through the spectrum which my present 'phones offer. The Panasonic RP HT225 offers a more "mellow" tone, which my partner prefers and loves the volume control facilty. My original 'phones are now of an age when the plasics have become tacky but the sound production remains sharp and concise.

These are nearly as good as noise cancelling headphones without the price of noise cancelling headphone. Who can hear anything but music when they are on your ears anyway!!

Exactly what I wanted. Old fashioned headphones for home use. 3 metre lead for use on TV and hi fi is great. Saved money on extension lead. Very good sound quality. For TV listening Bass is overpowering and can distort but an adjustment on T. V. Bass/treble on TV rectifies this. For me these are 5 star. Really good quality product at a very low price. Only give 4 stars as there's obviously better out there if you want to pay hundreds. No thanks.

Gracchiano, non funziona il padiglione destro, la qualità costruttiva è da "giocattolo per bambini". Assolutamente pessime, non valgono nulla.