JVC HA-FX34S Marshmallow In-Ear Headphones (Silver)
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The HA-FX34 Marshmallow Headphone is an in-ear style headphone that provides a comfortable fit with soft, one-size-fits-all earpieces made of memory foam material. This design offers isolation from ambient noise and ensures low sound leakage. The stylish HA-FX33 is available in five fun color variations, allowing you to personalize your MP3 player listening style. JVC Marshmallow Headphones offer the joy of powerful sound, fun and maximum comfort with a colorful and stylish design.
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Technical Details
- In-ear headphone design- Soft memory foam earpieces
- Sound-isolating design seals you in with your music
- 3.28-foot silver cord
- iPhone compatible plug
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By bassibanezacura
This headphones really isolates background noise. It is good enough that I use it as a earplug.
The built has a rubbery feel. Bass quality are really impressive.
Not recommended when driving because you won't hear the road noise outside the vehicle like
ambulance, car honking, or your passenger talking to you.
By Lawrence V. Mendoza (Northern California)
Interestingly, these JVC Marshmallow earbuds are a bit controversial - notice that the comments are all over the board - there's alot of love and "not love" here. Having owned these for several months now, I believe I can put my finger on a few salient points:
1. These are finicky to fit. I found it took me over a month of toying with these, and switching back and forth between the different foam earpieces before I settled on a fit. It's a combination of pressure and size, and it's not easy to find the "magic point" where they leap to their fullest sound. However once they do, they really take off. The MOST sensitive to fit is the bass response - off just a little and it effectively vanishes. I also found a substantial difference in bass response just between the foam earpieces. I'm not surprised that many people simply run out of patience with these, and can't or won't ever get 'em right, which is too bad because the sonics are worth the effort.
2. These are very sensitive to the quality of your MP3 player. I have both "high end" MP3 players (Creative and Rio), and several no-name players, and the sound difference between them in the JVCs is quite dramatic. With the off-brand players (no manual EQ) there simply isn't a setting at which these headphones sound great, even with the proper fit. However, with the "high end" players, the sound quality is very, very good.
3. When you get the JVCs right, they are very, very good. I am an audio enthusiast, and I have quite a stomach for fiddling with my systems to get things right. When you get the JVC Marshmallows right - proper fit, quality MP3 player, hi resolution music - these things spring to life. The box touts the bass frequency down to 8MHz (!) BUT they do run strongly below 40hz with proper material, and it's quite clean and sharp. The midrange is not bad per se, just a bit laid back - "soft" would be the word - and not at all offensive - in fact for many types of music, it works well - for instance, strong male vocals on heavy recordings can be fantastic - the marshmallows do Chris Isaak at 320kbps MP3 beautifully. Highs are bright and airy - they need no help from either the material or the MP3 settings, and can easily be over-sharpened.
When you get 'em right, the JVC Marshmallows reproduce very, very good sound, and have an easy "listenability" to them - you can use them all day without fatigue. Just don't over-brighten or over-bass them too much. And they are an excellent training ground for eventually moving to higher end in ear systems, since the way you put these in your ears is essentially the same as with the Big Dollar boys. So 5 stars for sound quality, less a star for the finicky fit. However, I applaud JVC for introducing a product to the low end market (under $20) with so much in common with more expensive earbuds, including very good sound.
By S. Power (Detroit, Michigan, United States)
**Update 1**
(16SEP09)
I ran with these again today, and am starting to think that for running I gave them too many stars. I spent way too much of my run having to adjust them and re-insert them. At some points, as they first started to work themselves loose in my ear, they created a thumping noise in my ear with every step as the marshmallow vibrated against my ear. Another problem with these, is that they are so stubby, that the bent part of the bud pushes against the lower part of your ear when fully inserted. After 30 or 40 minutes of running, this actually gets painful.
Again, these might be fine for sitting on an airplane or studying but for working out, especially running, they are NOT RECOMMENDED.
**Base Review**
(15SEP09)
I bought these yesterday at Walmart. They charged me $19 plus tax, so you are definitely much better off buying these at Amazon.com. Learn from my mistake. Yes, for some products, Walmart is cheaper but not for much.
I have almost never used the stock Apple iPod headphones. Those Apple ones don't fit nor stay in my ears very well. Because of the bad fit, they don't sound very good.
These JVC headphones are supposed to fit well and isolate noise. They do both better than the Apple headphones, and slightly better then the similar Sony ear buds that I have been using for years. The Sony's that I'm comparing these against have silicon replaceable buds, similar but not as foamy as the JVC "marshmallow buds". I replaced the Sony's with these, because they stop working after about four months of running with them. I assume this is because of sweat getting into them and corroding the speakers. I don't know whether or not this will be an issue with the JVC headphones yet, but if they stay in place better than the Sony ones, they should. I think the Sony ones get so much sweat in them, because of constantly having to be re-inserted in the ear, and therefore pushing sweat in the speakers.
The noise isolation of these headphones definitely works well, especially for the money. When you first insert them, it is very noticeable, and would work very well for lawn work or flying. I wear Bose QC2 headphones for flying and these aren't quite up to that level, but for the price, they are certainly a cost effective alternative.
When I first started running with JVCs, I was very impressed with how well they were staying in place in my ears. I was starting to think that I would complete my whole run without having to reinsert or adjust them. That lasted until I started to get pretty saturated in sweat. I don't know if there are sweat glands in your ears, but I was thinking that if they stayed in place, they wouldn't get sweat on them, and would therefore stay in place. Either they loosened up on their own at this point, or the sweat caused them to work free, but eventually, they came loose and I had to reinsert them.
The sound quality of these is very good, at least as good as the Sonys.
In summary, these are the best running headphones that I have used, but are not perfect. I recommend them.
By C. Dale (Boca Raton, FL)
Got them for my motorcycle. They work fine and the quality is good. I find the JVC HAF66B's a little more comfortable and bloc outside sound better. I like the ability to push a slide up the wire to bring it tighter under my chin and pretty much elimiate any cable noise.
By Aaron Reihl (Illinois)
These were horrible. However, the store was nice and slow about their return; but I got a check about 2 months later.
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