JVC’s new earbuds mix high & low tech
You’ll have to pay a heavy price to afford JVC’s wooden earbuds.
JVC is preparing a new pair of first class earbuds for those looking for a “more natural” sound – the HP-FX700, an upgrade to the company’s older HP-FX500 ‘buds released back in December of 2007. These things use wood inside (the driver diaphragm) and out (the housing) in hopes for better sound. They look interesting as well.
JVC appears to be the only company that uses wood in its earbuds. The company believes that wood provides more natural echo characteristics than plastic, metal or synthetic materials, which may very well be true. The ‘buds use a hybrid dual-cone and can handle a peak output of 104dB at 1mW, with frequency response range rated at between 6Hz and 26,000Hz at 16Ω. JVC designed the canal for efficient sound delivery inside the birch wood housing.
Of course, there is a bad side to all of this as well. Mainly – you will have to pay the hefty cost of $330 for some FX700s. Quite alot for a pair of earbuds, don’t you think? But I guess those looking for earphones with the absolute best sound possible will be happy to pay that much money. I wouldn’t know.
Anyway, they will hit the market in February of next year. Anyone here thinking of purchasing these?
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If they are going to bring that good of quality sound…I’ll be looking for a pair
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Won’t be buying these for that price! I bet you I can find $14 ear buds that sound almost exactly the same. Its a shame people invest in higher tech ear buds when those resources could be used elsewhere. Shame. Shame. Shame.
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What a weird thing to say. And Kris if you can find a $14 pair thats sounds as good, I can assure you, you can’t, you should immediatley buy stock in the company. Shame on you if you own a computer, house, car whatever. That’s how stupid what you said sounds.
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I’m willing to pay for certain features. I just picked up a pair of active noise cancelling units from Panasonic. It was either that or spring for the “over the ear” Bose headphones but they were a couple of hundred dollars more.
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