Panasonic RP-HJE125

Folk headphones

The RP-HJE125 model will soon be a hundred years old at lunch, and it continues to confidently stay in the top sales of vacuum headphones. There are several success factors here at once — high-quality sound characteristic of more expensive headphones, convenience for everyday wear, nine colour options for every taste and amazing durability. Well, the price is less than $10. If you are looking for simplicity and affordability, then these headphones are made for you.

Sound for $50, the price is several times less

From the technical characteristics of the model, a wide frequency range of 10 – 24000 Hz stands out first of all. In terms of sound, the model produces very dense and not blurry basses, but a balanced “middle” and fairly clear high frequencies — without distortions in the range and any sand and unpleasant overtones. They play 3 or even 4 times higher than their cost, which was confirmed by more than one blind test comparison with more expensive vacuum models. You can only find fault with a small hump in the region of 120 Hz, due to which there can be excess bass in hip-hop, dance and electronic music, but this is easily solved by the equalizer.

Durability

It is equally important that the headphones turned out to be light (only 4 g) and comfortable, so they sit comfortably in the ears and do not strive to accidentally fall out when walking or running. For sports, that's it. As for durability, it all depends not only on the headphones, but also on who wears them and how. But as practice shows, the RP-HJE125 can easily go away for a couple of years without any problems with the disappearing sound in one ear, a frayed cable or a broken plug (here it is L-shaped). In general, survivability, almost like that of Rasputin.