Customer Reviews

Coby CV190 Noise Cancellation Digital Stereo HP

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1 star:		(3)

 

 

Coby, a Korean company, makes a wide range of very inexpensive electronic products. You can find them at a lot of discount stores here in New York. I have a CD-Player as well as this noise-canceling headset, and I must say I'm happy with neither. Low prices are not necessarily a good thing!

The problem with this product is simple: it doesn't really work. I needed something to use on the subway, to help cut down the ambient noise, but the cv190 doesn't do the job. Worst thing is, the sound quality is, how should I put it, totally lacking: flat, no bass, no clarity, the worst kind you can imagine. Even a cheaper Koss or Aiwa would sound infinitely better. Luckily, I got a refund. You can avoid the hassle by staying away from this.

As for the CD player I got: it eats Energizer batteries like kimchee, and the "anti-skip" circuitry turns Celine Dion into a high-pitched witch.

Just a note that the CV-190 is not an "active noise cancelling" headphone. There are no electronics to reduce ambient noise, just the physical mass of the headphones themselves.

Barely cancels any noise. Poor audio quality. Also very tight fitting. Some might like it but other like me feel it more a clamp around my head. Anyway, was not expecting much since I purchased for $15/-. Will promptly return it tomorrow.

The Coby CV190 barely cancels out any noise at all. I checked it in front of my refrigerator, dish washer and took it on a long flight and watched a movie with it. I got it for cheap, but I will return it.

The package (pouch, 2-pin plug, battery) is a nice touch, but what good is it if it does not work.

I ride a commuter train and work in an environment that can be noisy on occasion. The Colby noise canceling headphones cancel out the background noise allowing me enjoy my music. The sound quality is quite acceptable and I feel it is a very good buy for the price. If you want to hear what is going on around you, these are not for you but if you don't want to be disturbed by the ambient noise, buy them.

The best headphones I have ever had! I prefer them over the Bose Quiet Comfort 2! The most bass I have ever had in a pair of headphones! people have screamed at the top of thier lungs and I didn't hear them! my dad has the bose Quiet Comfort 2 and these are still better! the Bose Quiet Comfort 2 are called quiet comfort because they are comfortable but VERY quiet.

the bose block out a lot of the sound but these block out all of it! These have amplification for bass and sound! over all 10 out of 10! I love my headphones!

CV-190
DIGITAL NOISE CANCELING STEREO HEADPHONES with SWIVEL EAR CUPS

Professional Digital Quality Sound
Powerful Neodymium Drivers for Super Bass Sound
Noise Reduction Level: 12 dB at 300 Hz
Extra Padded Earcups and Adjustable Headband
Single-sided Cord with Gold-plated 3.5mm Stereo Plug
Dual-Plug Adapter for airplane
Blister Packaging

Yes, you could spurge on the Philips HN100
ASIN: B0000UUXB6 (requires one AAA battery) (made in Red China)
or the even more expensive (and LESS padded) Sennheiser HDC451
ASIN: B00005TSKJ (requires two AA batteries) (made in Germany);
nevertheless, you could instead order one or two Coby CV190 and
still have money left over that you would not have when buying
either the HN100 or the HDC451.
Admittedly, the Coby HAS to have been made in a sweatshop to be
available at such a low retail cost... Fuggedabout a UNION shop.

I rated the Coby only 4 stars rather than the possible 5 because
the Philips (model HDC451, ASIN: B0000UUXB6) is better-built and
is affordable (4x the cost, though). To the Philips I would give
five stars (never mind that the country of origin, China, has a
track record of abysmal "human rights").

The Sennheiser box (cardboard outside the blister packaging) has
a claim or boast that their HDC451 has modular or replaceable
parts; nevertheless, since theirs costs OVER 100 smackers, and
since their DESIGN (no plush, deep, cushioned earpads, just foam)
sucks (except for the electronic circuitry, which surpasses ALL
other brands w/o exception), there is no point in initially se-
lecting the HDC451 over either the HN100 or the reviewed CV190.
By the way, I went to the Sennheiser website, and they haven't a
second Active Noise Cancelling headphone to offer those who want
their electronics but with a really thick doughnut ear cushion.

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