Denon AHC351W In-ear Headphones (White)

by Denon

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 13.9 x 5.1 x 8.7 inches ; 0.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000WG11DM
• Item model number: AHC351W
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

Denon is the company that invented digital recording over thirty years ago. They have led the audio world with leading edge technologies in Audio and Video sound reproduction. Now you they have taken that same attention to detail and put it into the design of an incredible series of headphones. These headphones are designed to reproduce flawlessly, all of the nuances of the digital music you now listen to. Whether you are looking for a small, easy to carry earbud or the very best in full size headphone style and design, Denon offers you the very best!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Low Quality, January 8, 2010

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Tim (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Denon AHC351W In-ear Headphones (White) (Electronics)

I have the black version of these headphones; the AH-351C. The cord coming out of these earbuds is indeed very short. For those users who's primary portable music player is a phone with a two piece cable that separates at the mic (Sony Ericsson), then this earbud set is a great drop in upgrade. I'm not sure how common this design is, but that is clearly the reason for the short cord.
My main complaint is that the build quality on these is very poor. Every part of this headset has broken down, or fallen off. The rubber seals have partially disintegrated (for real), the Denon badges fell off after a couple weeks, the chrome back pieces have fallen off, and he cable stress relief pieces on the buds have come off.
Ergonomically speaking, the cord is indeed matte or high friction or "tacky" and as a result it will tangle very easily. The extension coupler (while offering a strong mechanical connection) is heavy, and does weigh enough to pull the buds from your ears.
Sound is good. Construction quality is unacceptable. Don't expect these to last more than a few months (weeks?) before they start to fall apart.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For the price, the best I've ever owned, October 4, 2010

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K. A. Smith - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Denon AHC351W In-ear Headphones (White) (Electronics)

I'm not a serious audiophile or anything, but I have no complaints about these headphones. I've had them for over a year, and they are the best I've ever owned. The sound quality is as good today as it was the first day I opened the package. The silicon pad fits comfortably in my ears and sufficiently blocks out noise. The hard plastic extension out of the ear bud is a very smart design feature because you don't have to pull on the cord to get them out of your ears, thus preventing the wire from breaking. Kudos, Denon! The cord has not broken at the plug either. I'm not a huge fan of the L-shaped cord, but it's not a deal-breaker for me. Bottom line, I would recommend these to someone who's looking for headphones in this price range.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Misguided designers employed by Denon?, August 21, 2009

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G. Miller "http://madlinux.com" (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Denon AHC351W In-ear Headphones (White) (Electronics)

I bought these Denon earbuds thinking, "Denon", they're good right?
Whatever they make is probably good. I was wrong and should have done more research.

Problems with these earbuds:
- Tacky feeling plastic coating: Tackiness isn't a quality you want in earphones because it just drags across your clothing and pulls them out of your ears. The best earphones have smooth, almost hard coating so that it slips across clothing.
- That realy misguided lopsided (asymmetrical?) design where they automatically assume you must want to run the cable across your back. (I've only ever seen one person do this.) Asymmetric earphone wires only serve to pull one side of the earbud out of your ear because all the cable weight is put onto one rather than distributed evenly across two earbuds.
- Symmetric earbuds distribute the cable weight across both earbuds so no one carries all that weight.
- Worst design problem: There's a cable extension on these earbuds. Fine, I'm all about good features but this one falls flat because the cable portion between the earbuds and the extension cable is about 18 inches so unless you're wearing a head-mounted iPod carrier you MUST use the cable extension. That makes the feature useless. Without the cable extension you can't use the headphones, even with an arm iPod carrier.

As for the sound quality, it seems ok. I'm less a judge of that than overall design which, I think falls flat here.

Recommend you hire better product advisors.