Jabra C820S Active Noise Cancelling Stereo Headphones

by Jabra

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6 x 6 x 3 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000FL2EJE
• Item model number: C820s / 100-88200000-02
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (120 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 1, 2006

Product Description

The Jabra C820s stereo music headphones are specially designed for music lovers who want to make the most of their music wherever they are. The Jabra C820s are high performance headphones that deliver full-range, compensated sound through high quality speakers ¿ guaranteeing premium audio, straight from your mobile phone or other music source.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

89 of 89 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb noise cancelling and audio quality, March 31, 2007

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Arbie - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jabra C820S Active Noise Cancelling Stereo Headphones (Electronics)

I've looked and tried nearly a dozen so-called active noise cancelling headphones and was tremendously disappointed by all of them, except the Bose, which I cannot afford. Then I saw the Jabra and since they make the best Bluetooth headsets, I figured, let's try it...I can always return it.

Somewhat to my surprise, the quality was outstanding: the noice cancelling does exactly that and there are no irritating hissing sounds etc. The audio quality is absolutely great and the set comes in a beautiful case.

I have now used it for about 40+ hours, most of which in airplanes and am still on my first battery (it's rated for 50 hours).

Last week I swapped with a Bose QC2 that the guy in the seat next to me was wearing and we did a little testing. Our conclusion was that the Jabra was slightly better in noise cancelling (but Bose was very good too), that both were equal in sound quality and that the Bose was slightly better in comfort (but the Jabra was very comfortable too).

So for $150 less I'll take the Jabra.

43 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for noisy conditions, November 17, 2007

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A. Meller "alexmeller" (Union City, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jabra C820S Active Noise Cancelling Stereo Headphones (Electronics)

I own several cheaper models of noise canceling headphones, so I am well equipped to do comparison.

As everyone has stated, the headphones are very comfortable, have good battery life and excellent sound quality. As the matter of fact, these are the first headphones I tried that can reproduce Alicia Keys music without distortions with my iPod's equalizer set to "Rock".

Noise canceling is the most efficient among all headphones I have ever seen. Even in the loud train, they create quiet environment.

Sound quality is worse when noise canceling off, but it is still tolerable.

One major problem (at least with my particular unit) is relatively loud hiss. When you listen to the music in a loud place (like train or plane), this doesn't matter because this hiss will be masked by remaining ambient noise. However you don't want to use these headphones for music in the quiet home. The only way to avoid the hiss will be to turn off the power, which as I stated above, lowers the sound quality.

Here is the bottom line.

These headphones are excellent solution for noisy environments (for which they are of course primarily intended). Because of the hiss, they are not so good for music listening in the quiet places despite very good sound quality.

Update 12/11/07.
I have tried another pair of these phones and the level of hiss noise was identical to the first pair. So now I am sure that I didn't deal with a random fluctuation; they all are likely to be as described in my review above.

Update 08/07/2008.
I used these phones on a plane during a very long flight. Excellent experience. I wore them during the entire duration of the flight and didn't get tired. Listened to my iPod for some time, just used them for noise protection the rest of the time, and even slept with them on my head. They worked extremely well with airplane noise.

39 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As good as and in one way better than the Bose, November 21, 2007

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Jerry Saperstein (Evanston, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jabra C820S Active Noise Cancelling Stereo Headphones (Electronics)

I own the Bose noise-cancelling headphones and the Sharper Image version. I was fortunate to find the Jabra C820s on sale from a source with a good return policy and decided to take the chance.

The Jabra C820s are the equal of the Bose at half or less the price. Period. No ifs, ands or buts. They are also more comfortable. Best of all, you can use the Jabra as a headphone without turning on the noise cancelling feature, something Bose missed the boat on.

Music reproduction without the noise-cancellation turned on is good. With the noise cancelling on, the music quality is terrific! True confession time - I am not an audiophile, so a real purist might have a very different opinion. For me, the fidelity is just fine.)

Noise cancelling is excellent, again fully equal to the Bose.

Battery life is excellent.

Jabra provides a very nice carrying case and all the adapters you'll need for most purposes.

The Jabra C820s is a great value. If you've lusted for the Bose, buy the Jabra. Just as good at half or less the price.

Jerry