Customer Reviews

Panasonic RP-HS5 Ear Clip Earbud Headphones

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My son got a pair of headphones very similar to these - made by Panasonic. He thought they sounded pretty good, but then he's 12. He got them because earbuds hurt his ears. Since these rest over the ear, they worked better. Personally, I listened to them and I thought they sounded cheap, plus the plastic arm that keeps them in place over the ear broke in one week's time. Now he has to hold one of them over his ear until we can get something better.

The overall size is convenient. The sound quality is ok for the price. The clips hold the buds on your ear, but I found it very difficult to position the clips so the buds stay in the ear. For some reason the clips do not want to stay flat against my head and annoyingly flip outward like little wings.

These are very good headphones. Excellent bass for the price range. These are better than the similarly priced Sony headphones, which have no bass whatsoever. I use these when I'm out for a walk. I use a pair of Sony cans at home.

Uncomfortable, and sound horrible with poos build quality, and poor customer service to boot. I recieved these as a gift, and would not recomend them to anyone. Unless you don't like the person you are giving them to.....

The headphones have nice design features, excellent base pick up and excellent other stats. However it fails in actual sound quality - the sound is tinney and simply sounds cheap. While it registers base nicely, its treble is way off (on the loud end) which irritated me. I bought them to replace some headphones that are getting rattly - but I like my old ones lots better.

If you don't care about the tinney sound, it would be an excllent pair, good style, comfortable, and nice cord retract feature. However my advice is still to get a different pair unless you're deaf to frequencies above 15kH.

I know that these are cheap. But they sound alot better then more expensive models...30-40 dollar range. I know, cause I used to have them. I bought this cheaper model, since it will see alot of abuse. But I was really surprised at the sound that came out of it. Bass is excellent and highs are too. Mids are ok. Now if you have a crappy mp3 player, you'll get grappy sound out of these. I use an ipaq with these headphones and sound great. The only thing I did, was adding foam inserts which I purchased from the doller store. Total cost is still under 10 dollars.

I bought these earbuds for a great price of like $8 to replace earbuds that came with my Creative mp3 player. At first, I thought these had a good sound for the money, and felt like they would stay in my ears when I exercised. However, the first time I used them to run, there was a clicking sound with each step as the clip-on part rattled with each step. It was quite annoying. This is a poor design for running. After I used these phones for about a week (and I don't ever play music very loud), the left phone started to have a lot of static and rattle from bass frequencies. I did like that I could still hear what was going on around me somewhat which is good for riding a bike or when you need to hear your wife talking to you. But, this pair went back to the store, and I will start searching for something with a better design and better sound. If you need to put on your phones and take them off quickly, these seem to take a while to get on. Bottom line, I can't recommend these since they malfuncioned after a week.

After purchasing a Sony Walkman (DEJ001), I hated the headphones that came with the walkman. They were not comfortable and had poor sound quality (inferior bass). So after deciding between the h.ear and these, I went with Panasonic for the fuller frequency range and the gray color.

Clip-On Earbuds

Clip-on earbuds are very similar to the standard earbuds, with a hook that goes all the way around your ear. If you haven't tried clip-on earbuds or behind-the-neck headphones, you'll probably have to take some time getting them to fit correctly. If you are used to them, chances are you know how to fit them and it won't be a problem.

Sound Quality

Country - Pretty good sound, not a lot of bass was needed for the test, though. I got a lot of treble power and clarity, something I didn't expect. Overall most of it sounded good.

Dance/Techno - I put in a lot of stuff and I got so-so results. A lot of the beats had low bass and some of it was lost, but most of the vocals were good. Not the best for this genre.

Latin - I got good results as long as there weren't a whole lot of beats.

Metal/Rock - I put a lot of hard stuff in here and I was pretty suprised it handled all of it. The bass wasn't too exciting but most of the hard rock was above average.

Pop - Most of it sounded above average but a lot of bass was lost from the headphones (as usual).

Rap - I really tested this genre because rap needs a lot of range, thinking that it would "bring out" the headphones but my expectations were not met. The bass was a little stronger but not a whole lot.

R&B - It sounded pretty good but when the bass was playing it wasn't too big.

I made the final conclusion on the sound. It has amazing treble but very poor bass. For the price ($6) it was good but if you compare them to the h.ear or the other earbuds around the $10-$15 these just don't hold up. If your listening to classical, opera, vocal pop, or soft rock, these will do but for anything else with big bass these will not, and I mean NOT cut it.

Design

They are a little similar to the h.ear headphones but a little different. They stick out a lot more than the h.ear probably because the clip isn't connected to the earbud. Another thing is that the clip twists to fit your ear (this is something you'll probably have to see). The cord is gray and seems very durable.

Comfort

Overall the comfort is pretty good as long as your ears aren't too big or too small. They are pretty averagely sized and fit me pretty well. Another thing (like I said before), if you haven't tried similar earbuds with the clip (like the MDRJ10 or the KSC22), you'll probably have to take some time getting used to the fit and learning how to put them on. So if they don't fit right, don't immediately send them back to the store because within time they might feel a whole lot better.

Price

I paid $6 for these at Wal-Mart. Overall the price is set about right. They weren't the most expensive (duh) nor were they the cheapest; they were somewhere in the middle. You could get, with a little more money, the better sounding h.ear.

Overall

They fit and feel right and they are inexpensive. The sound is a little inferior but you have to consider the fact that they are only $6. If they were over the $10 I would say there sound is way too bad for this price but for $6 is pretty good. Overall, if your looking for very inexpensive that will do, these are okay. If your looking for good sound, pass on by.

THe headphones pictured are very different than the ones pictured. They are more like and earbud, but more uncomfortable.