Panasonic RPHT355 Basic Headphones

by Panasonic

Product Details

• Item Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004TZJI
• Item model number: RPHT355
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

These Panasonic RPHT355 basic headphones feature an ergonomic design with double headband and large foam ear pads to ensure a comfortable fit. The speaker drive units are large (40 millimeters) and contain a neodymium, rare- earth magnet for rich and powerful sound. The Extra Bass System (XBS) allows increased bass response. The long, 16.4-foot cord and in-cord volume control are great for home theater use.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars High hopes, good sound, bad volume control., March 13, 2004

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C. Schellenberg (Indiana, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Panasonic RPHT355 Basic Headphones (Electronics)

A friend and I bought these because:
1) They were cheap ($30)
2) They had a long cord (16ft)
3) They had volume control

About 6 months after using them, 1 & 2 were still true, but 3 no longer was. When using the volume control, the left speaker would short out, and only if you were lucky enough to get the volume wheel back in the right spot and push it to one side or the other of the casing it was in would the connection be made and sound would return. The majority of the time after about 1-2 minutes of trying to get it to work, I'd just give up.

I thought I just got a bad unit, but when my friend's set was doing the same thing at about the same time, I'd have to say it was a manufacturer's problem.

Sound quality was pretty good for what I was using it for (computer gaming).

I was just about to cut the wires, remove the volume control, and splice back together the wires with electrical tape, but I thought I'd give them one more shot and they were indeed functional after just a few seconds of tweaking. Best to leave a sleeping dog lay, I've leave them be.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good, just don't compare them to Sennheiser, January 26, 2004

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D. TRUONG (CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Panasonic RPHT355 Basic Headphones (Electronics)

My judgement of these Phones is after 3 years of solid use. After 100s of times accidently getting up with my foot on the cord, the cord still stays in place, without any loss in sound quality. So that takes care of build quality
The sound, very superb, you can say they hold much detail in visualization of sound for a huge variety of instruments. Sounds i have never heard on my hi fi stereo and my pioneer speakers are produced here with very awesome spacing, reverb replication, sound fading, and surround that i didn't think was possible for a cheapo Headset. I have been hearing instruments that sound as live as in person, something that isn't normal to be heard in my experience. I am not an experienced audiophile, but I do know these phones are pretty decent.
Well let's get this straight, Just don't compare this to a carver or Sennheiser headphone that is 300 bucks. These headphones easily beat many basic studio phones running 70 dollars. And anything in this price range for that matter.
Another thing is your sound source. My hi fi stereo, sony, didn't really produce much cutting sonic clarity and sounds a bit muffled and underpowered. I thought my headphones were crappy until tonight, i plugged these puppies as one last chance, into my soundcard and was blown away!..Well not like the sennheiser, but still!
Just remember the sound will will be as good as your source.
I can't recommend these for walkmans, cause its bulky and with a long cord. But i use a tie for it. And most walkmans won't produce the quality to make these sound good.
Overall, I am impressed. I give it 5 stars, cause it beats all in its price range and above a little. When you go to the 70+ range, these aren't better, and anything by Sennheiser makes this sound weak.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good set of inexpensive headphones., October 13, 2002

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Bob Marley (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Panasonic RPHT355 Basic Headphones (Electronics)

I bought this particular pair of headphones becuase I finally managed to kill my Sony's.
I am very, very glad I bought these headphones. The amount of bass they have is great (I listen to heavy metal almost exclusively, so the more bass the better <g>), especially that it goes up to high volumes without distorting.
They are very comfortable and light weight to wear, so when I'm using them on my PC, extended gaming is no problem.
The 16 foot cord is a mixed blessing. It's great when I'm playing games on our living room PC and I want to wander over to the kitchen to get another Sprite or something, but bad when I want to plug them into my portable CD player or even my laptop, as I now have 14 feet of cord I really don't need.
I agree totally with many of the other reviews. I've heard other headphones in this same price range, and you really do have to buy a much more expensive set to do any better.