JVC HANC100 Noise Cancelling Headphones

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.5 x 3.2 inches ; 12.3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000U19F0
• Item model number: HANC100
• Batteries: 1 AAA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (251 customer reviews)
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• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 17, 2008

Product Description

Product Description

The HA-NC100 is a noise canceling headphone that can produce a 75% noise reduction when in the active mode. It also has 50 hours of use on one AAA battery. The HA-NC100 also has a cord rewind system, so that it will retract its 4.9 foot cord back up into its left earpiece. And to make it easy to travel, the HA-NC100 folds down into a compact size for easy traveling and it comes with an airplane adapter and a carry pouch. And when you are not traveling the HA-NC100s can be used in the passive mode for great performance at home.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

124 of 126 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent features, but sore ears for extended periods, October 19, 2004

By	The Traveller "Bristol View" - See all my reviews

There are a few things about these earphones that need mention right up front, because they are so very well done.
1. Most noise cancelling headphones have a bulky battery pack in line on the headphone wire. These DO NOT, which means the wire is small and free of things to catch on airplane handrests and such. This is great.
2. Many noise cancelling headphones have a constantly connected cord, or allow the cord to be removed if you only want noise cancelling. With this, the cord rewinds into the left earpiece. This is again, extremely well thought out. If you just want noice cancelling, rewind the cord up. It's easy and since it's attached, you can't forget and leave the cord on the plane or at home. This is great.
3. It runs on a single AAA battery, which resides in the right earpiece, again nothing external to snag on anything.
4. They fold up nicely for travel.
5. Noise reduction works very well. I even use them at my office to block out the white noise and fans of my building.
6. Audio quality is fairly good, nice rich tones but a little lacking on bass. I enjoyed my videos and music with them very much. An audiophile might be dissappointed, but if you're using noise reduction in the first place, you probably are in a noisy environment where you can't appreciate perfect audio anyway. All in all, the sound is very good however.
All that is very good.

What's not so good. The headphones look like over the ear designs, and for the most part are. The earcups are actually very small and barely fit over your ear. I'm OK with that, and the padding is very soft. On the inside however, the cup where your ear sits is not very deep due to the electronics and such in them (battery on one side, retractable cord on the other). The top of my ear touches this inside panel and while not instantly uncomfortable, by the time I landed, both ears were a little sore from this. I flew from Chicago to Tokyo and by half way... both ears were sore. I continued to wear them because they worked so well and the noise reduction and audio with my computer was so good, but this is the only drawback I saw.

112 of 117 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good mid-range headphones, January 10, 2004

By	Nicola Allen (Fairfax, Virginia United States) - See all my reviews

I bought these to use with my Ipod, especially on long haul flights. They fold down to a compact size so are excellent for travel. Sound quality is excellent when listening to music. The full shell earphone is comfortable and the noise cancelling function cuts out a lot of low frequency sound. Priced in the middle of the range I think these are great value.

174 of 188 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fair for the price, January 27, 2004

By	Music Educator - See all my reviews

Noise cancellation is adequate considering the price.

Positives:
Handy retractable cord
Decent battery life
Comfortable

Negatives
Noise cancellation uneven between earcups

This is the second pair of these headphones I have tried. I returned the first pair because it seemed as though the cancellation was not equal on the left side. I even flipped the phones around and sure enough, one side sounded different. My second pair behaved in the same way and I concluded that the microphone on the top of the earcup must have been obstructed by the headband.

Overall, a good entry level setup however my next purchase will be the Sennheiser PXC 250. They offer better cancellation abilities and music reproduction. Or, if you really wish to go all out, there are the Bose. . .