JVC Wired Lightweight Headphones - Black, ‎HA-L50-B-E

I First brought a pair of these headphones about six years ago and still in use , I loved them so much I purposely searched Amazon for the exact same headphones when I decided to buy a second pair so I could leave a set in my bedroom as love listening to music at night.They are very light weight which I love and extremely comfortable to wear both the headband and on the ear, they are also the first headphones I have owned that stay put once on and never slip or move whether walking, sitting or even laying in bed, and maybe because of the form covers they don't make my ears hot either and never become uncomfortable even when worn for a long time .I was a little woried at first that the foam on the ear pads seemed quite thin but time has proven that they are extremely long lasting and can easaliy be replaced when needed as they just slip off and news ones slipped on .Importantly sound quality is brilliant used them with laptop, CD players , Tv , two different phone mp3 players and the sound has always been exceptionally good , I love listening to music and I would even say they inhance the sound and never distorts .I personly don't like " in the ear " ear plugs or headphones and in my mind there are an ideal alternative with being small, neat and very lightweight and although they dont fold down completly flat they do fold down to a size that means they can be easaliy carried in the hand, pocket , case, handbag etc.Bonus is they are also a very low priced set of headphones , low in price high in quality.Transaction went smoothly and they arrived very quickly.

Very lightweight, comfortable and with a surprisingly good sound, these headphones represent very good value. I give four stars because the foam on the ear pieces wears out quite quickly with frequent use, however, at the price it's quite economical to replace them with a new pair.

I use these to practice my digital wind synthesiser without annoying everyone else in the house. They are comfortable and very light to wear and the sound quality is absolutely fine. Those are really the only two criteria and they score 5/5 on both.

My older wired over ear headphones had earpads which were falling to bits so I chucked them and ordered these. I've just been listening to a Mozart piano concerto with them - excellent quality. Arcade Fire, Rebellion very clear, not that bassy. These JVCs are very low cost and also really tiny. They are now my standard ones to plug into the PC's mini hifi if it's late and my wife's gone to bed. They will also be useful on holiday. I also have some bigger bluetooth headphones but as my Pixel 6 Pro phone lacks an audio jack socket I just ordered a USB-C to stereo audio jack adaptor, so these will be my usual headphones in all sorts of situations, plane, train and on holiday. That's because they are so tiny when folded and so comfortable (on my very big head) in use. They are so small (over my big ears) that I'm not expecting them to keep out exterior sounds that much. But they cost so little for what they deliver!

Having had a recent poor experience with an entry level german made wired set of headphones, which I had purchased to replace my 1980s Sennheiser HD 50 lightweight ones, I decided to go rock bottom and buy the nearest thing to my 1980s phones.Back in the 1980s when the Sony Walkman portable cassette and all it's multibrand imitations came about, lightweight headphones were the norm and you could buy some pretty good ones. Nowadays, trends have changed and all sorts of other headphone styles and types exist.The JVC lightweight headphones from Amazon were a snip at £7 and have reasonable audio quality. Conversely, my HD50s were £35 around 1988, which according to the Bank of England inflation calculator translates to £95, in 2020. So I've no gripe with the £7 JVC price tag.I gave the JVCs to my daughter because her latest headphones had 'failed' (see below). But being foldable and in the hands of a youngster, they have an inherent weakness. The hinge pin can become detached. Each side having a hing pin, which is metal and normally resides comfily in a plastic recess.Metal into plastic is not ideal and over time (7 months) and several dislocations later, this hypermobility has got to a stage where the headphones are no longer viable. That said, you could probably make them last longer were you to treat them well, not lean on them, nor wear them in bed/fall asleep etc.Finally, these have been the first headphones in which the cat has not been interested and this goes to their credit. Our cat has a reputation for cleaning his teeth by chewing cables. He has chewed the internet adsl cable and several sets of headphone leads to oblivion.The old acting adage'never work with children or animals' might well apply to the personal audio world. Some day a manufacturer will take this on board and there will follow a golden age of headphones.

Well worth the buy

They are what they are they are Perry flimsy but can last a white they are light weight not being to heavy on your head. When using the sound quality is good and there are many sizes that can fit anyone , the design is also really nice of you are looking for a more vintage look. The length of cable is also good as it’s quite long the. use is overall good.

Great, if you cannot wear in ear buds