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RCA WHP160 900MHz Wireless Headphones

RCA WHP160 900MHz Wireless Headphones

List Price: $89.99
Your Price: $66.49
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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great Product
Review: I really liked this product because it is a very reasonable price and it is much better to have wireless products so you don't have to worry about snagging cords or a bad connection. I have had no problems with this product and I recommend this product.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Disappointing...
Review: I received these as a Christmas gift. At first, they felt okay, but after a very short time, they started to really hurt my ears. They are not as padded as they appear. They don't adjust down quite small enough to fit well (maybe my head is just too small!). I got quite a bit of static and interference just turning my head-forget actually walking around! Had to constantly readjust the frequency. Overall, I found them to be more trouble than they are worth. I was disappointed and am returning them.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Poor sound and quality
Review: I tried the Advent AW770, Advent AW720 and the RCA WHP160 phones. I was surprised that all 3 sounded fairly good given the price. These were the best for me. Reason #1: the Auto-Tune feature means you don't have to fuss with the little dial on the headphones. #2 They fit my head (the AW720s were too small). Note that I have a big head--if you have a small head, they won't fit you because they wouldn't adjust any smaller.

Believe the other review that says you have to have the volume up on your source. Otherwise the signal-to-noise ratio is a problem.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Best of the lot
Review: I tried the Advent AW770, Advent AW720 and the RCA WHP160 phones. I was surprised that all 3 sounded fairly good given the price. These were the best for me. Reason #1: the Auto-Tune feature means you don't have to fuss with the little dial on the headphones. #2 They fit my head (the AW720s were too small). Note that I have a big head--if you have a small head, they won't fit you because they wouldn't adjust any smaller.

Believe the other review that says you have to have the volume up on your source. Otherwise the signal-to-noise ratio is a problem.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: A waste of money
Review: I wish I had read the reviews here before buying these headphones. They are very uncomfortable, there is tons of static (even at close range), and they are made of cheap plastic. I bought these for my husband and was so embarrassed afterward because he was trying hard to pretend that they were okay, but I kept seeing him adjust the earpieces and get up to adjust the signal, play with the autotune, etc. He finally admitted that they weren't very good so I gave them a shot and wholeheartedly agreed. We wasted our money, but maybe smart consumers who use the reviews will be spared our fate.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Don't let the brand name fool you.
Review: These are cheap, bargain-basement quality. First of all, they're uncomfortable. Not terribly so like some others, and after a while you get used to it but they are definitely not comfortable. But they're foldable! Foldable! So what, you say? I don't know either. Ask RCA, because I can't figure out for the life of me what use "foldable" is. If they were unfolded on a stand they'd take about the same space, and they're not folded when in use, so... what's the point? Also, they shut themselves off after 15-20 seconds of silence to conserve power. Sounds good, right? Wrong. The base shuts itself off, but the headphones continue to drain their batteries. Apparently RCA felt the base which has a constantly flow of power from a wall outlet needed to conserve while the headset working on a limited batteries didn't. Either this makes no sense, or the base is taking far far more power than it should.

Sound quality? Well I'll say this, the speakers in them are capable of very good sound. The volume is respectable. Not low, but if being able to hear music loud is a major concern then you're in trouble. The actual quality of the sound is comparable to a set of speakers you'd pay around $100-$150 for in your average computer store. However the signal to these speakers is delivered via the Pony Express. I got wireless because I use headphones constantly at my computer and they quickly develop loose wires in the cords. I am at most two feet from the base and the signal is still awful. Most of the time the signal is around the quality of FM radio. Sometimes the signal comes in good, and this is how I know the speakers themselves are reasonably good. Mind you, I'm doing all I can to optimize the signal. I keep all other volumes at maximum and only adjust volume on the headphones to maximize the signal to the base. I constantly adjust the tuning on the base. The auto-tune button on the headset is a joke. About 60% of the time it makes little or no difference in quality. About 25% of the time it actually makes the sound worse. 15% it makes it noticably better. Impressive, no? Once you get a good signal, don't expect to keep it either. The signal slowly but surely degrades until it gets back to radio-ish. Perhaps it's because I'm near computer equipment, as another review I saw mentioned they have trouble near computers. Which makes them such a great option considering how many people rely on mp3s and the like. Half the people I know don't even own a normal CD player anymore, they just use the ones in their computers.

I wish I was done with the negatives, but I've actually saved the best (worst) for last. They're made of cheap plastic. After a month or two of normal use, it was the beginning of the end. By normal use, I mean that they were never dropped, stepped on, thrown, or abused in any way. I was never even rough with them, and no one else used them. I admit they were used a lot though. What happened was I noticed they were poking at my head on one point. Upon looking, there was a light area in the plastic where it had grown weak and was on the verge of breaking. The stabbing sort of feeling it gave when worn was painful and the area ached for a while even after being taken off. So I had a headband with a thick hard plastic center cut to fit and secured with a thick layer of electrical tape in an attempt to form a brace. It worked for a while, but the other plastic strip (as you can see in the picture, it has two small strips over the head rather than one large one) did the same thing. I made a similar brace for that one, and again it worked for a while. After a while though, the headbands also broke under the constant stabbing pressure from the weakened/broken sections of the original plastic strips. Overall, I'm quite unimpressed. At least the corded headphones with the loose wires never stabbed me in the head. Unfortunately, upon checking with the other wireless headphones in similar price ranges they had similar reviews of problems. Even a set that costs over twice the price had a bunch of reviews about how they were made of cheap plastic that broke a lot. My recommendation is that unless you need the wireless ability don't bother with it. If you're looking for something to match your wireless keyboard and mouse or to just look cool, you're in for a nasty surprise. Because none of them seem to be of the quality you'd expect for their prices.

Pros:
* Good speaker quality.
* Maybe you can find a use for the whole foldability thing.
* Respectable battery life, provided you leave them charging when not in use.
* Competition is not much better, if any better at all.
* Volume isn't bad. Isn't great, but it's certainly not bad.
* Reasonably light weight.

Cons:
* Reception/signal is like tin cans and string.
* Headset is cheap plastic that commits suicide.
* The highly advertised auto-tune button is worthless.
* Uncomfortable, but not terribly so. You get used to it after a while, like dress clothes.
* Advertised range is ludicrously unrealistic (though the same can be said for all wireless headphones it seems).
* Price:quality ratio.
* Base automatic shut off is annoying and useless. Ever heard of a power button, RCA?

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Avoid these like the plague!
Review: These headphone absolutely kill my ears after about thirty minutes of use! I got these to wear at night so I could watch TV and not wake up my girlfriend, I can't wear these more than 30 minutes before my ears start hurting, try watching a whole movie and you will be rubbing your ears for at least an hour afterwards trying to recover. The product besides comfort is just fine, sound quality, range, everything else works just fine (not great), but the comfort level of these headphones is by far the worst I have ever seen.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: RCA should be ashamed
Review: These headphones 1)sound horrible due to tuning and reception problems, 2)are uncomfortable, and 3)are much to expensive for what you get. If I had known how poor the quality of these headphones is I wouldn't have paid more than 20 dollars for them. I thought mine were broken because of a constant static noise that buzzed no matter how I tuned them. I returned them for another pair that sounded exactly the same.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: A waste of money
Review: These headphones hurt my ears. They press on the cartiledge in your ears.

I gave these headphones away to a coworker. He used them once and gave them away again! The range is about 100 ft, but vs 2.4Ghz headphones, these breakup with static anytime they feel like it! So the range should be 5ft without breakup. I guarantee if you give these to someone you will find them in a closet one month later!

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: oooOWWWW!
Review: These headphones hurt my ears. They press on the cartiledge in your ears.

I gave these headphones away to a coworker. He used them once and gave them away again! The range is about 100 ft, but vs 2.4Ghz headphones, these breakup with static anytime they feel like it! So the range should be 5ft without breakup. I guarantee if you give these to someone you will find them in a closet one month later!


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