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BEWARE of buying ANY Philips headphones.

Advantages: They sound fine
Disadvantages: Irreplaceable rubber caps fall of WAY TOO easily

...Beware Beware before buying ANY Philips in-ear headphones. They come with little rubber ear caps... that just loosely "hang" on the end of each headphone to seal into your ear. These things get lost EXTREMELY easily, easpecially if you are running or doing any type of exercise activity. When you lose them in a matter of a few months, you are completely out of luck & WILL NOT find anywhere that seels them. As a matter of fact, I was told Philips purposely ...

reather 24.03.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Philips SHS 8000 00

Good Earphones Flawed by Noise Cancellation

Advantages: Good Sound Quality, Noise Cancelation Worked Well
Disadvantages: Impractically bulky, Eats up batteries

...purchased a pair of these Philips SHN2500 earphones from a local Maplins store about 3 months ago for £29.99 - recommended by one of the clerks of the store for good quality and I had read some good reviews and seen some pictures of it online. I must say that they weren't exactly what I was expecting. This is the only aspect of the earphones which really bugged me - the noise canceling device of the earphones. I had looked at images online and carefully ...
...large and clunky this box thing actually was. It measure 8cm long, 3.5cm wide and 1.5cm deep and takes a single AAA battery to power it. This box really did annoy me, as its chunky size and weight due to the battery inside. It is positioned, very awkwardly as well. When the earphones are in the ears, if for example you have your music player in your pocket, the box would continuously keep pulling the ear buds out. Fortunately you can leave the noise ...

nollie99 04.02.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Philips SHN 2500

Music for the mases

Advantages: Cheap and good value
Disadvantages: Not best design

I bought the Philips SHE 2550 headphones as all my previous headphones had broken and I needed a new, good okay pair. I would have bought them online however I wanted them asap so I got them from the local Argos for £5. My first impressions of the headphones was that they don't look that good. Which granted, they don't, they look pretty similar to the ones you get with a free radio from a petrol station. It is also probibly worth mentioning that ...
...When first using them with my PSP, I was obviously being rather judgemental as they were my new earphones. I played a number of 'bangin' tunes' to tell them out and I was satisfied with the quality. They handle base okay and can manage at loud volumes. Overall, while they are not fantasticly amazing in-ear 'phones like the £70-£350 earphones are. They are good enough for my music listening so I would believe that they would satisfy most. ...

kyran07 13.11.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Philips SHE 2550

Poor build quality, fair sound. Overall - don't bother

Advantages: Sound quality is good to being with
Disadvantages: Poor build quality will tell over time

To begin with the positives. The sound quality, especially the bass was good to begin with good pick up on dance music which is quite bass heavy. Also, the the soft in-ear pieces fit to the inner ear quite well and there are three alternate attachments to suit the users ear size (however, these easily come off and I lost most of them). That was about it in terms of positives, and to be honest I was struggling to remember those. Now to the negatives. ...
...don't feel like I got my moneys worth at all. The build quality is poor and the product has deteriorated rapidly over time. The sound quality has become very poor and fuzzy, and the in-ear pieces no longer fit and the others have been lost, as they kept falling off. Also, the wire easily becomes tangled and is very difficult to untangle. Finally, there is a connector in the wire which allows you to shorten the headphone wire length form long to short. ...

markfountain 15.05.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Philips SHE 9501

Philips SHE9700 earphones

Advantages: Nice and clean overall sound, very deep bass, crystal clear highs
Disadvantages: A little coloured in the upper bass and mid-high frequencies

...Recently I bought the Philips SHE9700 for only 9,95$ in a local store. The only reason I bought it was the low price. Believe me or not, these are my new reference for on-the-go audio! They are very good and clean sounding, with tight, deep bass response and crystal clear highs. The mid-highs are a little coloured and upper bass can be sometimes bloomy with acoustic jazz double bass, but this earphones are very easy to equalize and then they can ...
...a comparison point, for home listening I have a Sennheiser HD280 Pro (200$), wich is very good, and the Philips SHE9700 are surprisingly similar in sound signature. I can't believe I paid only 10$ for this sound quality! But even at its suggested retail price, I would highly recommend them. ...

Kloug 18.05.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Philips SHE 9700