[cmirza]

Today at Fry's I saw a big stack of Panasonic RP-HTX7's at the end of the headphone isle. They're very eyecatching with their retro design. They look like the old headphones my high school had in the foreign language room, except with a nice leather headband and much nicer paint job. They're only $50, so I wouldn't expect the world from them, but if they were at least above average, it would be very nice. Anyone out there hear these already and care to share their impressions?

Pictures...

 

[facelvega]

Take the plunge, man! If that's really leather and the build quality is decent, you could always swap in some koss 60 ohm drivers if they sound awful.

ps, go for the mustard yellow. For days.

 

[digitalmind]

That is one cool looking headphone! Go for it, I'd say, and be sure to let us know how it sounds.

 

[spaceconvoy]

Got to audition them briefly in Akihabara... I don't remember the details, but my general impression was that it's quite good for a closed headphone in its price range - definitely above average. Go for it! (and then tell us the details)

 

[nickchen]

Quote:

Originally Posted by facelvega ...you could always swap in some koss 60 ohm drivers if they sound awful.

I doubt that KSC or PP drivers would perform well in a closed housing.

 

[dmunky]

I just noticed a stack of these at Fry's the other day too. And then I saw them on www.uncrate.com. These are some impressive looking headphones. I wonder if they sound as good as they look.

 

[ydss]

Good Looking But Bad Sound
I Have Used For 5days,then mail it to the shop.

htx7 is about 40$ in china

 

[Zuerst]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ydss /img/forum/go_quote.gif Good Looking But Bad Sound I Have Used For 5days,then mail it to the shop. htx7 is about 40$ in china

hmmm... is your pair defective?

i think they sound pretty good, and for reference, I owned the w5000, gs1000, hd650...etc before.

Yes they're probably not nearly in the same league, but i think they sound pretty good.

EDIT: and they look even better in person. i got the "creme" earcup one.

 

[nsjong]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zuerst /img/forum/go_quote.gif hmmm... is your pair defective? i think they sound pretty good, and for reference, I owned the w5000, gs1000, hd650...etc before. Yes they're probably not nearly in the same league, but i think they sound pretty good. EDIT: and they look even better in person. i got the "creme" earcup one.

Maybe they're fake as he's in China.

Indeed they look impressive, even more in person.

But I'm holding out on them due to reasons of empty wallet at the moment...

Those are indeed in my list of "soon to get"... 4th to be precise.

 

[in_utero]

I wish more headphones were like this... I'm so sick of seeing the same "old black and silver with a lot of curves" design...

 

[Jim McC]

How is the overall comfort, sound and bass on these? How deep are the cups? Do they push in on the ears? Do they even touch the ears? Thanks.

 

[ClieOS]

They are very comfortable... whether they touch your ear or not depend sorely on the shape and size of you ear, but it doesn't touch mine. Have a look at this and this.

 

[Jim McC]

Thanks ClieOS. Would you be willing to measure the depth of the ear space? I got the Koss UR40 yesterday, and I'm probably going to return them because the ear space is too shallow. But they do sound very nice.

 

[ClieOS]

It is 2.4cm

 

[Jim McC]

Thanks. Do you know what that is in inches?