JWIN JHV100 Closed-Type Pro Digital Studio Monitor Headphones
By: jWIN Average Rating: 4.0 Total Reviews: 14
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 On: 2008-01-11
I read all the reviews prior to buying these headphones. They were accurate. These are o.k. for the money, which isnt much. Doing it over, I would spend a good bit more and get a good set. I do not enjoy listening to music on these due to the crackle. They keep the neighbors happy in my building, but serious music lovers should spend more.
 On: 2007-12-06
I give these JWIN headphones five stars because for $12 including shipping, these headphones do a decent job. These are great entry closed headphones because they give you a reasonably comfortable feel around the ear, are light for economically cheap headphones, and just overall a good built for the price. I personally dont enjoy the feel of earbuds in my ears and I decided to upgrade from the standard open headphones that come with Sony walkmans. Just to dip my toes in the water, a friend recommended these so I could get a feel without blowing money on something unpredictable in taste, feel, reliability, etc...
Before I even read the other reviews, I too thought these lacked a clear treble, but the midrange is punchy and the bass full fills the low end of the midrange well. It seems to reproduce a snare drum well, not muddle too much on toms and you can pick out the bass drum. Anything midrange sounds fine, but no definite gloss to a guitar, but it doesnt lack in an annoying fashion. The bass guitar by itself is okay for practicing, but again isnt so clear in a mix always, but supports well enough for a $12 set of phones. For general rock and overall "filled" recordings with a lot going on, they are fine. Even on my classical piano music they sound well. For any electronic or jazz music Id look to going up the latter a little bit more (though I have no recommendations). The lowest frequency response is 20 hertz, and I wouldnt bank on that. A recording like Lusines "Make It Easy" remixed by John Tejada easily shows the limitations of the bass, thats why I recommend buying a better headphone if you plan on listening to a bass groove genre, but dont want to spend over $50.
When you first get these and want to find what I believe is the truest response with what I think is a balanced EQ recording, try Nirvanas "Smells Like Teen Spirit". It may surprise you for what you get out of $12.
If youre new to the game of headphones, this is a good place to start. Now Im building myself up from these without any regrets.
On: 2007-10-12
have owned these headphones since Jan 12, 2001. Why so specific about the date? Two reasons: 1) it was my first time haggling with a business owner over price, and 2) so I get a little credibility for the review :)
Anyway, I am listening to music on these headphones as I type this. The bass is SUPERB!! I listen to ALOT of jazz and I also love hip-hop. When listening to jazz I like to hear the bass and sax/trumpet leader (or piano leader). Not that drums arent important, but they get heard no matter what headphones are used. With these bad boys I am able to hear the low/mid/high end with quite a bit of clarity. The bass sounds rich and clear instead of muddy and boomy. The mid/high end speak beautifully and never sounds tinny. Ill admit that after over 6.5 yrs of relatively continuous use (approx. 50 hrs/week) I notice a decrease in quality of sound, but thats to be expected after so much abuse. With that in mind, I still havent found any headphones for the money that sound as good as these.
I personally never use the volume knobs on the headphones, I just keep them on max and keep my iPod, computer, or CD player(remember those round things) at a lower level. Also I didnt like the fact that the headphones look so cheap. That is a completely aesthetic gripe though because they are very durable. The only crack I got was from someone sittin on them while they were in my backpack. Another gripe would be the fact that after about 5.5 yrs the headphones seemed to stop producing sound. In fact what happened is I knocked the driver loose so I have to push up on the volume knobs occasionally to get the sound back to normal. Remember though this is after 5.5 YEARS of at least 50hrs/week.
Here is a summary:
Pros: clear in all ranges, sturdy as hell, long cord protected by thick rubber coating, consistent across different devices, inexpensive but not cheap, asymmetrical wiring
Cons: didnt use the volume knobs, LOOKS cheap, no-name company, if you touch the headpiece it is heard very clearly (hard to explain...its not a major problem though)
I bought them for $12 from the guy who tried to sell them for $24. Theyre definitely worth WAY more than what I paid, but it was a no name company so there was no way Id pay more than what I did. Ive become more of an audiophile and am lookin to upgrade to some much more expensive headphones. If I dont find anything to my liking, Im going to get these again. I would recommend them to anyone I know.
On: 2007-10-11
have owned these headphones since Jan 12, 2001. Why so specific about the date? Two reasons: 1) it was my first time haggling with a business owner over price, and 2) so I get a little credibility for the review :)
Anyway, I am listening to music on these headphones as I type this. The bass is SUPERB!! I listen to ALOT of jazz and I also love hip-hop. When listening to jazz I like to hear the bass and sax/trumpet leader (or piano leader). Not that drums arent important, but they get heard no matter what headphones are used. With these bad boys I am able to hear the low/mid/high end with quite a bit of clarity. The bass sounds rich and clear instead of muddy and boomy. The mid/high end speak beautifully and never sounds tinny. Ill admit that after over 6.5 yrs of relatively continuous use (approx. 50 hrs/week) I notice a decrease in quality of sound, but thats to be expected after so much abuse. With that in mind, I still havent found any headphones for the money that sound as good as these.
I personally never use the volume knobs on the headphones, I just keep them on max and keep my iPod, computer, or CD player(remember those round things) at a lower level. Also I didnt like the fact that the headphones look so cheap. That is a completely aesthetic gripe though because they are very durable. The only crack I got was from someone sittin on them while they were in my backpack. Another gripe would be the fact that after about 5.5 yrs the headphones seemed to stop producing sound. In fact what happened is I knocked the driver loose so I have to push up on the volume knobs occasionally to get the sound back to normal. Remember though this is after 5.5 YEARS of at least 50hrs/week.
Here is a summary:
Pros: clear in all ranges, sturdy as hell, long cord protected by thick rubber coating, consistent across different devices, inexpensive but not cheap, asymmetrical wiring
Cons: didnt use the volume knobs, LOOKS cheap, no-name company, if you touch the headpiece it is heard very clearly (hard to explain...its not a major problem though)
I bought them for $12 from the guy who tried to sell them for $24. Theyre definitely worth WAY more than what I paid, but it was a no name company so there was no way Id pay more than what I did. Ive become more of an audiophile and am lookin to upgrade to some much more expensive headphones. If I dont find anything to my liking, Im going to get these again. I would recommend them to anyone I know.
On: 2007-09-19
These are a great pair of headphones for a great price. Its a steal. Definately would do business with seller again.
On: 2007-07-26
I bought two sets of these headphones based on the reviews. This is the first time that the other reviewers have let me down. These headphones are not that great. Yes, they have individual volume controls which you can use as a "balance". And they have a l-o-n-g cord which should be mandatory on ALL headphones. And they do sound better than the dinky "ear buds" that came with my MP3 player. Maybe there is something wrong with my hearing, but the sound that I heard coming out of these things did NOT have a rich bass and the highs sounded like they were "chopped". So, all you end up with is a LOT of mid-range. And I am not a really big guy, but they just barely fit on my head. I felt like I was trying to put something that had been made for a kid on my head. I was very disappointed with these.
 On: 2007-06-17
they sound like you are in a tunnel. If you are a real music lover and dont use music just for backround noise or distraction on the treadmill, you will not like these. Luckily, I didnt buy them for myself.
On: 2007-06-11
Believe it or not I prefer these over the Sennheiser HD201 Headphones.
The HD201 have the annoying "sssss" problem that I cannot pass over, and it is also poor base side.
The problem with the jWIN is simply that it struggles at upper ranges.
The trembles are also not really good (a bit much of an overdrive on the tremble).
I got the jWIN for free and never really thought much of it.
I have to say, I am pleasantly surprised.
On: 2007-03-25
I have owned and intensely used (often wearing out and sometimes even destroying) lots of very expensive professional headphones by Stanton, Pickering, Koss, Pioneer, Sony, Fostex, Clevite-Brush, AKG and Sennheiser in my previous career in broadcasting and recording studio work. I currently also have at home a pair of Koss Pro4AA and a pair of Sennheiser open ear phones.
My wife got these JWIN phones free as a rewards points premium from the bank. She gave them to me and I worked hard to keep from laughing. Id never heard of JWIN. I probably never would have bought these in a million years in a store. They sat in the box unopened for months. The headphones I was using on my computer were a mic/headphone combo by Jensen which I bought at Wal-Mart for about $20 and the cable was too short which lead to eventually messing up the cord, but they sounded terrible with my bass guitar anyway. So I had this free set of JWIN JVH100s laying around and decided to try them. The JWIN phones really sound lots better than I expected with my computer. Im using the computer to practice guitar and electric bass as I play along to pre-recorded music and also to record.
These are NOT the best sounding headphones Ive ever used, but far from the worst. They lack that lustre in the high end and seem to top out in the upper midrange but the sealed ear design yields better bass than open air phones so that makes them great for bass guitar practice. I prefer a straight cord over a curly cord when working with a guitar so these work for that. These JWINS are very light, very comfortable and can be worn far longer than the Koss PRO4AA phones without going nuts. The Koss phones sound much better all around but are like clamping a 4 pound weight to your head with a vice compared to the cheap JWINS. The equally light open air Sennheiser phones tend to fall off if I lean forward or backward and they certainly dont have as much bass punch but again the high frequency response on the Sennheisers is much better. The Sennheisers will also feedback like mad when using a microphone with lots of compression and processing. The closed ear JWINS wont.
These JWIN phones are NOT for citical listening, mixing or professional use by any stretch of the imagination. While they have a nice sturdy cable from the connector into the left earcup, the wire that runs from the left earcup through the headband into the right earcup is ultra thin and I expect it to break any minute like a strand of overcooked thin spaghetti. But Ive been using these phones daily on my home computer for about 6 months and so far so good. I know they would not hold up in a radio studio for long.
If you are looking for a closed ear phone you can wear for hours on end with little fatigue that do not distort too badly these are perfect. If you are looking for something to do critical listening or if you throw your gear around alot, pay ten times more and get pro phones. These come with a stereo mini-plug and mini-plug to phone plug adapter and a pretty long cable. They also have built-in volume controls for each earcup which can cause problems but so far these phones have held up well to daily home use. Ive never seen a pair of phones with built in volume controls that didnt eventually develop problems in the controls no matter who made them.
Im almost ashamed to admit it, but I like these cheap little phones just fine for non-critical use. When they do break, if I cant fix them Ill try to get another set like them. For $15 bucks or less, you wont do better for home use and these are among the most comfortable sealed ear phones Ive ever put on. When I first saw these phones in the box I thought they would sound awful. While not super, they do sound OK. Id say they are on par with the $60 Fostex phones one radio station where I worked provided for you to use if you didnt have your own phones.
 On: 2007-03-09
Im surprised at how comfortable, lightweight and well put together these headphones are. They put out a decent frequency response and arent harsh at all. Theyre well constructed and very affordable. Id recommend them for the person who wants fair quality for a great price and not for the audiophile brats who are much too critical for their own ears.
On: 2007-03-06
For this price these are a steal! Purchased mine for $15 (with shipping) and let me tell you, it was worth it! The headphones come with a 1/4 converter too! So you can use them for cd players and amps! The sound quality is good, and the headphones dont hurt half as much as other ones after wearing for several hours. These are an amazing deal for the price, Im honestly surprised these arnt marked for $50. Dont pass these up if your looking for decent quality headphones!
On: 2007-01-18
These are a good buy for the price. Obviously there are higher quality headphones, but these do the job and are good for traveling around because of their price.
On: 2006-10-31
I live in an apartment building and play ( well, practice is a better word ) the bass guitar and needed headphones so I wouldnt bother neighbors or my wife whom sleeps and watchs TV about 6 feet from where I sit and play.
The 10 foot long cord was perfect for distance for sitting or standing and moving around while playing, so I wouldnt have to use an extention cable ( and usualy end up with feedback/distortion associated to an unshielded connector in an extention cable)
The volume control on each earpiece lets me adjust the volume so I dont have to mess with my amp or guitar volume settings I like to use when not using headphones. Makes it real nice too when using an instructional CD or DVD i can turn the bass sound off in one ear to hear the instructions clearly witout needing to seriously skew the headphones off my head.
Very light weight. Some headphones can weight the head down making you feel like one of them bobble heads. Fits firmly on the head without any pinching or binding anywere.
Cord enters headphones on the left ear side, so you dont have to deal with the classic Y split cord. Easy to flip to the side or drape over the back out of the way.
Earpices fit nicly over my ears (no pinching, gouging or squishing with plenty of clearance around the ear) and does a very nice job blocking out noise ( when my wife is awake she watchs the TV, rather loudly, which is right next to me and I bairly notice it). Plenty of padding around the ear pieces. Many headphones inside near the ear has hard plastic between the ear and speaker which usualy digs into the ear, but these headphones I honestly dont feel anything against my ears. Even after several hours of use each night.
Sound quality. Bose or pioneer they are not, but then if you wanted such high quality you wouldnt be shopping in the $20 and under headphones :)
That being said they are very good for sound. Sounded very good on a portable CD player.
Only drawbacks I can see is that a person with large/tall ears wont get thier ears covered by the earpads. The inside opening of the earpads is aprox 2 1/4 inchs tall by 1 3/4. IMO they could have been made bigger.
Also, if you have a tall head ( good distance from top of head to ear ) you may find fully extended the headphones might not reach your ears.
I have a head like Drew Carry ( give you an idea head size/shape Im talking about) and if the extension to each earpiece would have been any shorter they wouldnt have fit.
I wear glasses as well by the way and the headphones dont interfere, bind, pinch or anything like that with my glasses.
So, I highly recomend them if low cost headphones is what you are after( I dont recomend things often :) )
On: 2006-10-21
These are great headphones.
I am very picky about sound but do not want to pay high prices.
Therefore there has to be a compromise, but not much.
These sound great in all types of music and go louder than many over the head phones.
I compared it with 5 or 6 other headphones below $30.
I compared against Jensen full size headphones that I put aside comparing for less than one minute.
Then I compared against Phillips HSP2500.
[ Phillips sounded louder but bass was muddier. Music and vocal didnt separate clearly.]
Again, I compared this with Sony MDR-XD200.
Sony MDR-XD200 was louder due to its sensitivity but didnt give clear sound.
The only headphone I liked besides these were Koss UR21C but that lacked loudness and long cord.
For $7 and above average sound quality, you can never go wrong.
Oh yeah, it is very comfortable.
I wear these at work for long hours and doesnt hurt even with my glasses.
On: 2006-10-08
Obviously not the best headphones, but for the price, they arent half bad.
Pros: Super long heavy duty single cord, around 9 or 10 feet.
Volume control. Each ear has its own control too.
Comfortable.
Cheap.
Cons: Sound is a little "fish bowly" or "tinny". Especially when turned
up to full volume.
Not extremely loud.
Overall Im happy with them considering I found them for less than $10 shipped. If youre a sound nut and like loud volume and are picky about quality these arent for you. If you want some decent over the ear closed headphones without shelling out tons of cash, Id recommend these.
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