Philips SBCHC8440/05 Wireless HiFi Headphones – Black and Silver

Adam Jackson

at 1:17 am

Recently acquired these for my 40th (:-() birthday and very pleased!

Very comfortable (and adjustable) with plenty of padding on the ears.

The sound quality is excellent – particularly on vocals and bass guitar.

I’m very into Symphonic/Progressive Metal as well as Classical so good sound is a MUST!

The headphones are completeley wireless and powered by rechargeable batteries (present in the box) and there’s a small wireless transmitter with a DC adaptor that stays connected to the mains. You simply use the cable to attach the transmitter to your audio source; DVD, HiFi etc and the signal is sent to the headset – really simple. You also charge the headphones, via a lead, off the transmitter unit. You get a Jack adaptor so the transmitter cable will fit every socket. Don’t worry about leaving the DC adaptor connected to the mains – It only powers up (red light indicator) when it’s connected to a stereo or DVD player etc that is switched ON. When you turn the audio/video appliance OFF, after a minute or so, the red light fades and the transmitter powers off – so you don’t need to pull the plug out when not in use. The headphones have their own on/off button, and a volume setting that works in conjunction with the audio source.

The wireless range is excellent – even when leaving the bedroom, the sound was excellent all around the house. I even sat outside on the patio the other night at the back of the house and got a reasonable reception! And bear in mind, the stereo connected to the wireless transmitter was in a bedroom at the FRONT of the house! Yes, there was a reduced quality BUT it was still good enough to allow me the joy of the night air!

Very happy with them – Excellent for good quality music…..
Rating: 4 / 5

nosey joe

at 1:59 am

I got these second-hand and without instructions so was initially a little miffed, but they are so intuitively easy to set up and use that I was in business in seconds. Not only are they super-comfortable but the range is good, there’s no interference that I can detect, and even the sound quality is good with strong bass and stereo presence
Rating: 4 / 5

john godwyn

at 6:07 am

Good points

- Can listen to music/ radio around the house with no wires attached

- Controllable at the ear cups.

Bad points

- Get uncomfortable after a while

- Bulky power pack

- light background whispering all the time (but you get used to it)

- not great sound quality

- not great looking
Rating: 3 / 5