April 17, 2007

Onkyo MHP-AV1 Digital Wireless Headphone Review

Over at Audiocubes we came across a very nice set of wireless headphones from Onkyo.
These headphones operate in the 2.4GHz range and offer 5.1 Dolby Digital sound! That will allow you to listen to the most demanding of digital media without any real loss in quality.

You hook up the base unit to your stereo via a digital connection or over standard RCA cables. The headphones are completely adjustable allowing you to fit them to your head and block out just about all external noise. These aren't noise canceling headphones, just form fitting so that the nice big cushy ear pads do most of the sound blocking for you.

The headset's rechargeable batteries should last around 9 hours before they need to be charged again. The base unit has a power cord so no batteries are needed there. From looking at the specs on both the transmitter and receiver we were very impressed.

Transmitter

Transmission band: 2.4GHz band (2400MHz~2483.5MHz)
Corresponding audio format: Dolby digital, DTS and AAC, 44.1/48kHz linear PCM, analog 2ch
Input terminal: Optical digital 1, Coaxial digital 1, RCA pin 1, 3.5mm stereo mini- 2 (front 1/rear 1)
Output terminal: Optical digital 1

Receiver

Driver unit aperture: 40mm
Playback frequency zone: 20Hz - 20kHz
Power source: Private nickel hydrogen electric battery x2
Electric battery duration: 9 hours
Charge time: 6 hours

We are seeing more and more high quality wireless headphones hitting the market as of late. Just a few years ago the thought that there would be a lot of affordable wireless headphones that actually sounded great seemed like a pipe dream. Not anymore. We are very excited for the future as more companies start offering wireless headphones as the digital music landscape continues to evolve.

You can pick these bad boys up over at AudioCubes.com.