Yahba Opus Earphones

19 MARCH 2005

Yahba Opus Earphones

You might've seen from the previous reviews on the site that I'm very interested in sound. In fact, I'm always on a quest for better sound. Today, I will be looking at a set of earphones called the Yahba Opus earphones. Yes, the earphones are made by a company called Yahba. You probably have not heard of the company for probably two main reasons: the first being that they are an extremely small company; second is that they only offer a single product which are the earphones which I am talking about now.

In general, earphones can be obtained quite easily. They are cheap and earphones can be found packaged with MP3 players and such. Instead, we are looking for a better set of earphones that can produce better sound. The Yahba Opus earphones retail at a low price of $29.99 making them very affordable.

Packaging/Contents

The packaging of the Yahba Opus earphones is as basic as you can get. You have the typical clear plastic container. You can see what the earphones look like exactly at the front of the product box.

The back of the plastic container shows a list of the features of the earphones. The list is quite short since you can only say so much about earphones.

The earphones were held in place in the molding of a clear plastic container. The cable is neatly tied up.

The earphones look different than your typical earphones. It has a nice silver shiny edge. These earphones are meant to be placed partially in the ear. If you are familiar with the Etymotic earphones, those are placed much deeper in the ear than these earphones. The earphones are white, but the wire is more of a light gray. They will still match well if you aren iPod owner.

As you can tell from the pictures, the earphones are oddly shaped. The rubber part is slightly offset from the white base of the earphones. This helps determine how far you can place the earphones in your ear. The black rubber piece on the earphones is the part which will come in contact with the inside of the your ear. Since it is soft and is made of rubber, it should fit comfortable and will be easy to clean.

Performance

At the price level of $30 for these earphones, you can already expect that these earphones will not come close to the sound quality of the Etymotic earphones. Compared with the earphones that come with the Apple iPod, I found that these earphones did generally sound better, especially with the enhanced bass response. The bass had a more tighter bass thump than the iPod earphones. Sound quality in general was good for these type of low-budget earphones.

These earphones feature sound isolation. These earphones don't actively isolate noise, but since they go in your ear, they do lower the noise level of ambient noise if you are in a somewhat noisy area. I'm still able to hear the case fan in my computer right next to me, but it is definitely less distracting with the use of the earphones.

I find that the earphones are best used for general use. They are certainly very portable. Even though I do have headphones that do sound better than these earphones, it does not match the versatility of these earphones. You can easily but them in your pocket and take them wherever you go. You can use it with your computer, your MP3 player, or other multimedia devices. In other words, you have a decent pair of earphones always with you that provide some better sound.

These earphones are very comfortable to put in the ear. I had no problem leaving them in my ear for long periods of time. In fact, I hardly noticed they were in my ear at times. The earphones don't fit quite as snug as the feeling you get with earphones, but they were able to stay in place even when actively walking.

Conclusion

The Yahba Opus earphones are very useful. They are extremely portable, so that you may take them anywhere. They may not be best sounding earphones, but they certainly still sound decent. These earphones retail at a price of $29.99. You can definitely find it for much less at other places. These earphones are also useful as backup earphones if your current one breaks.

Reviewed by ronald@digitalreviews.net

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