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Welcome to my ever-evolving blog. It started out as a blog on Beachbody workouts and products, mainly when I was a Beachbody coach. I no longer coach, not because I don't believe in Beachbody's programs (I subscribe to Beachbody on Demand and use their workouts every day), I am just not a salesperson and hated that aspect of it. I am more than willing to answer questions about my experiences with their products and the various workouts, and I feel freer to do so without the appearance of giving a biased review of something.

I have also started adding reviews for various things I have purchased like movies, books, CDs, and other products. This was brought about by a fight with Amazon in which all of my reviews were removed over a completely bullshit allegation that I posted a review that violated their terms of service. After going back and forth with the morons in the community-reviews department (even after they admitted that my posts did not violate their guidelines) they restored my account (which took them six months to do), but I have been posting my reviews on my blog to have them preserved in case something like that happens again. And here, I will post uncensored reviews so I will swear from time to time and post reviews that may be longer than Amazon's character limit. Everything I post here on any topic or product is my personal opinion, and I take no compensation for any product reviews I post. I am a member of Amazon's vine program and because I get those products for free, I keep those reviews on Amazon only, but everything I have purchased with my own money, whether from Amazon or some other store/website/outlet, I will post here.  

I also plan to do some longer blog posts on various topics, such as how to learn physics, how to get through calculus, and longer reviews of workout programs as I do them. Basically, whatever strikes me as interesting at the time.  As you can see if you navigate around the blog, I had many years in between postings. During that time I was going back to school to get an engineering degree, and learning material that I avoided my first time through college was a different experience and one that gave me a lot of insight into how to do well in those classes, which I will try to impart here for those who are looking to get a science or engineering degree. 

Sunday, July 10, 2022

Product Review: Panasonic RPHC200K Headphones

 


These are okay for an inexpensive pair of noise-canceling headphones. There is a bit of "you get what you pay for quality" to these. They do not have nearly as good noise cancelation and sound quality as a pair of $300 plus dollar headphones, and as others have said, they have durability issues. Plus, they are wired so you have to plug them into a computer, an mp3 player, etc., to listen through them. As the push has been to go more and more to Bluetooth, those are kind of a dinosaur. I would say that they are best for light use, like sitting at your desk listening to music, that sort of thing. I would not use these in a situation where you would be taking them on and off a lot, because the pads that go over your ears (which are comfortable) will split open after a while. I would say the sound quality is okay, as is the noise cancellation ability, but you definitely can still hear some ambient noise through them and the sound is not as rich as you would get in a pair of Bose headphones. But, then again, you are not paying anything near the same cost for these. So, with those qualifications, these are okay as long as you know what you are getting.



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