JVC's Air Cushion headphones for you mister tender cakes

The thing we hate most about in-ear headphone designs is their tendency to fall out during our fits of high-impact irritability and coffee-fueled snark. That, and the ache from wearing so-called "sport" ear buds which can be a bit too unforgiving to our sensitive side-mounted, man-holes (aka, ears). Enter JVC's HA-FX66 Air Cushion headphones which incorporate a soft silicone rubber air cushion into the earpiece body and your choice of three different sized, silicon rubber and memory foam earpieces for that snug, comfy fit we all aspire to. Just $30 beans for US Americans.

[iptydafu @ Sep 7th 2007 7:14AM]

Oh, Thomas Ricker, you are gold!

[blackstar @ Sep 7th 2007 7:25AM]

In early!

[Daniel-san @ Sep 7th 2007 7:50AM]

Almost nobody here this time...

[Scotty @ Sep 7th 2007 8:01AM]

What about my lady holes?

[David @ Sep 7th 2007 8:25AM]

That should be silicone, not silicon. Two completely different materials.

[Carbonize @ Sep 7th 2007 8:44AM]

So long as JVC got the right one. Could hurt otherwise.

BTW correcting Engadget stories usually gets you a slapped wrist because, as they keep reminding us, they are just bloggers and not journalists (hence the lack of originality in most posts).

[David @ Sep 7th 2007 8:58AM]

"BTW correcting Engadget stories usually gets you a slapped wrist because, as they keep reminding us, they are just bloggers and not journalists (hence the lack of originality in most posts)."

As long as bloggers keep trying to acquire journalist privileges (see recent court cases), that particular argument holds no water. Accuracy is always important.

[NHAnimator @ Sep 7th 2007 8:59AM]

Please, please, please. It's 2007. Can't we figure out a way to just beam the music into my head? God knows I've got too many songs I don't want stuck up there.

[devGuy @ Sep 7th 2007 9:26AM]

I like the reference to US Americans

[Dr. Reverend Shmoove, PhD @ Sep 7th 2007 9:28AM]

30 beans for U.S. Americans? I bet you could get them cheaper in The Iraq.

[Brad @ Sep 7th 2007 9:41AM]

Ohh man, this is awesome, great wit Thomas

[Mark @ Sep 7th 2007 11:39AM]

With a name like Air Cushion, you'd expect a mechanism like the Reebok Pump shoes. That would be a nice, custom fit.

[byaah @ Sep 7th 2007 2:38PM]

Thats what I expected them to be too, oh well. Hurry off and patent it before anyone else reads this!

[Mark @ Sep 7th 2007 4:21PM]

I guess this post wouldn't count as proof of prior art, would it?

Set it free to the public domain. Though I guess my employer wouldn't be pleased, but screw 'em.

[Derick @ Sep 8th 2007 2:05PM]

I don't know about any specifics, but I already own a pair of headphones that match this description....

They were just a pair of cheap Koss headphones I picked up at Borders once the 6 month life cycle wore off my apple headphones.

Looks something like this:

http://www.koss.com/koss/kossweb.nsf/p?openform&pc^np^KEB20b

3 sizes, rubber air cushion, stays in your ear (if you suction them in....and then you hear everything from the cord moveing to your jaw popping.)

I'm absolutely positive this is an overrated product.