Home > Consumer Reviews > JBuds J2 Premium Hi-FI Noise Isolating Earbuds (Orange Citrus)

For the last 18 months, I've enjoyed my V-Moda Bass Frequency Earbuds. Comfortable with decent sound these buds, which costs $30 at the time and currently go for $25, seemed an excellent value, especially since they seemed to offer more detail than my very comfortable, capable JBuds, which cost me $20 and are now under $10, a great buy for some back-up buds.


Then recently I noticed the $30 JBuds J2 and was particularly fond of the new orange color. I first tried the J2 buds in my Sangean WR-2, listening to classical and rock, turning up the volume as high as I could without damaging my ears. The sound was full and well balanced. How would they compare against my trusty V-Moda buds?

There was no comparison: The JBuds J2 buds were warmer, fuller and, ironically, had more bass than the V-Moda "Bass Frequency" buds. These latter buds sounded tinny with too much high end compared to the balanced JBuds J2 buds. My wife was nearby. She did the same comparison and agreed that the JBuds J2s are markedly better.

This is a no-brainer. Spend the extra $5 and get the J2s. They come in several colors. I like mine in orange.

I was very happy with this product originally, and my review was very positive, but I feel the need to change it. Several months after I purchased these, one of the earbuds stopped working, so I sent an email to JLab Audio asking if I qualified for a refund or replacement since a slip of paper in the original packaging guarantees their functioning for a year. I got a very quick response from customer service saying that I did indeed qualify for a replacement, and that I need only provide details about the purchase and an address so that a replacement pair could be sent. Unfortunately, after sending this information, I never heard back, nor did I receive replacement earbuds. Over the months, I sent e-mails trying to get in contact with customer service again, but got absolutely no response.

It has now been over 4 months, and I still have no replacement after being promised one. Don't count on the 1-year guarantee, and be aware that the earbuds might just quit on you.

I was looking for some earbuds to replace the ones that came with the Ipod which kept breaking and didn't quite fit snugly in my ears. I liked the design of the JBuds and the reviews gave it pretty decent marks for the price. I've had them for a week now and I noticed that they seemed to sound a little thin. I listen to my Ipod via my car stereo during my commute and the quality is good. When I park the car and swap out the car stereo output and plug in these JBuds to the Ipod, the audio was tinny. I even turned on the "bass booster" setting on the Ipod with very little improvement. Tonight when I got home I decided to confirm my suspicion by swapping back and forth between the JBuds and the Apple earbuds that originally came with my Ipod........WOW....it was like night and day! The Apple earbuds were AMAZING by comparison. The JBuds were like listening to music on an AM radio station. What a total bust. The only thing that might improve the sound would be experimenting with the different earpieces but I don't see how even that can produce the massive improvement these would need to come close to the Apple earbuds. I just assumed that the JBuds would be at least on par with the Apple earbuds if not a LOT better....but boy was I wrong. I didn't even save the packaging or paperwork so I can't return them. I'm now switching back to my old worn out buds rather than listen to the thin, bassless audio I get from this product. I'm basically left with a worthless set of earbuds and $30 poorer. I'm not sure what those reviewers who gave this 4 and 5 stars were hearing, but I heard nothing but bad audio.

I bought these headphones a few months back from Amazon. After trying out nearly 7 headphones prior to this one I realized that going by only a few reviews was not enough. I checked out some other sites before I decided, rather uncomfortably to try another set of headphones. I am more than satisfied with these headphones.
Headphones sound good and have a thicker wire compared to most others. The earpiece fits quite snugly in my ears and feels good. I don't hear my music too loud and hence have never experienced any cracking in voice and unpleasant diaphragm vibrations. The bass and treble seems to be quite well balanced and for those who use portable devices and don't feedle around a lot with the equalizer and presets will love this. The price was another factor which I considered before buying these. I would say almost anybody can afford them. Three months is a long time to judge the headphones and I have used them for over 500 hours by now and they seem to work well. Even after the wire being pulled hundreds of times and some out of the way roughness these headphones seem to survive it all!!
The only problem which I can foresee with some of us may be; being unable to achieve a snug fit with these.
The bottom line:- I would recommend these headphones to anyone who listens to music for an hour or two everyday and mostly uses a portable device to do so.

I bought these about a month ago. One headphone broke 3 days into using them. I use them at work, where I just walk around and check things. I was not rough or careless with them. I was actually just walking home when they broke.