Earbuds

What kind of earbuds do folks around here use?


I used to go with ~50 dollar skull candy buds and was fairly happy. That is, until I found Etymotic. I got a SMOKING deal on hf3 earbuds for 70.00 (they can go for up to 180+). Since then, I have been in audio heaven. The sound they produce is just awesome, that is, if you learn to properly fit them in your ear.

Through stupid luck, I ended up testing for them now. I test their hf2 earbuds (once again pretty high end) on Android devices. They just recently came out with a programmable noise isolation app for Android (has been out on iOS for a while). Very cool! When my music is playing, I can't hear anything. When the noise threshold goes higher than what I set it for, it turns the mic on and lowers the music volume so that I can hear my surroundings.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-nLFwCH9B-DI/UG9nZ6atMnI/AAAAAAAAAzU/QZA1l4hrU8w/s512/Screenshot_2012-10-05-16-03-29.png

I know, this sounds like a marketing ad, but I just wanted to express how very happy I am with this company and their products.

 

We all use Klipsch here even the boy :cool

Link

 

I haven't spent more than $5 for a pair of earbuds. I don't really use them as it's pretty hard for me to find ones that actually fit (and stay) in my ear.

 

Same with me.

 

Same here. I only use "old school" over the ear headphones.

 

You could always send me a pair to test against my Klipsch :-D

 

Edit: I wish this board would stop putting my emoticons in lowercase.

Anyways....

LOL!

:-D

 

You don't know what you are missing.


Try to find foam fitting earbuds. Those are going to be the best, aside from custom tips.

 

I only usually get SONY MDRex210's or similar spec with the 13.5mm driver,I love the quality but more importantly I like the power, I've tried loads of earbuds and none of them come close to the mid priced sony's for power. I've had 2-3 pairs of these in the last couple of years and snapped them all:-D Sorry the last ones got dropped in my cup of tea.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produ...3|cat_14419643|In-ear+headphones|14419650.htm

The last ones I went for were some sennheiser cx400II, the top end vocal clarity was brilliant but the overall power and bass sucked. I say was because they had the stickiest rubber wire coating that wrapped round my leg while dangling off the table and snapped,they were fixable but then got vaccum'd :-D

http://www.comet.co.uk/p/In-Ear/buy-SENNHEISER-CX-400-II-In-Ear/539953

The player I use is a 160gb Ipod classic.

I'd be warey about going for a deal on headphones especially if they're a lot less than marked price as there are a lot of fakes about,not advice just saying. I hate shopping for sound equipment in general as you never know who to trust and audio is very subjective.

They have an odd shaped driver? What's the power like?

 

I ended up with a ~$20 pair of Skullcandy, and I love them. But then I'm not one of those people who has to have the best, clearest, whatever fabulous sound, I just want to hear my music. Thus why I am in lighting rather than audio. :-D

 

I have a cheap pair I found discarded at Starbucks one night when my others died.

 

It was skullcandy that died and they covered them under warranty. I never have ordered the replacements yet....

 

Eh, my earbuds are sound protection. I did send my first text message last week. :-D I am a little slow, here in the south. :cool

Woots, got me a cell phone, and canceled the land line! :-D

Carry on.

 

I use the standard cheap ipod headphones for most listening ie while running around town and lawn mowing, but i bought a pair of Red Wave DJ Headphones Very nice head phones.

 

I use a set of Motorola S10-HD bluetooth headphones. Yes, using bluetooth isn't the best for fidelity but I use them while cutting the grass, trimming etc so the noise floor is pretty high to begin with.

 

Etymotic makes those too :-D

http://www.etymotic.com/hp/images/gsp15_top.jpg

http://www.etymotic.com/hp/gsp15.html

 

Have you considered noise cancelling ones? Should drown that all out.

 

You are probably right. My cheap $5 headphones aren't that great but they make due. Maybe you missed my thread on Misphonia but I actually really don't like listening to music all that often. In fact, I kind of hate it. I really have to be in the mood for it. So, it would not be financially feasible for someone like me to invest in good headphones. :-D

 

$5? That's insane. I don't pay more than a buck. Dollar Tree rules...