planning on taking advantage of newegg's 15% off for paypal orders today

can't figure out what brand is better for the in-ear sound isolating earbuds - shure, sennheiser, ultimate ears, or etymotic. the only brand i've owned so far is shure but newegg doesn't sell them - if they're the best brand though i'll hold out til i can get them.

12/15/2008 9:30:34 AM

shure

12/15/2008 9:31:34 AM

shure?

12/15/2008 10:12:07 AM

I have etymotics and I love them, but I haven't owned in-ear monitors from any of the other brands. my understanding is that sennheiser's are not as good as their regular headphones, and that ultimate ears are baller if you get the really high end ones, but I don't know much about their cheaper ones.

12/15/2008 10:42:46 AM

i have a pair of shure's and love them

12/15/2008 10:54:22 AM

this review says the new Apple in-ear headphones are as good as Shrue, but cheaper
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/12/14/new_ipod_in_ear_headphones_reviewed_apples_best_yet.html

12/15/2008 11:05:35 AM

the source is apple insider? has anyone else said the same thing?

it seems they only compare them to low end shures and they say they are better than the old model that shure doesn't produce anymore? they also compare the 110s once or twice which for a price comparison is in the same range - without mentioning a price it's hard to argue that the apple product is a good buy

although it is true that you don't get 2 drives until you hit the SE420s which are the ones i have

Quote :

"Apple's claim of almost revolutionizing earbuds is something of a misnomer: the sound isn't so good that it would blow away a normally high-end dual driver setup."

12/15/2008 11:07:41 AM

Are there any really good earphones-with-over-ear-hooks? I have always bought Sonys or JVCs whcih cost about $15. I haven't found any that are more expensive than those.

Do high-end companies make that type, or do popular companies (Sony, JVC, Panasonic) make high end models?

I recently came across ones that were noise-canceling (reducing?) that cost $80, but I wonder if noise-canceling can be any good if they are not the over-ear type with headband. And I also don't want to keep on buying an AAA battery all the time to make them work. But if they are good, I would consider seriously. So anybody, could noise-canceling hook-type earphones (not in-ear, or over-ear) be any good?

12/16/2008 4:12:05 PM

bttt

12/22/2008 10:23:12 PM

I've had a pair of SHURE E4cs and a pair of SE530s both of which have been the best sounding headphones i have heard (until i upgraded from the 4cs to the 530s).

EAR-GASM!


They sound amazing and they stand behind their products.

12/23/2008 7:43:28 AM

i wouldn't feel right walking around with a $500 pair of earphones plugged into a laptop that didn't even cost that much lol

12/23/2008 8:20:02 AM

i got them for about 1/2 off...

12/23/2008 8:36:17 AM

wow

just image how much over the ear headphone you could get from the $200-$500 people spend on these buds. i wear buds every day, but i spent like $15 for them

12/23/2008 8:57:54 AM

lol ya they only cost $259 on ebay

12/23/2008 9:10:30 AM

i got mine from buy.com on special.

Seriously though i've never heard an over the ear headphone that sounds this good...
I mean my SE530s have friggin 3 drivers per ear bud... thats a 3 way speaker crammed into a bud...

12/23/2008 9:17:28 AM

just ordered a pair - gonna try them out

and i'm RMAing my shure e2cs to travel with because the cord part over the air cracked on me for the second time now, and this time they're out of warranty - $49 for a new pair of e2cs isn't bad

[Edited on December 23, 2008 at 9:20 AM. Reason : .]

12/23/2008 9:19:29 AM

Quote :

"I mean my SE530s have friggin 3 [tiny] drivers per ear bud"

doesn't size matter with these things? i'm assuming the ear headphones can have MUCh larger drivers and thus put out better sound

12/23/2008 9:43:22 AM

Large drivers are needed to move large amounts of air... like... a room full but when you have less than 1cc between the driver and your ear drum a regular headphone size driver would turn your eardrum inside out... i promise you my SE530s can produce enough bass to make your eyes cross....

Think 88buick with dual twelves minus the rattle...

Its there if you want it.

12/23/2008 10:02:53 AM

i have a pair of over the ear hd 555s and i would wear my shure e2cs over them any day

i'm excited to finally hear the right amount of bass though - the e2cs had none and the hd555s had way too much for my taste by default

does spending $500 on headphones make me an audiophile even if i don't know the technical aspects of what i'm spending it on...fuck...

12/23/2008 11:14:17 AM

^ clearly you need the HD 650's

12/23/2008 11:51:05 AM

Quote :

"$49 for a new pair of e2cs isn't bad"

wheres that?

12/23/2008 12:34:13 PM

out of warranty repairs flatrate $49

12/23/2008 2:06:54 PM

Every set of earbuds I have had have eventually went caput. The little wires always break after a few months. So now I get my earbuds for a buck at the Dollar Tree. I like to think of them as disposable. Its amazing to think people pay $500 for earbuds. I mostly listen to pod casts so I don't need that great of a sound.

Regardless I am upgrading to a bluetooth headset to avoid the whole wired issue. This seems to me to be a much better product than any wired earbud, regardless of how good it sounds. I guess, each to their own though.

12/23/2008 3:10:56 PM

skull candy ftw

12/23/2008 3:31:26 PM