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Posted by exstasie on Mar-12-2010 21:39:

Whats a great earbud to get that's under $50?

I have a nice pair of Shure's, but left them on the airplane

Don't want to spend much to get something decent. Just something better than my Blackberry Headphones right now haha.

Posted by LKD on Mar-12-2010 22:15:

quote:
Originally posted by exstasie
Whats a great earbud to get that's under $50?

I have a nice pair of Shure's, but left them on the airplane

Don't want to spend much to get something decent. Just something better than my Blackberry Headphones right now haha.

go to moog and pick up a pair of AKGs for $60~. you won't regret it.

Posted by VERTiG0 on Mar-12-2010 22:57:

I have Etymotic ER6i earbuds and dirt-cheap Sennheiser HD437s.

I can't find the Etymotics now, which sucks, because they weren't cheap.

Posted by cono_sur on Mar-12-2010 23:53:

I use a set of Panasonic RP-HJE240's

They are great!

Posted by jsibilin on Mar-13-2010 07:50:

I use these and find them great for taking a walk or snowboarding..

thinking of getting a back up pair of Klipshc s4 earphones:

http://reviews.cnet.com/headphones/...ain;contentBody

Posted by Yohan on Mar-13-2010 13:54:

quote:
Originally posted by Skipper
I have these for DJing but they look ridiculous as ipod headphones
Everyone that wears headphones of this size out on the street looks like a total knob.
since i dont give a rat's ass what most people in the world think of me, i dont mind wearing a big ass headphone for day to day use

though some of the looks i get when i'm doing crazy head bobs to some hard techno is pretty hilarious

Posted by Skipper on Mar-13-2010 18:28:

FUCK! I lost one of the ear buds on my sonys (and have misplaced the other size buds so I am totally bud-less)

As karma would have it, if I can't find replacement ones between now and my flight tomorrow I'm taking the massive DJ phones, lol.

Posted by The Highroller on Mar-13-2010 19:05:

quote:
Originally posted by Skipper
As karma would have it, if I can't find replacement ones between now and my flight tomorrow I'm taking the massive DJ phones, lol.

Knob.

Posted by rabbitjoker on Mar-13-2010 23:37:

Shure SE310s:

http://store.shure.com/store/shure/...uctID.105432500

I have the e3's (the SE310 replaced the e3) and they are phenominal.

Posted by Skipper on Mar-14-2010 00:03:

quote:
Originally posted by The Highroller

Knob.

ha ha. I know!
I'm going to suck it up and wait to buy something in NYC if I can't find another pair. I'm resisting the DJ phones!!

Posted by LKD on Mar-14-2010 02:56:

quote:
Originally posted by Skipper
FUCK! I lost one of the ear buds on my sonys (and have misplaced the other size buds so I am totally bud-less)

As karma would have it, if I can't find replacement ones between now and my flight tomorrow I'm taking the massive DJ phones, lol.

go to the sony store...they'll have a pack of washers for sale...When I lost the washers for my AKGs, i went to moog and picked up a replacement pack...costs about 5 bucks or so.

Posted by LiamK on Mar-14-2010 03:06:

For at my desk, I use a pair of sennheiser HD205. Aquired primarily on convenience-based justification, but they've turned out to be quite satisfactory for until I can find something ideal to splurge on. Which is a notoriously unrealistic expectation when it comes to audio.

The major thing to their credit is a very crisp sound. If you're primarily concerned with precision and agility, these are probably worth checking out. At this price point the tradeoff comes out of the low end... it's not what I'd call lacking, but it won't quite do that really juicy bassline spillover effect. So if you absolutely must have a pronounced wing curve to your EQing these may not be the first thing you want to try.

They do fit tight enough to your head to wear out and about comfortably. This may or may not result in looking like a knob, but what actually kills the idea for me is I have nowhere to put them when I want to take them off.

They're not the most comfortable mixing headphones, but if you want to use them this way (and your gear allows it) try routing the left/right channels the wrong way 'round and wearing them backwards. Only the right ear cup rotates, and I find they're more workable when that becomes the left ear cup. Could be personal idiosyncracy.

On a related note, what player software do people recommend? I've been using VLC because it sounds better than anything else I've tried, but the interface is garbage and it has some annoying bugs.

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