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Posted by Pokit on Jul-22-2008 21:02:

Good earbuds (for mp3 player) ?

I've gone through 3 different types of earbuds, and I'm disappointed with all 3.

V-moda vibe: CRAP CRAP CRAP... First pair blew out so easy it was rediculous. I never played the music loud at all, and they blew out. I sent them back to amazon and they sent me a replacement. The EXACT same thing happened with the second pair.

Shure E4C: As far as sound quality and build quilty, these are great earbuds. The downside is the rubber ear fittings that come with these. They wont stay in my ears unless I'm completely motionless, and I like to listen to my mp3 player while I'm moving around.

Ultimate Ears super.fi 4vi: I got these to be compatible with my iPhone (because it has that stupid jack that's bored down into the phone). These earbuds are BAD. The rubber fittings come off the buds extremely easily--I've lost 2 pairs because of that. The little rubber click button (to answer calls/pause the playing music/mic to talk into) was attached with a terrible adhesive and fell off so I can't use that anymore. The right speaker crackles really bad at the mid frequency and it drives me insane.

Can anyone recommend me a good pair of earbuds that won't die on me and will stay in my ears? They don't need to be iPhone compatible (I'm getting a 3g soon), but it would be nice to have ones that are iPhone compatible for the call answer/music pause button/microphone thingy.

Any suggestions? Thanks!

Posted by TheKidsWantTechno on Jul-23-2008 19:52:

i have the shures and love them. they come with a variety of rubber fittings though, so i would think you could find one that fit properly??

Posted by miamitranceman on Jul-24-2008 00:25:

Honestly, I've got some Phillips inner ear buds for like 20 bucks and they ound so much better than regular ear buds. Worth a try.

Posted by Zild on Jul-24-2008 22:35:

I've been using an Asian OEM clone of the Sennheiser CX300s that I picked up for maybe $30. They're great especially for the price and I've been thinking about using them exclusively for DJing and hanging up my Sennheiser HD 280 pros for good since they're over 4 years old. They came with both styles of rubber fittings in a few different sizes. The Sennheiser type fitting is more comfortable to me, but the Sony type isolates better.

Posted by Fibonacci on Aug-07-2008 03:35:

I'm getting myself a set of B&O A8s: