apple ear phones

[mstecker]

I'm in solid Agreement

Originally posted by Foxer
Etymonic are good, but I recommend teh ER-6. Great reviews, I lvoe them, and I know several on this site also recommend. Best available in-the-ear headphones.

I have a pair of the new Sony $20 "in ear" phones, and I've tried the new Apple in-ear phones. Neither of them sound close to my Etymoic ER6s. Nowhere close.

http://www.headphone.com/layout.php?topicID=3&subTopicID=26&productID=0020100100

This is the best $129 you'll ever spend.

The only downsides (I've had mine for almost 2 years, ever since the ER6 came out) are that you need to keep the rubber ends very clean. Remember, these slide all of the way into your ear canal. They are not for sharing.

I plunk mine into boiling water once a week or so.

Also, you need to make sure that no stray wax or lint from inside your ear gets into the phones. If it does, and makes its way through the rubber to the actual sound element, you'll need to change the filters (which requires a special tool and the filters). All in all, I spend about $5/yr on filters.

 

[kugino]

i'm not sure how the new apple canalphones are, but they can't be significantly better than the earbuds at that price.

if you want white earbuds/canalphones, the sony ex71s are decent. and not badly priced.

however, i recommend in-the-ear canalphones, which offer great isolation and very very good sound. if you want a white one, the only one is the new shure e3c. these are supposed to sound really good...but any shure (e2c, e5) or etymotic (e6, er-4p, 4s) will blow the pants off the sony and i'm fairly certain, the apple buds IMHO.

and if you're surprised by how much some of these cost, let me just say that they are worth every cent. why listen to bad-sounding music when it can sound so much better?

 

[sethypoo]

Originally posted by patrick0brien


I tend to agree - especially with the foamys on the buds.

Personally, I like them without the foam. I have small ears, I guess.

 

[revenuee]

Originally posted by sethypoo
Personally, I like them without the foam. I have small ears, I guess.

Ya i don't like the foamy's ... at first the the earphones seemed to big .. but i think i got use to them