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First Impressions of Apple In-Ear Headphones
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How are you sure the Apple ones are that bad, if you've prob never even listened to music with them. I've had the Sony MDR-EX71 3 different times and their perfect. The only problem w/ the Sony ones are that they inside where the sound comes out breaks if u try to clean them, and the wire as mentioned before also breaks after extended use. And I'm assuming that the Apple ones are better since they're more expensive and they have more features(features: referring to the actual headphone buds not the mic and the controls). If you want quality headphones you might want the Bose ones that they have at every apple store right next to the ipod, the over ear ones, those are legit nice.
The reason that I'm buying the Apple headphones are...
-Very Good Sound Isolation
-Blocks Outside sounds like the Sony ones
-Steel Mesh caps that won't break when you clean them
-Nice Design
-Mic/Controls (which over 90% of good headphones don't have)
-Strong wire unlike the Sony MDR-EX71
-No messed up wire design like the MDR-EX71 one short side and one long side
-No Extension Cords
-Reasonably Priced
-Very Comfortable
-Small and portable (smaller than the Sony MDR-EX71 and those are pretty small already)
√Also if they got good reviews from major websites I think that that's legit already because that's their job on giving reviews. They said that these were close to high end headphones. I'm sure $20 headphones wouldn't do the trick on these.
I think these are very good reasons. Trust me, I only buy good headphones that will be well worth it. Why buy an iPod/iPhone if you're not going to get good sound.
Mine should arrive in the mail on like sat so I'll let you know if they're worth it.
Just a note, don't post anything about the quality of these headphones if you haven't actually tried them on because you're going to discourage people from buying these.
Sick of the apple store.
Every experience I have ever had with an apple store is bad.
I call today to see if the lenox mall store has the new earphones. After waiting an hour on hold, I find out they do have them in stock. They offer to hold them for me if I'd like. I didn't realize they did that for people so was pretty happy. "Yeah sure, that would be great!."
I show up 2 hours later to the guy saying, "Oh..we can't hold new items sorry. We sold out."
I'm so sick of being treated like crap in my apple store. It has happened every time. I don't even want to buy their earphones anymore and wanted to buy an alternative, but I am sure the stores benefit from me buying their stuff so I held off. The same thing happened when I went to buy my MBP. It took literally 45 minutes to get someone to help me. They were showing like 10 year old kids how to use mac pro's rather than help me when I told at least 3 of them that I wanted to buy a computer and needed no help but to be checked out.
Anyway, I'm thinking of getting the Shure Se110's rather than the apple ones. Of course there are no useful reviews that compare them so I'm not sure if this is a good idea or not. Just thinking out loud.
Could someone please compare them to the shure SE110's? I do a lot of flying and think the superior (so I read) noise isolation of the 110's might be better for me. I don't care much about aesthetics.
EDITED.
Every experience I have ever had with an apple store is bad.
I call today to see if the lenox mall store has the new earphones. After waiting an hour on hold, I find out they do have them in stock. They offer to hold them for me if I'd like. I didn't realize they did that for people so was pretty happy. "Yeah sure, that would be great!."
I show up 2 hours later to the guy saying, "Oh..we can't hold new items sorry. We sold out."
I'm so sick of being treated like crap in my apple store. It has happened every time. I don't even want to buy their earphones anymore and wanted to buy an alternative, but I am sure the stores benefit from me buying their stuff so I held off. The same thing happened when I went to buy my MBP. It took literally 45 minutes to get someone to help me. They were showing like 10 year old kids how to use mac pro's rather than help me when I told at least 3 of them that I wanted to buy a computer and needed no help but to be checked out.
Anyway, I'm thinking of getting the Shure Se110's rather than the apple ones. Of course there are no useful reviews that compare them so I'm not sure if this is a good idea or not. Just thinking out loud.
Could someone please compare them to the shure SE110's? I do a lot of flying and think the superior (so I read) noise isolation of the 110's might be better for me. I don't care much about aesthetics.
EDITED.
Just got my new set last night, and am giving them the true test right now - attempting to work while another department has their christmas reception down the hall! The results? With volume set around 1/2, I'm hearing little nuances in the music that i haven't noticed with other earbuds...that, and while I can see kids running up the hall playing hide and seek, I can't hear them!
So basically, they're already paying for themselves
Another interesting (and nice feature that i noticed this morning): my 2nd gen Touch recognizes the difference between these headphones and a standard set plugged in, and sets the volume accordingly - meaning that moving from my car to earbuds, i don't have to remember to turn down the volume from car level! Nice little feature!
So basically, they're already paying for themselves
Another interesting (and nice feature that i noticed this morning): my 2nd gen Touch recognizes the difference between these headphones and a standard set plugged in, and sets the volume accordingly - meaning that moving from my car to earbuds, i don't have to remember to turn down the volume from car level! Nice little feature!
it's not the headphone's feature. it's the ipod's.
everyone who has more than one set of headphones knows this. it has been there since forever. it applies to every kind of headphones and every kind of apple products they plug in.
worth the money
the new apple in ear headphones are amazing and i've only had them for a day.
first off let me start with the sound, really good not weak like the standard external one that your ipod came with. some say the bass is lacking but i say its fine and if it was i would adjust the eq. very crisp and loud. i coulda swore i was wearing my over ear headphones.
the mic is very crisp, i cant stop recording my self just to listen to the quality.
very very fun and one of the reasons i bought the headphones, i dont even have to talk loud just normal volume of speaking sounds amazing
the in ear headphones fit in and come down and out the ear and feel really smooth coming out of the ear and the fit is nice and secure with out being uncomfortable. the kind you can sleep with and not even notice. alot ppl like in ear headphones for sleeping and these would be ideal. if your a ipod touch owner and have notice trying to ff or rewind with the touch isn't the easiest task!!! thanks to the remote it is
2 click for ff , 3 for rewind, 1 for pause/play volume un and down are very responsive.
mic/remote is high up the cord let say i have them in the mic would be around my neck just around the collar line at first i thought it was too high then i realized that all the one hand on my touch hitting record and pause i dont have to hold the mic or anything like that which is conveniently nice.
i ended up paying like 90, 100 bucks and the only real down side is the feel of the cord its not like sturdy plastic but the soft kind but then again the stirdy stiff plastic usually ends up breaking at points any way so maybe its a good thing? and a weeeee bit short on the length but not a problem for me
i dont know about the shure se210 or any others but i sold on these babies. these are worth the money to me.
the new apple in ear headphones are amazing and i've only had them for a day.
first off let me start with the sound, really good not weak like the standard external one that your ipod came with. some say the bass is lacking but i say its fine and if it was i would adjust the eq. very crisp and loud. i coulda swore i was wearing my over ear headphones.
the mic is very crisp, i cant stop recording my self just to listen to the quality.
very very fun and one of the reasons i bought the headphones, i dont even have to talk loud just normal volume of speaking sounds amazing
the in ear headphones fit in and come down and out the ear and feel really smooth coming out of the ear and the fit is nice and secure with out being uncomfortable. the kind you can sleep with and not even notice. alot ppl like in ear headphones for sleeping and these would be ideal. if your a ipod touch owner and have notice trying to ff or rewind with the touch isn't the easiest task!!! thanks to the remote it is
2 click for ff , 3 for rewind, 1 for pause/play volume un and down are very responsive.
mic/remote is high up the cord let say i have them in the mic would be around my neck just around the collar line at first i thought it was too high then i realized that all the one hand on my touch hitting record and pause i dont have to hold the mic or anything like that which is conveniently nice.
i ended up paying like 90, 100 bucks and the only real down side is the feel of the cord its not like sturdy plastic but the soft kind but then again the stirdy stiff plastic usually ends up breaking at points any way so maybe its a good thing? and a weeeee bit short on the length but not a problem for me
i dont know about the shure se210 or any others but i sold on these babies. these are worth the money to me.
I'd like someone to compare the new Apple in-ear headphones against these following close competitors:
Audio-Technica ATH-CK7
Denon AH-C551K
Shure SE110
Sony MDR-EX90LP
I don't think the new Apple headphones can compare against the Audio-Technica and Denon models I mentioned.
If anybody is intersted in a proper opinion/review of these new cans, I would wait until a reviewer who actually has a clue (such as headroom, the headfi forums, etc.) put these to a subjective test against the close competition. All of the reviews & opinions linked so far in this thread come from people who don't honestly know much about headphones & can't justify their opinions more than "they sound great!" or have only compared them to things like the stock Apple headphones & not to the real competition.
There's a thread going on headfi about these particular cans which will probably be the first place that a genuine subjective review from an expert in the field will be posted or linked.
Of course, Apple are still going to make an absolute mint on this product, in the same way that Bose do on the vast majority of their products; creating speakers & headphones based around cheap OEM components (in the case of these headphones it's the TWFK-30017-000 dual armature speaker from Knowles Acoustics, which Apple probably buy in for less than $20 a piece) then relying on the naivety of the general public to believe all the marketing & hype they place on the product to buy it & truly believe that they are listening to an amazing sounding set of headphones, when in actual fact they could probably get a much better sounding pair at the same price-point (or less) by shopping around a bit & listening to subjective opinions rather than the producer's marketting department.
There's a thread going on headfi about these particular cans which will probably be the first place that a genuine subjective review from an expert in the field will be posted or linked.
Of course, Apple are still going to make an absolute mint on this product, in the same way that Bose do on the vast majority of their products; creating speakers & headphones based around cheap OEM components (in the case of these headphones it's the TWFK-30017-000 dual armature speaker from Knowles Acoustics, which Apple probably buy in for less than $20 a piece) then relying on the naivety of the general public to believe all the marketing & hype they place on the product to buy it & truly believe that they are listening to an amazing sounding set of headphones, when in actual fact they could probably get a much better sounding pair at the same price-point (or less) by shopping around a bit & listening to subjective opinions rather than the producer's marketting department.
Good post. I agree. Still waiting on a review from someone who knows what they're talking about.
These aren't compatible with the 3G? Hell, there's just a hole, how hard could that be?
Just listened to these at the local Apple Store. These are definitely 3 times better than the stock earbuds. The hi and lows range is just so much more pronounced.
At $79, the price isn't that unreasonable. May get one eventually.
At $79, the price isn't that unreasonable. May get one eventually.
browsing the head-fi forums, it seems as though the general consensus is that the apple IEMs have good clarity, pretty good mids, decent highs, but lack a bit on the low end. most agree they blow the Shure SE110 out of the water, but arent meant for bass-heads like a denon c551 or UE super.fi 5 EB is...
Some audiophiles don't like Bose, claiming you're paying more for the name than the quality.This has probably already been asked but just wondering if anybody has these and the bose in ear headphones.
Love my bose in ear headphones!
Just wondering if these honestly were any better
Thanks
Jack
True, but many users of these new headphones aren't using the 4G nano, "6.5G" iPod classic or the current iPhone. That makes the microphone superfluous, and in that case the new Apple headphones might not be able to compete against the MDR-EX90LP (which I've heard and does sound quite good thanks to the big 13.5 mm drivers for the headphones).
Apple Computers
Do these headphones work with the computers, like iMacs? Like I know the headphone part will work because that's a no brainer, but do the controls or the mic work with the computer to do video conference, or use it on Garage Band. Another thing how do voice notes work what program do you need for that? Or is it just the notes program on the iPhone?
Do these headphones work with the computers, like iMacs? Like I know the headphone part will work because that's a no brainer, but do the controls or the mic work with the computer to do video conference, or use it on Garage Band. Another thing how do voice notes work what program do you need for that? Or is it just the notes program on the iPhone?
Got my headphones in the mail today!!!
So I got my headphones in the mail today and I gotta tell you I'm really happy with them. I previously had the Sony MDR-EX71 headphones and these Apple headphones blow those away. I could hear sounds that I never heard before. It's funny cuz I said that when I got the sony ones. I don't known what people were talking about with the bass because I think the bass is at a perfect level deep and crisp. What I like most about these are that they fit like a glove. Really these are so comfortable you can't even feel that you're wearing them. They also cancel sound out very very very well. I turned on my computer speakers loud actually really loud and I couldn't hear a thing when the headphones were in my ear!!! Unfortunately the controls don't work with my iMac, and I haven't tried the mic yet on the computer. Over all I'm already very happy with these
Overall Grade: A
Very Clear
Good sound
Fit very well
Cancel outside noise very well
They look and well made too(actual headphones and wire)
Good wire design(perfect length, feel)
So I got my headphones in the mail today and I gotta tell you I'm really happy with them. I previously had the Sony MDR-EX71 headphones and these Apple headphones blow those away. I could hear sounds that I never heard before. It's funny cuz I said that when I got the sony ones. I don't known what people were talking about with the bass because I think the bass is at a perfect level deep and crisp. What I like most about these are that they fit like a glove. Really these are so comfortable you can't even feel that you're wearing them. They also cancel sound out very very very well. I turned on my computer speakers loud actually really loud and I couldn't hear a thing when the headphones were in my ear!!! Unfortunately the controls don't work with my iMac, and I haven't tried the mic yet on the computer. Over all I'm already very happy with these
Overall Grade: A
Very Clear
Good sound
Fit very well
Cancel outside noise very well
They look and well made too(actual headphones and wire)
Good wire design(perfect length, feel)