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iPod I've discovered something about ipod earbuds.

Before you buy anything, I highly recommend you give a listen to a pair of Grado SR-80's. I've owned headphones costing hundreds of dollars (my most expensive pair was $360), and none were as good as the Grado SR-80 which are only $80. I am very very impressed with these! I've since sold all my others on ebay because I don't use them anymore after buying these.

http://www.gradolabs.com/product_pages/sr80.htm
 
I think I figured out the reason why that happened... I just made a new list other than the "purchased" list. It seems to have worked, but it's never quiet enough to hear and take notice of any additonal negative audio sounds. (staticy)

Though, I have been able to use the included earphones (ibuds?) on my MBP while listening to the list I made and transferred "purchased" items over. All is good. Thanks everybody!
 
I find the included apple earbuds with the iPod to sound better than the 90dollar retail skullcandy holua that I bought. While the apple buds are attenuated and produce literally no bass, the holua produce too much bass (flabby bass, at that) and while the highs/mids are less tinny, they are definitely not full, and overly muddy. Not to mention the cord that they came with transfers noise when you hit them-- something which the infamously cheap apple buds don't do.

The apple earbuds definitely produce a more balanced sound than anything skullcandy offers though (if you don't account for any bass that's under 100hz)

Massive earphone comparison (scroll all the way to bottom for quick comparison chart)
 
blackburn said:
Whatever you do don't go to head-fi for getting advices, You will get hooked and you will blow you wallet like I did.
The only thing I know about the included earbuds is that they suck real hard:D
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Head-Fiers will hate this thread, because people are recommending Skullcandy :D btw, having owned both of them, Meelec m9 is much, much, much better than Skullcandy Ink'd.


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I picked up a pair of Skullcandy, earbuds from walgreens for $14,99 and have been completely blown away. These are the loudest earbuds EVER- and I will never use anything else.

What's even cooler is that Skullcandy has an account on eBay. They can be had for as low as $5.87

I cannot run a marathon without my Shuffle and Skullcandy earbuds.
 
T'is true the stock iPod earbuds suck donkey c0ck... I think recommending Skullcandy is like recommending metho for a Martini instead of quality gin like Bombay Sapphire, Tanqueray or Gordon's.

What I do find amusing is that people will spend several hundreds of dollars on an digital audio player and use a $20 set of phone with it, talk about buy a 52" LCD and still using Betamax ;)

I would suggest getting a decent set from:
Audiocubes
Headphones
Headphonic

I would suggest the following:
- Alessandro MS-1
- Grado SR 80i/125i
- Audio Technica ATH-ES7
- Sennheizer CX-300II
 
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ezekielrage_99 said:
T'is true the stock iPod earbuds suck donkey c0ck... I think recommending Skullcandy is like recommending metho for a Martini instead of quality gin like Bombay Sapphire, Tanqueray or Gordon's.

What I do find amusing is that people will spend several hundreds of dollars on an digital audio player and use a $20 set of phone with it, talk about buy a 52" LCD and still using Betamax ;)

I would suggest the following:
- Alessandro MS-1
- Grado SR 80i/125i
- Audio Technica ATH-ES7
- Sennheizer CX-300II
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I completely agree. I'm using the Sennheiser CX-300II for more than two years now, they sound quite good and I haven't had any kind of problem with them. I would however go with the black version, the white ones look more greyish after a while.

Sometimes I'm checking out other headphones just for the fun of it. I recently tested a pair of Monster Beats by Dr. Dre (the in-ear tour version). What they offered in sound quality and design they lacked in build quality. That's a shame really, they aren't exactly cheap. The same goes for their on ear versions, I tested the Studio headphones and loved the sound but hated the cheap plastic feel. Sticking to some Panasonic and Reloops for my on ear needs.
 
my sister owed me some new earbuds b/c of something her daughter did...

not the point....

The point i am making, I don't have to use the earbuds include with my ipod anymore. I told her I didn't like the way the ear buds w/ the ipods where designed, my ears are too small for them. Now the new ones have a little insert that can can go in the ear canal (if that makes ANY sense). It's like the accustics are 100 times better at least.

My sister is awesome, she replaced a damaged product with better quality sounding ear buds. :)

No, they're not scullcandy... she bought what was was abailable where she went. They're "M&M" brand. (Yep, with the "m", too.)
 
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Don't take my word for it as I use Apple In-ear headphones :)p) but Skullcandy headphones for sound quality are CRAP. You go Skullcandy if you're a teenager (look at me talk!) and care more for fashion than quality. Most people I know would choose some 'phones that get them noticed rather than what they sound like. Oh and for a decent pair of headphones get some low end (£30ish) Sennhiser in ear buds. Quite comfy and isolate noise well, but can lack bass.
 
cambookpro said:
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Don't take my word for it as I use Apple In-ear headphones :)p) but Skullcandy headphones for sound quality are CRAP. You go Skullcandy if you're a teenager (look at me talk!) and care more for fashion than quality. Most people I know would choose some 'phones that get them noticed rather than what they sound like. Oh and for a decent pair of headphones get some low end (£30ish) Sennhiser in ear buds. Quite comfy and isolate noise well, but can lack bass.
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I personally LIKE the Apple earphones, including the Apple in-ear earphones. They sound just fine to me though probably not as good as other more expensive ones out there. However, the sound quality is good of the Apple ones are good enough for me, plus they have the other positive factor of having a built-in remote and mic which I really appreciate.
 
thibaulthalpern said:
I personally LIKE the Apple earphones, including the Apple in-ear earphones. They sound just fine to me though probably not as good as other more expensive ones out there. However, the sound quality is good of the Apple ones are good enough for me, plus they have the other positive factor of having a built-in remote and mic which I really appreciate.
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If I had bigger ear canals thoose may have been fine, but I have small ears and my sister knows this so she found the awesome ear buds that sit comfortably in your ear. they're cute little things, roughly the size of a "m&m", wich is why they're inspired by the shape of the candy.
 
a-m-k said:
If I had bigger ear canals thoose may have been fine, but I have small ears and my sister knows this so she found the awesome ear buds that sit comfortably in your ear. they're cute little things, roughly the size of a "m&m", wich is why they're inspired by the shape of the candy.
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I have quite small ears as I'm still young, and the Apple in-ear's fit perfectly.

FACT OF THE DAY: Your ears never stop growing and still continue to grow (along with you hair and nails) for a short while after you die. :D
 
Just got the Monster Beats by Dr. Dre Solo HD today. Nice on-ear headphones. Yes, they look nice, yes, they feel nice and no, from an audiophiles point of view they do not make any sense whatsoever, because there are plenty of better sounding cans in the same price range out there. But I love the immensely dominating bass despite their relatively small measurements and do not care that much for the perfect sound anyway. They're a keeper. ;)
 
Take a look at Snuggbuds.

http://snuggbuds.com/

I got some at MWSF and like them a lot. Sound is quite good but the really nice thing about them is they don't fall out. You can go walking or engage in other activity and they stay in your ears. I've never used ear buds because they won't stay in my ears but these don't have that problem. Amazing.
 
neutrino23 said:
Take a look at Snuggbuds.

http://snuggbuds.com/

I got some at MWSF and like them a lot. Sound is quite good but the really nice thing about them is they don't fall out. You can go walking or engage in other activity and they stay in your ears. I've never used ear buds because they won't stay in my ears but these don't have that problem. Amazing.
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They look like your typical in-ears. In-ears should never fall out of your ears. ;)
 
lPHONE said:
I picked up a pair of Skullcandy, earbuds from walgreens for $14,99 and have been completely blown away. These are the loudest earbuds EVER- and I will never use anything else.

What's even cooler is that Skullcandy has an account on eBay. They can be had for as low as $5.87

I cannot run a marathon without my Shuffle and Skullcandy earbuds.
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THANK YOU. lol. even tho i think skullcandy's have bad sound quality, i needed a pair of headphone that wouldn't fall out of my ears. the cheap $10 clip on sonys sucked with sound and kept breaking. For $6 ill give skullcandy a shot for my gym headphones.
 
cambookpro said:
FACT OF THE DAY: Your ears never stop growing and still continue to grow (along with you hair and nails) for a short while after you die. :D
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Actually, this is not exactly true, according to most medical professionals, although it may look that way sometimes. A quote from this article in the New York Times (second question):

A. "No, they don't," said Dr. Berish Strauch, chairman of the department of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx.

Ears reach full growth fairly early, he said. By the time a person is about 7 years old, he said, the ears have reached most of their adult size.

The nose continues to change shape throughout life, he said, but the most rapid changes come around puberty, and around the ages of 12 to 15, the nose reaches most of its adult size.

Subtle changes occur in all organs throughout life, Dr. Strauch said, and while the nose does not normally get any larger, it may sag and change shape, along with the rest of the face, so that it appears larger.

Certain abnormal conditions can make the nose grow, he said, including acne rosacea, a skin disease that produces a W. C. Fields-type nose with a large, bulbous tip, and rhinophyma, an acute form of rosacea that affects the lower half of the nose and sometimes spreads to adjacent cheek areas.
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cambookpro said:
I have quite small ears as I'm still young, and the Apple in-ear's fit perfectly.

FACT OF THE DAY: Your ears never stop growing and still continue to grow (along with you hair and nails) for a short while after you die. :D
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I am not talking about the ears themselves... the ear canals, where the traditional I-pod ear buds sit, I never could get them to stay still no matterwhat I did. With my new ones they have an insert on them that can fit in the ear canal. (I guess like ear plugs. They fit in perfectly. The great thing, I can bend over and do things while listening to them and not worry about them falling out all the time.) Though, since my ears are s small to begin with. Its interesting.
 
Alvesang said:
Just got the Monster Beats by Dr. Dre Solo HD today. Nice on-ear headphones. Yes, they look nice, yes, they feel nice and no, from an audiophiles point of view they do not make any sense whatsoever, because there are plenty of better sounding cans in the same price range out there. But I love the immensely dominating bass despite their relatively small measurements and do not care that much for the perfect sound anyway. They're a keeper. ;)
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Well you don't even have to be an audiophile to know that they're overhyped/overrated/overpriced results of marketing. I mean, if you really wanted very deep and overpowering bass, you wouldn't have to look any further than Sony's MDR-XB700, which provides a richer, deeper bass for half the price. About the only argument you could make would be that you wouldn't want to go out in public with the Sonys looking like Princess Leia with her bun hairstyle.
 
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I still have earbuds (for emergency and stealth use) but my advice is to get a set of actual over-the-ear headphones. Earbuds suck. Think about it, the speakers have to be tiny. And this is coming from someone who dropped a few hundred on Shure's top of the line buds.

For serious listening I have an external amp and Sennheiser 650HDs (which are also very expensive). For casual listening I have a Bose QC2 -- overpriced, but the noise cancelling is great and they are very comfortable to wear for long periods of time.

I generally don't like Bose or the DSP they do, but after borrowing a friend's I bought them when I was doing a lot of international travel -- a trip from JFK to Tokyo I spent the whole flight with them on and aside from some ear sweat, it was a pleasure. And it neutralized the engine noise quite well.

By contrast, the eggshell style Sony noise cancelling headphones I had prior to that became painful after about an hour and didn't even work all that well.
 
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