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Summary: BLACK IS THE NEW WHITE
Review: Here's the thing. The iPod is cool. It looks cool. It sounds great. The dangly white headphones identify you as a hip, modern music listener. I love my iPod, and I am embarassed at the amount of accessories I have bought for my little guy. When Apple introduced the in ear headphones, with "increased fidelity and bass response," I had to have them. Let me be straight with you, the four people reading this... They sound terrible. They look cool... sound terrible. Easy distinction. "Why?", you ask. Apple has not let us down before. The answer, I believe, is that the design is flawed- they'll never fit in your ears properly, even though they come outfitted with three cap sizes. I have discovered that I am a medium cap size guy. The small cap, while it fits further in my ear, allows too much air between the phone and my eardrum, thus giving the bass room with which to escape while trapping external noise (that these things are supposed to eliminate) inside my ear. And the large caps, as much as I want them to fit, sit akward and far from my eardrum. While they tend to trap all the good sound from the earphones, exaggerated bass frequencies (the reason I bought the damn things) rely on close distance between the ear and speaker. So medium it is. By the way, they aren't even that comfortale. To achieve even a decent audio quality that won't leave you dizzy and nauseated from trebbly wobble, you have to jam the stupid things so far into your ear, you'll think they might actually be touching somewhere around the frontal lobe. Did I mention that they sound terrible? They do... and I think Apple knows this. Why, you ask. Well, being the obsessively proactive consumer that I am, I have developed a theory... I can only think of 2 reasons that Apple would have set out to design this disgraceful product. 1. To compete with Sony's far superior (though they only come in unsightly black) in ear phones. I doubt it. Sony's phones are great, but will never discourage people from buying iPod's, which is really what this is all about...or 2. Because people have complained that the original white earbuds are a bit uncomfortable after long listens... BINGO. So they were developing a whole new earphone for the iPod, and they test marketed them and their audio guinnea pigs said "are you f%$&ing kidding me, these sound like mud. This will hurt iPod sales...the people will think that their MP3's sound bad and they'll go back to...gulp...buying CDs or worse...I can hardly say it...records..." So they went ahead with production, as good R&D money cannot be wasted, dropped the price $10 from their that of their competitor's and put them on the shelves as an iPod add on. If they ever end up in the iPod box, I'll stand corrected, and you'' find me bidding on original ear buds on e-bay. For no. Or if you must remain all white, deal with the pain and stick with the originnal earbuds - trust me they sound better. But whatever you do, don't buy these things.
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Summary: Terrible tinny sound
Review: I love Apple products - most of them, that is. But these headphones sound as good as a $4.99 pair at Sam Goody - and I was sooo excited about getting them. If you like deep sound, stick with the original earbuds or find another brand. These in-ear ones are three steps down from average (I can't believe Apple would stand behind these lemons and actually promote them as "high quality). I returned mine the morning after and never looked back. Please save your $ or invest it elsewhere.
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Summary: Awesome Earphones...if used properly
Review: I found the Apple In ear headphones far superior to the stock iPod earphones. I have own in-ear earphones in the past and in many cases the user is at fault when if doesn't sound to par. Of course people typically blame the product. Typical complaints are: 1. It doesn't sound loud but rather tiny
2. They don't have any bass
3 They don't have any depth How you wear them will made or break you opinion of these products. Unforunately, apple dropped the ball on providing instructions on how to properly wear the earphones so if you follow these instructions below, I assure you they WILL sound much better than the stock earphones. Credit goes to iPodlounge.com ---FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS FOR BEST PERFORMANCE OF YOUR EARPHONES--
An acoustic seal is the target of all isolation earphones. When an acoustic seal is achieved, sound projected into your ears by earbuds cannot escape and is channeled directly toward your eardrums, while disturbing external noise has no way of getting in. Acoustic seals are air-tight, so when you've got it right, you can feel the difference: pulling gently on an acoustically-sealed earbud will create a gentle tugging sensation inside your ear canal. There is a knack to getting the earplug inserted deep enough in the ear canal to achieve a good seal. As with noise suppression earplugs, you have to open up the ear canal by pulling upwards and outwards on the fleshy outer part of your ear (the Scapha).
The easiest way is to reach over the top of your head with your opposite hand, gripping your outer ear just above the mid-point, and pull upwards and outwards while inserting the earplug into your ear.
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Summary: Compared to Shure E2C?
Review: First of all, the concept of a good fit cannot be underestimated when it comes to in-the-ear headphones as has been discussed here before. You should be getting a good picture by now: in-the-ear headphones sound terrible if they're worn loosely. They are DESIGNED to be worn deep in the ear and to fully seal the ear canal. If that's not for you, then look for another style of earbud.
I've tried four in-the-ear models with my iPod. Two less expensive ones by Philips and Koss, the Apple model and the $100 Shure E2C. The Koss and Philips models performed poorly and aren't worth discussing here. But this week I purchased the Shure E2Cs to upgrade my Apple in-the-ears. The E2Cs fit great and sounded great. I was pretty happy with them until I did a side-by-side comparison with the Apple headphones. For kicks, I pulled the silicone ear sleeves off the Shures and put them on the Apples. To my great surprise, the sound of the well-sealed Apples was every bit as good as the Shures. In fact, the bass performance of the Apples was a bit better than the Shures and they were slightly more efficient. The Shure sound had a very slight advantage in the midrange as they were a touch smoother (flatter response), but not sixty bucks better!
My decision? I'm returning the Shures and I have placed an order for a set of Shure E2C flex sleeves for my Apples. (The foam E2C sleeves work great too if you like a softer feel in your ears.) The Shure sleeves do a better job of sealing my ear canal and they make my Apple headphones sound like a hundred bucks! Literally.
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Summary: Excellent Purchase! Revolutionary!!!!
Review: I am amazed that anyone could review this product and rate it less than 4-5 stars. The only way that these phones deliver anything lessthan exemplary performance is if they are improperly placed in the ear. I found that, although my ears are hardly monstrous, if you use the large sized attachment, it will expand in your ear and deliver fantastic sound.
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Summary: Not On My Wish List
Review: My Headphones were working great but i dont know what's going on with them..my sound is sounding horrible and the wire is very weak so u can get a short very fast.DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY!
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Summary: There OK
Review: well the sound is clear and pretty-comfortble, but if you have a ipod and the headphones that came w/ it are a hole lot better, The "IN-ear headphones" dont have bass, only a little bit of bass, so it would rate the "IN-ear headphones" 2 out of 5 and the ones that came with the ipod 5 out of 5 (they are just a little big or small (differs on ear size) (of course). so dont get them, if you dont care about bass and all that junt then i guess u might want then
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Summary: Great Fit!!
Review: This are the only earphones that fit in my ears. I love the sound of them and I would highly recommend them.
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Summary: Earbuds with a manual: get them to fit
Review: I had read a lot about these buds (especially about fitting and bass properties) and I was really doubting whether to buy these as a replacement for the standard iPod buds.
I live in the Netherlands, where, unfortunately, no white Sony earbuds are available. I chose style before positive reviews and I got myself a pair of Apple In-ear headphones.
Let me make one thing clear:
1) I requires some time to find a good fit.
2) If you don't get a good fit, these buds will fall out of your ear and the bass is simply crap (the original iPod headphones sound even better).
It took me 8 hours to find a good fit. The trick was to use the "upside-down, cord-behind-the-ear" method, while lifting the top of my ear with my other hand. Suddenly the buds fitted perfectly, giving a good seal. This seal is absolutely required to hear a bass.
Pro:
1) iPod style and carrying case
2) clear mid- and high tones
3) more comfortable than standard Apple earphones
4) marked reduction of required volume (I used to have the volume at 80-95%, now at 30-45%)
Cons:
1) I takes a while and a bunch of tricks to get a good fit; if you don't manage to get a fit, these earphones are horrible.
2) The bass is OK, but could be more pronounciated
Overall verdict:
If fitted, these earphones are a marked improvement over the standard Apple iPod earphones
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Summary: GREAT,
Review: the headphones are great, having that said, let me tell you about them
i was a skeptic at first, i had red the good and the bad about them, so i thought what the hay, ill get them and if hey dont turn out good ill jet keep them as a collectable, i get them and after wliggleing them around in my ear i get a perfect fit, so i decide to see how well they will stay in my ear, so i start head banging to a great song and they stay in without a hich, after that i go for a mountan bike ride and they only fall off when a branch snags them and they get pulld out of my ear, that was it.
let me also say that some guides helped me place the phones in corectly, and also if all else fails try whereing them over the ear style, so the stem of the bud points up and the wire goes around back of your ear (good for hideing them in class ;)
therrrrr ggrreat
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