Advice requested

[juliet]

Can anyone recommend good-quality in-ear headphones? I want to replace my current ones (which are falling apart), but not sure where to look. Specification: in-ear (because they need to go in my jacket pocket); coming with some variety of storage (like those ones with a little thing that you wind them onto) as otherwise they get tied in knots in my pocket; not hideously expensive; reasonably likely to stay put rather than falling out all the damn time. Cheers in advance...

Comments

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

The standard (as in bought in HMV) Sony ones I have seem to be perfectly OK soundwise and fit my lugholes perfectly.

[editor.livejournal.com]

I've always found the Sonys that cost about £18 to be ideal.

[andrewwyld.livejournal.com]

You might want to consider the kind which have clips that go behind your ears -- they have larger drivers, and although they need more power, I think you get slightly better sound quality.  I have a pair of Panasonics.

Otherwise, they seem to be pretty much of a muchness.

[hatter.livejournal.com]

I got some of the sony fontopia ones with the rubber cone-y bits that wedge into your ears - they're a bit on the pricey side for in-ear (about £26 on amazon) and they do take a little getting used to, the world is strangely whooshy when you have them in but no music, as they seal the world out. Stay in your ears better than the normal bud ones though, and include 3 different sizes of grommet to match to your ear.


the hatter

[uon.livejournal.com]

I got some cheap noise reduction in-yer-ear khaaaaanphones for a fiver from Maplin, and was very pleasantly surprised: they filter out quite a lot of the whooshy background noise on Tube journeys, which means I don't need to turn the volume up nearly as much; the bass response is also very good. Don't think they come with storage, though, and the earbud flanges will fall apart if you succumb to the temptation to fiddle with them.

[pir.livejournal.com]

Do etymotic ER-6s cound as hideously expensive ? They sound really good.

Personally I've found that you get what you pay for and the expensive ones pay for themselves my lasting much, much longer (I'm still using my ER-4Ps about 5 years after buying them).

[juliet]

Yep, that's hideously expensive :-) I accept the get-what-you-pay-for, but I just don't have that sort of money atm, so...

[daneel-olivaw.livejournal.com]

Like many of the above I went for the straight-out-of-HMV Sony in-ears and am reasonably happy. Took a little fiddling with the equaliser to get what I consider an appropriate amount of doof, but they are surprisingly bassy for something so small (I'm guessing they must be piezo-driven - I can't imagine so small a coil being sufficiently reliable, reproducable or doofy). They came with three sets of rubber grommits (arf!) which means that they are both comfortable and damned-well stay put.

[ottah.livejournal.com]

Another vote for Sony in-ear ones...they came with a carry case which I long ago lost and no matter what I've done to these ones, they still keep going, even after four years of abuse.