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Winner of my < $10 headphone contest!
By B Lo on Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2013
After going through 2 pairs of Ultimate Ears Superfi 5's and a comparable pair of Audio Technica's I decided no more high dollar headphones. They all eventually break. I listen to music at least 6 hours a day and it absolutely must sound good. The kind of music I listen to varies from progressive metal to thrash and everything in between. I purchased 5 pairs of ~$6 headphones and compared. Here they are, in the order that I'd rate them, strictly based on sound quality. Note: Anyone who is familiar with canal headphones knows that fit is everything. I took fit out of the equation by using my Comply T-400 foam tips with all of them. I highly recommend them if you want the best fit. I was also using a Sony MW600 bluetooth adapter, Xperia Tipo, and PowerAmp. This review is about sound quality only. Nothing else matters.. * iLuv iEP322BLK City Lights In-Ear Earphones - Ultra Bass - Black Could possibly be the best <$10 headphone out there. At first I thought they may be too boomy but after adjusting the eq a bit I fell in love. It's hard to believe you can get something this sweet sounding for 6 bucks. Nice and flat but a little heavy on the mid bass (nothing the eq cant cure. Handles high volumes very well. * Panasonic RPHJE120S In-Ear Headphone, Silver These were practically a tie for first. I think they probably have the most accurate overall sound. I love thundering bass drums, but if I were seeking the best overall reproduction, these would have been #1. * JBuds J2 Premium Hi-FI Noise Isolating Earbuds Style Headphones (Onyx Black) Decent, but lacks power at the ends of the frequency spectrum, good midrange. Very much worth what I paid, and I would probably have been happy with them if I hadn't had the 2 above to compare them to. * JVC HAFX30B Headphone, Marshmallow, Black Also worth it's price twice over. Listened to these for a couple weeks when my AT's broke. Paid $14.88 for then locally, and felt that price was fair. Nothing spectacular, but they work in a pinch.. * JVC HAFX8B Headphone, Riptidz, In-Ear Didn't care for these much. They have a tin can sound I cant make right with the eq. Not recommended. There you have it.. One audiophiles opinion..
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Low price earbuds using a consumer grade source.
By M. Hamilton on Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2012
Sound Quality: Sony MDR-AS20J[by a long margin] [almost tied]Panasonic Slimz RP-HJE350K, JBuds original, iLuv City Lights EP322 [not so good] SkullCandy ink'd S2INCB, Ult Ear 100 Loudest[bars on Sansa]: iLuv [3-], ink'd [3], Sony[3+], Panasonic [4-], JBuds [4], Ultimate Ears 100[4+] Recommendation: JBud originals, and save $ for Sennheiser 300Bs or Klipsh S4s The Sonys were the only earbuds that sounded close to a home stereo with headphones! They are super comfortable. On the down side, they don't seal out noise and the wires seem fragile and will tangle frequently. Coltrane's saxophone on "Moments Notice" was the hardest to reproduce. The Sonys were excellent, the iLuvs were decent, the JBuds and Ult Ear 100s sounded poor, the rest were terrible. The Panasonics sound would still rate second, well behind the Sonys with all the music. The Panasonic wires tangle. The iLuvs sound was close to the Panasonics and the wires were manageable. The iLuvs would extend playing time because they need the least volume. But, the buds are large, seemed to want to fall out, and may not be super comfortable. The JBuds were the least expensive and sounded OK, but the bass is weak. These are very comfortable buds. Wires were manageable, but had a straight plug. The Ultimate ears sound was poor. The wires were so stiff they would pull the buds out. The Skullcandy ink'd were disappointing. [EZ, SC fans!] "Eruption" was electric, better than my home stereo headphones. They are efficient and reproduce deep bass notes you don't even hear with the others. But, the saxophone on "Moments Notice" was unnatural and the other tracks sound hollow and distant. The ink'd were new, they may improve with break in. Setting the Sansa EQ to HipHop helped the horn, but overall still no match for the Sonys or the Panasonics. The wires are a little too stiff and the plug is straight. Tested these earbuds by pausing mid-song and changing buds on a Sansa Clip Zip. Compared, by pairs, to determine the subjective quality of each against the others. Tracks used: "Take Five," Dave Brubeck; "Belong," R.E.M.; "Bring Me To Life," Evanescense; "Atomic Dog," George Clinton; "Wild Thing," Tone-LOC; "Eruption," Van Halen; all ripped from personal CDs with Windows Media Player[320kb/s] and "Moments Notice," John Coltrane from Amazon MP3.
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