<$100 earbuds? - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio

Nihility · #1 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008, 06:20 PM

ive honestly gotten really sick of my er4p's lately, from the annoying cable to the fact that i have REALLY small ear canal so they stick out (nobody else i let use them they have this issue), so im forced to wear my $7 crappy skullcandy earbuds when i wear a helmet or the like when biking/skiing/etc. and they just plain sound like crap.

i was looking into small buds, (i think the double flanged type stuff just plain fatigues me or something, i cannot listen to my ety's for more than 20 minutes at a time.. maybe its just cause im such a bass head.. i dont know.)

so i was looking at the metro.fi by UE because they're small and designed not to stick out of the ears (painful when wearing a helmet if they stick out of the ears cause it moves them and presses them against my head) plus they're only $80

anybody compare these two, i realize the metro's wont be nearly as mega-accurate as the ety's but that kind of accuracy is not a HUGE deal when your going 20 mph off a 10 foot pile of snow backwards

anybody use the metros vs the etys?

Nihility · #2 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008, 06:41 PM

i know i just asked about these, but i looked up a few reviews and was relatively impressed - looked em up online, found one hidden brand new factory sealed one behind a ton of them that were listed, with NO BIDS "no reserve"

i snagged it for $25 shipped.

the guy had 99% feedback with 178 sales, so he seems pretty reputable.

well, its only $25... so if i dont like them i can turn around and sell them for $40 anyway and someone would snag em' in two seconds :P