So I returned the Woodees Vintage earphones and went back to my stock Apple earbuds. Wow, that wasn't going to last long. So after more, research and reflection, I realized that the inline mic and controls are important, so I started looking for another pair of sub-$80 IEMs. I wound up going...

I'm new here (and to "good" earphones). I read here about Shure's "signature sound." I'm not a basshead by any means, and I started this journey my listening to some Beats headphones at the Apple store. I found that these wrecked the music I listen to by being too bass-y. (I'm more rock and...

So I've done my best to look more into this, and it seems that there are two effects that people point to as problems endemic to IEMs: microphonics and occlusion (or bone conduction).   Microphonics (or "cable noise") seems to be a solved problem: if you wear the earphones "cables up," so...

Thanks for the replies. I looked at the recommended PL 50s, but it does seem that they are quite microphonic. I'll take a look at the Westone 3 & 1, the Brainwavz m1 and the Mee m6.   Does anyone know what the term for the waling noise that I hear so loud? I want to avoid it, but I don't see...

I'd been listening to my white iPod earbuds for a while with no problems, but now that I've started getting the headaches, I get them more often. I'm not sure what's going on with that. I'm (kind of) glad to hear that I'm not the only one!

Hi all,     So I've been lurking here while I learn more in my quest to replace my old iPod earbuds. I recently got a pair of Woodees Vintage earbuds, and while I was really impressed by the sound and the look of these, I ended up returning them after a week for a couple of reasons:   1...