Then CrApple are deliberately launching their drone machines into the world with the explicit intention of inciting maximum rage and annoyance in public places. Damn them. Damn them to hell.

Quote:   Musical Fidelity EB-50 for £150 and spend the rest on lots of great pot and crisps.

Quote:   Lame excuse. Geddit?

Yeah but owning a CrApple product, let alone going out in public visibly advertising the fact, well that's an insurmountable handicap right there. In all seriousness though, out of curiosity how well do these things isolate you from outside world noise and vice-versa? Nothing more enraging...

Ety HF5 / ER4P : feeling soiled after ear rape and small in-head soundstage Earsonics SM3: build quality worse than a Kinder Egg toy Klipsch Image X10: as above but with added insult of arsetastic sound quality Audio Technica CK10: treble sibilance like a cat vs snake death match being piped...

How anyone can say the blue cable and earpieces are cool is beyond me. Naff with a capital 'tacky', if you ask me.   I despair sometimes.

Musical Fidelity EB-50 > Earsonic SM3 > Etymotic ER4S > Etymotic ER4P > Etymotic HF5 > ATH-CK10 > Sony XBA-4ip > Klipsch Image X5 > Klipsch Image X10 > Samsung EHS-71   The EB-50s are new single BA kids on the block, and bloody amazing if you ask me - especially at the price.  They prove...

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