These little things sound really good, even though they cost less than $8. How do they do it? Everyone should try these at this price, I mean why not? Totally useful phones for nearly nothing. You can't go wrong.

It amuses me when I come to this section and see these wonderful earphones in 85th place. The only reason this can be is the folks who buy these just enjoy them and don't feel the need to write about them. But then you head into the forums and they are at least one of the most discussed items. Odd.   Well I'll speak up then. I have owned the SE 500s, which needed repair at some point after the warranty expired. Shure sent me SE530s for a modest fee. When the SE535s  appeared I read what I could and finally found a pair at a price I was willing to...

I opened the box when these arrived and spent the next four hours listening to these. I was quite impressed right out of the box. My normal phones are Shure SE 530 and 535 IEMs. I bought these mainly due to the buzz that these are great cans for a low price. I am very pleased with them! I have been running them in for the last couple of days. I hooked them up to a Squeezebox and let them play. I have read that them warm up nicely after 40 hours or so. I liked them just fine out of the box, if they improve I'll call that a bonus!

I have the following phones: Shure SE530 Etymotic ER-4P Koss Portapro Anniversary Edition Koss Portapro Sennheiser PX100 Sennheiser HD-202 They are listed in they order of my perception of their sound quailty. I was very dissapointed with the sound of the HD-202 headphones. When plugged into a computer any and all computer noise/distortion is highlighted. When used with a good sound source they merely sound tubby and dull. I was surprised. The PX100 phones blow them away and they are normally near the same price. I must say Bah.