The Actionpie BS1 is a budget in ear headphone from China that can easily be purchased on Amazon in the United States for under $20 with free shipping. For the price they are quite impressive; the bass is greatly enhanced but it doesn’t lose track of the rest of the sound. The mids are present and the highs are quite good. It comes with inline controls to use with your phone/MP3 player. I can’t say how the microphone works as I never use my phone to play music; I use my DAP player for that. The controls on my DAP is pretty responsive. As soon as I...

I’ve had the Etymotic MC5 for over a year and a half and thoroughly enjoy them. They have excellent noise isolation; especially when using the foam tips. The sound comes out very crystal clear without distortion. The cable has held up to much wear and tear throughout my time owning this iem. My main complaints are that the jack is not right angled; but rather J shaped making it easier to damage the headphone jack. Also, if you wear it for very long periods of time with the tri-flange tips you will feel some irritation. Said irritation is non existent...