[philodox]

Her stock apple earbuds are starting to come apart at the plug end. I am thinking of either reterminating them with a new mini or getting her some new earphones. I had her try the Shure E4's last night with the see through tips [she thought the foamies were a little to gross

] and she said they sound great, but it feels like her head is in a vice.

So canalphones are out unfortunately.

She would like a pair of earbuds that has some green [the ipod is alpine green] or pink [her ipod sock is pink] on them if possible, white cord preferred... I was thinking about the colored audio technica earbuds, but she isnt too crazy about spending $60 USD on earbuds. Any ideas for reasonably priced earbuds that don't sound like crap?

 

[chrisfromalbany]

My father using these old Sony.. Not sure of the model type number. They are an earbud with a napple over the speaker that directs the sound into the ear. So it is like a cover on the earbud. Anyways I know there are quite an upgrade from stock headphones. My dad got my uncle a pair of them, I recently send him a pair of Shure e2s. He said liked the sound better from the Sony's. He was using a shuffle.

I think that only come in grey or black though.. lol..

 

[dj_mocok]

If I were you and wanted to get something for my partner, I'd consider that Audio Technica CM3 too.

Comes in several interesting colours, not sure how they sound like (don't really expect that much anyway) but I'm quite sure it's better than stocks.

I have one of these Elecom headphones, the ivory colour one.
To be honest, the sound quality is below par (to me, not to my partner), but damn they look very classy.

If you want I can get you some close up shots of those for you to drool at.

They're cheap too by the way.

 

[AndyKatz]

Hi Philodox,

My wife also had trouble finding the right 'phone for her Creative Zen. We had a pair of e2c's which she found uncomfortable. I thought she'd find the ER 4 too invasive, so I tried the ER 6. It was perfect.

Problem is you can't really try those out, and if your wife hated the ER 4, she might not like the ER 6, even though it's far less invasive.

How about either the Sennheiser px 100 or Koss Porta-Pro. Particularly the latter, said to have outstanding sound for very little money.

Andy Katz

 

[jjcha]

Hmm... the AT phones do sound right up her alley - maybe give them to her anyway? Sometimes its nice to receive a gift when you wouldn't spend the money yourself.

Best,

-Jason

 

[philodox]

Quote:

Originally Posted by dj_mocok If I were you and wanted to get something for my partner, I'd consider that Audio Technica CM3 too.

Yeah, those are the ones I was talking about.

Quote:

Originally Posted by AndyKatz Problem is you can't really try those out, and if your wife hated the ER 4, she might not like the ER 6, even though it's far less invasive.

Actually it was the Shure E4 that she tried. Quote:

Originally Posted by AndyKatz How about either the Sennheiser px 100 or Koss Porta-Pro. Particularly the latter, said to have outstanding sound for very little money.

I used to have the AKG K26P's which she liked sound wise... I asked her if she would want something like that and she said. "No, I want earbuds"

Quote:

Originally Posted by jjcha Hmm... the AT phones do sound right up her alley - maybe give them to her anyway? Sometimes its nice to receive a gift when you wouldn't spend the money yourself.

Yeah, I think in the end this is what I will likely do.

 

[gshan]

Hi philodox,

How about the pink EX51LP (white cord/buds, pink shell driver)?
example: http://www.buy.com/retail/product.as...7&loc=111&sp=3

I've seen the regular white and blue versions at SonyStyle store before- some stores might carry pink.

If these 51s are like the newer regular 51s with ex81 drivers, I'd say they're definitely worthwhile

 

[BrooklynRick]

wow... new ex51s with ex81 drivers? can someone elaborate with these? where can i get a pair.

 

[philodox]

gshan - Thanks, I'll check those out.

 

[aznsensazian]

Save her the money and get her some mx400s. They are wonderful earbuds and a great price at that. $10 shipped cant beat that

 

[philodox]

Yes, but are they pink or green?

 

[go_vtec]

I'm gonna second Sony EX51 or EX71 in white. My wife seems to like my EX51/EX71 and she thinks it's helluva more comfortable than Ety ER-4S or Shure. Plus at mere 10-15% cost of Ety, you won't need to worry about the phone being stolen or getting damaged.

 

[albau]

Quote:

Originally Posted by aznsensazian Save her the money and get her some mx400s. They are wonderful earbuds and a great price at that. $10 shipped cant beat that

I 2nd this! Senn mx400/500/550 are very nice sounding buds especially considering $10-15 range. My mx500 are kinda bluesh but with black cord. Dunno if other colors are available.

Funny thing I was still enjoying mx500 even puting them on right after listening to my e4c or super.fi 5 pros.

 

[drarthurwells]

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrooklynRick wow... new ex51s with ex81 drivers? can someone elaborate with these? where can i get a pair.

The 51, 70, 71 and 81 all use the same 9mm driver, OFC wire, and same magnet.

They all sound the same - if you insert them in your ear all equally. Otherwise you get differences in bass - more if you insert real tight and less if not so tight.

I think when they do a new production run, they restyle the housing slightly and change the model number. Then everyone buys the new model and sells/discards their old ones.

 

[gshan]

Re: ex51 with new driver

This is just one of the threads with suspicion that the newest breeds of ex51s are using different drivers:

http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showt...highlight=ex51

maybe it's the same size 9mm?, but ex81 sounds a lot different than ex71/ standard ex51