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Unless you are running in places where there are no vehicles (like a track or the woods) I urge you not to use IEMs, like Oregon previously wrote. Their attenuation of valuable warning sounds is too great. It is dangerous to be acoustically isolated when you run near traffic.
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The SHS8000 are an open design (there are vents on the back of the buds), so they don't isolate much; I don't even need to remove them to talk to people. Ironically, that's my only problem with them: they aren't a good choice for commutes (subway, bus) or the gym (to block their horrible music out). Otherwise, I wouldn't have come back to Head-Fi in search for my next buy!
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Originally Posted by mark2410
have a look at sennheisers sport range
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Have you
tried any, before making a recommendation? I've bought the CX 380 Sport II. The sound of those is poor, closer to that of my $10 buds than to that of the $30 SHS8000.
But I was okay with that: I hadn't bought them because they were said to be audiophile-grade, but because they were supposed to be sweat-resistant and washable under running water. And they are... to some extent. I did put them under running water (only a few seconds, not a strong jet, and cool water only) and left them to dry overnight. The following day, I thought the left bud was dead.
Actually, it wasn't, but it'd become
a lot weaker than the right bud. I kept it running for one hour or so, and it didn't get any better. I was going to get in touch with Senn about that, but the day after, the left bud was working again. (It may still be a bit weaker, but that may just be my imagination.) Still, if I've got to wait each time a couple of days between two uses of the CX 380, it won't see much use at all.