[yourstruly]

I have no choice. My sony's stopped working today, and I only have a few days before I get out of school. I'm going to buy a pair of Yuin PK3's as soon as I get out of Boston, these just need to last me through finals.

These are the only two earbuds my school's bookstore sells. Which is the lesser of the two evils? I have a Fiio E3 which should help a little bit.

 

[xkRoWx]

The Marshmallows get a lot of praise around, not sure how the Gummies stack up against the Marshmallows though.

Stay away from the Skullcandies. Overpriced, underperformed.

 

[yourstruly]

The gummies are absolutely crap, I've had them once, absolutely zero bass. However, they are 16 ohm which means I can use the Fiio which should help the bass somewhat, not sure how they'll sound though.

I'm more curious about the smokin' buds, are they seriously that bad? They really have to be the bottom of the barrel if they're worse than the gumy's.

 

[K_19]

Apparently, Skullcandys portable offerings are actually better than their full size stuff. Keeping in mind this is Skullcandy, take that as you will.

 

[Joelby]

Those Smokin' Buds will be Brokin' Buds in no time. Trust me!

 

[nickdawg]

I'd get the Smokin buds. JVC gumy phones are crap. They're about the same as ibuds(open). At least the Smokin offer some isolation and are much more comfortable since they are in ear.

 

[olblueyez]

Thats easy, Smokin Buds and then Gumy Bears, in that order.

 

[Punnisher]

The smokin buds have to be better, because you can't get much worse than the jvc gummies.

The marshmallows are actually nice sounding, but very very bassy.

 

[jleewach]

avoid the smokin buds & get the even cheaper ink'd buds. They should cost less than 20 bones, and have a tad more clarity than the smokin buds. Smokin buds suck imho, whereas the ink'd buds are quite good for the price.

 

[ClieOS]

The OP need to be more specific to which Gumy we are talking about here (there are several generation of Gumy now). If it is JVC HA-F130, then I will take it over Smokin' Bud any day of the week.

 

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Originally Posted by ClieOS /img/forum/go_quote.gif The OP need to be more specific to which Gumy we are talking about here (there are several generation of Gumy now). If it is JVC HA-F130, then I will take it over Smokin' Bud any day of the week.

True true i have used f130 smooth mids and good treble makes it worth the price even more.

 

[yourstruly]

I'm not sure what generation Gumy's they are, I'm assuming they're the newest ones.

Isolation isn't a factor here, and neither is comfort. I've used the Gumy's before and I know how they feel. They're not great but I don't have an issue with them.

I'm going to the bookstore now, if they're the 130's, I'll get the Gumy's, if not, Skullcandy. Thanks for the feedback.

 

[yourstruly]

So, I found out that it's the new generation of Gumy's which is the HA-F140, a newer version of the HA-F130. Anyone have experience with these?

 

[Jlox1]

Yes unfortunately the HA-F140 are not as good as the others because they are a little bigger and they don't sound AS good IMO but they are definitely better than any skull candy earbuds. i don't quite know what it is about those SkullCandy Earbuds but they sound like all treble and nothing else.. they get louder, but loud isn't always better.

 

[egosumlux]

How about the JVC HA-F140-D gumy?  I think they are pretty decent for their garbage bin prize