The Ipod Stock Bud Appreciation Thread

[chungsoi]

Believe it or not, I also use my ipod stock buds when going to uni.

My e4's isolate way too much for walking around a busy place like uni. Sometimes its scary being blocked off to the outside world, and its too inconvenient having to put them on and off. I know it sounds crappy, but the earbuds are heaps convenient for five min intervals in between class, and throwing back into the pocket...

 

[ILUVIPODS]

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Originally Posted by chungsoi Believe it or not, I also use my ipod stock buds when going to uni. My e4's isolate way too much for walking around a busy place like uni. Sometimes its scary being blocked off to the outside world, and its too inconvenient having to put them on and off. I know it sounds crappy, but the earbuds are heaps convenient for five min intervals in between class, and throwing back into the pocket...

Why dont you use ur KSC35s,(If you do still have them, it says in ur profile you do). They would be tons better than the stock buds.

 

[South_Korean]

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Originally Posted by DJ Jester "Oh yeah, well I'm a true audiophile ( he actually said that ).......so I don't ever settle for anything but the best. I'm sure those sound decent, but I know they're just plain crap compared to my Bose QC2's." I just gagged and vowed never to go to that Quizno's again. Jester

challenge him to audiophile showdown lol. tell him to bring his Bose and you bring your UM2's. let him hear them. if he doesnt doesnt chuck his headphones into the trash, slap him.

 

[The Monkey]

Sometimes I like to try Bose headphones just to remind myself what rubbish they are.

 

[Cerebral_Mamba]

Damn... whenever you guys praise the Bose, I feel like getting one....

... just to know what you guys are talking about. And I can also kick in the trashing

. Anyway, only if money starts growing on the trees around my place will I ever pay for one to try them

 

[fureshi]

and to think it all started with those silly acoustimass speakers that everyone thought was so cool but sounded like, well sounded about as good as the triports.

i'm so tempted to pull my ipod buds out of their packaging just to see how they sound. maybe a better showdown would be between the ipod buds and the triports. and why are they called triports? do they have three ports built into the housing? does having two more ports give even better bass response?

ok, i'm rambling...

 

[nikongod]

ipod earbuds have many excelent uses.

the wire can be used for a variety of day-to-day tasks. holding a door open near a bookcase, when the muffler on your 1989civic starts draging a temporary repair can be made, OR it can function as a sort of make-shift belt or shoelace. i have not found this particular cable especically good at transmision of any type of electronic signal: audio, digital, or otherwise.

the actual headphones also can be used for a variety of tasks. they work particularly well for making ears or hands on small figures. they can also be used to level a tilty/rocky table at a resturaunt. dont under any circumstances put them in yoru ears though.

the plug fromt eh ipod earbuds is excelnt for the above mentioned table mod, if the earbuds dont do it , the plug may be the correct size. the plug is also great for slingshot amo.

see, thats like 8 good uses for the ipod headphones.

 

[crazyfrenchman27]

At the right price (read: FREE), ipod earbuds are great.

-Matt

 

[Kirosia]

I rec. a mini for my niece awhile back, and she likes the buds. She's not the type to care for SQ though, which IMO, doesn't make her any less of a person. Hell, she probably better off than me, who spends $300 on a pair of headphones. (who needs food anyway?)

But cmon, when we're talking bout bose, nothing else comes close. NOTHING. Triports are 4-eva dogs!!! Wazaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!!

 

[allenf]

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Originally Posted by crazyfrenchman27 At the right price (read: FREE), ipod earbuds are great.

...and with the socks on they sound a bit more balanced than the other pack-ins that I have tried (with the possible exception of the senn buds packed with my Freecom Beatman back in the dawn of time).

 

[Aliacha]

I love my iPod earbuds so much that when I got my iPod, I left them sealed in the box in the back of my closet.

Of course to keep them in pristine condition when I decide to let these babies out.

 

[chungsoi]

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Originally Posted by crazyfrenchman27 At the right price (read: FREE), ipod earbuds are great. -Matt

For the price, you can't go wrong!

 

[iSleipnir]

Aliacha thats exactly what mine look like! And thats exactly where I keep them! And thats where they'll probably stay. Sound quality that bad even scares away closet-monsters.

 

[dommica]

Telling a girl in class that she should get some ex-71's instead of the ipod buds... to which she replies "What's the point, Ipod buds are the best available?" Doh

 

[3lusiv3]

I have had my iPod earbuds totally unused since my iPod was bought two years ago. I decided to give the iPod earbuds a listen recently and I was surprised at how good they sounded. I was expecting a lot worse. I think they aren't as bad as you guys are making them out to be.