What earbuds for ipod?

[quakerroatmeal 10+ year member]

Is this a joke?Are people actually arguing over which 7mm speakers give the most bass?

IMHO I would stick with the factory iPod ear buds. As much as people keep saying they get more bass with EarCandy or Shure (I've tried both) I think they are wrong. As far as I could tell there was not any lower frequencies but there was more sound pressure in my ear canal. That is due to rubber tips that seal inside your ear. If you sealed the iPod earbuds you would have the same effect.

Nobody mentions the downfall of these rubber tips:

They completely block off the outside world. You are clueless as to what is happening around you while you ride, jog, walk, etc. The constant pressure from the rubber tips would physically hurt my ears after a half hour or so as well. To me there wasn't more bass, just more boom. I could never find an eq setting on the iPod to tone down the "over boosting" of the bass.

Save yourself 100 bucks and stick with the factory earbuds...they are earbuds playing MP3's for God's sake...hardly audiophile territory.

The factory earbuds completely blow, they often fall off your ears when running, and they are often not anywhere near as loud enough, thus you turning it up, and then it ends up breaking. I run/jog at the gym anyways so I do not need to know what's going on the outside world. I didn't seem to think there was a big difference until I tried the vmoda's, and they were night and day difference, enjoy listening to music that much more.

 

[audiobahnuser18 5,000+ posts]

Im really hearing good things bout these v-moda's. Hmmmm....what's the diffrence guy's between the v-moda's and the v-moda vibe's? besides price i can see that.

 

[audiobahnuser18 5,000+ posts]

If anyone know's the diffrence between the v-moda's & the v-moda vibe's besides the price of course lol. Post your info on up appericate it guys.

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

i like my shures.

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

jvc mallows will be your best bet as far as bang for the buck goes.

 

[quakerroatmeal 10+ year member]

I recently bought the v-moda vibes, they were on sale for 59.99$ at Costco.

 

[audiobahnuser18 5,000+ posts]

Thx for opinions guys. Does anyone have opinions and diffrences between the v-modas& the v-moda vibes?

 

[Zakerid 10+ year member]

http://www.ultimateears.com/_ultimateears/

 

[audiobahnuser18 5,000+ posts]

Thx man. Any more opinions on those v modas?

 

[IgnoreMe 5,000+ posts]

regular headphones.

those earbuds **** ***. all of them. pisses me off that they took off in popularity and its almost all they make now.

****ing things leave my ears so sore....or maybe my ears are just tiny...

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

Also mega i really like those one's u got man how much those one's run ya?

$100 at the time. They are much cheaper now I think around $60-$70. They are the Vmoda Vibe. Not the Vmoda Bass freq(dont buy that)

btw the difference between the vmoda vibe and the vibe duo is a microphone for the iphone.

Is this a joke?Are people actually arguing over which 7mm speakers give the most bass?

IMHO I would stick with the factory iPod ear buds. As much as people keep saying they get more bass with EarCandy or Shure (I've tried both) I think they are wrong. As far as I could tell there was not any lower frequencies but there was more sound pressure in my ear canal. That is due to rubber tips that seal inside your ear. If you sealed the iPod earbuds you would have the same effect.

Nobody mentions the downfall of these rubber tips:

They completely block off the outside world. You are clueless as to what is happening around you while you ride, jog, walk, etc. The constant pressure from the rubber tips would physically hurt my ears after a half hour or so as well. To me there wasn't more bass, just more boom. I could never find an eq setting on the iPod to tone down the "over boosting" of the bass.

Save yourself 100 bucks and stick with the factory earbuds...they are earbuds playing MP3's for God's sake...hardly audiophile territory.

noise isolating is downfall? WOW //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif what were they thinking.

yes it is true they are in ear giving a seal to give more bass, but the vmodas arent boomy in bad way like the oem ipod headphones are, but i agree they give a little more bass then most people have the taste for. The oem ipod headphones dont extend as low as the Vmodas, due to people would blow them fast.. There are foam tips you can buy to replace those rubber tips if you dont like the way they sit in your ear. It was uncomfortable at first for me to use the rubber tips to, but i got use to them. My ears never started to hurt though.

i like my shures.

the Shures dont extend as low, they were geared towards old people they have a steep slope around 80hz iirc (atleast the around the $100 range shures)

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

regular headphones.
those earbuds **** ***. all of them. pisses me off that they took off in popularity and its almost all they make now.

****ing things leave my ears so sore....or maybe my ears are just tiny...

took me a week to get use to In-ear headphones.

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

Im really hearing good things bout these v-moda's. Hmmmm....what's the diffrence guy's between the v-moda's and the v-moda vibe's? besides price i can see that.

Vibe is better. the cheaper one will have the boomy effect.

 

[deLeo 10+ year member]

my sister has a pair of bose and they are amazinggggggg, so clear... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[audiobahnuser18 5,000+ posts]

Alright guys here is the ones I have been doing research on so far.

*jvc marshmellows

*v-moda vibe's

*regular v-moda earbuds

*Apple ear buds actual ipod buds

If anyone wants to help me debate between these and pros and cons of them would appericate it