myoptika wrote:
My pair of
Sennheiser CX-300 are absolutely fantastic - you really cannot fault them soundwise. You may not like them though, as they're not foam, but rubber.
I ended up buying these, and they arrived yesterday. They were around 16 quid or so.
Pros:
Cheap!
Sound quality seems good
The doo-dads fit in my ears
Cons:
Asymmetric earphone wires
Ridiculously short cable
Whilst those should theoretically be minor negative points, it's annoying me at the moment. The wire is actually not long enough to reach from my right hand side coat pocket to my left ear (as the left ear wire is tiny). I have had iPods of various guises for years and years, and they have ALWAYS lived in my right hand side coat pocket. I can flick through anything, take off the lock, do whatever I want and it fits in my hand perfectly.
Now, due to the short wire and lack of symmetry, I have to keep it in my left hand pocket, which I DO NOT LIKE!
(I realise I could put the left earbud in the right ear and vice versa, but that would be WRONG).
Not only that, but the wire is still pretty taut to my left ear, and occasionally this means it snags on my shoulder and I get the earphone tugged, which is an annoying feeling, especially when it happens about 15 times on my walk to work in the morning. Quite why they supply these earphones with a wire shorter than my arm is a mystery to me. The diagrams say I am supposed to leave my iPod/MP3 player in my breast pocket, but that's really very stupid.
Rating out of ten undetermined until I either get used to my new iPod positioning or go mad and snap the wire.