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more about #ultimateears more comments → MasonLabeo: I've owned 30 different earphone models, from the stock Apple buds to $500 Shures, Etymotic, Ultimate Ears, Klipsch, Sony, etc. I even started my own... more » dps27a: I bought some £70 shure's last year and they are brilliant. I don't need it to sound any better. As a music producer I've tried many headphones out a... more » OmarMojojojo: Ever notice how oldies sound best on an AM radio? more » pete1061: And pretty much everyone but the expert audiophile will never notice the difference. If you pay more than $50 for earbuds, let alone $500, you just g... more » ShrigeetaImp: Small ear canals here too. Etymotic ER6i is the only set that fits my ears. I can also get the full face helmet on and off without ripping them out o... more » Adrian Blackwell: I bought the Shure 500's a while ago, and whilst they did sound pretty good, you don't get the full experience. I paid $430 for fine at the time, and ... more » narc101: strange...my $5 ones seem to work just as well as those $100 Bose ones that I tried in the store on my own ipod. If you're going to buy something bett... more » phunnyballs: What about Sennheiser's cx 400 ii's? Are those good? more » Gary_7vn: I want to see the "blind" taste test on Mythbusters, you know, the one where they test to see if the average person can even tell the difference betwe... more » SeeratDawk: Or he's talking MSRP Pricing. Aka the fact that most SHURE headphones on Amazon sit aroun 50% of MSRP more » hilikusopus: I upgraded from standard freebie earbuds to a set of in-ear Shure SE210s last year and it changed my world. It is critical that you have a seal and th... more » Cetrian: Another vote for my Shure E500's - BUT what is really killing music is people's acceptance of CRAP: CRAP codecs. 128kbit MP3's are considered the ac... more » NeoAkira: I think the bigger problem here is how popular in-ear buds are. They are, and will always be worse than over-ear headphones. more » gunluva is prepared to drop.: I hesitantly bought a $15 pair of skullcandy earphones, and they work pretty spectacularly, in my opinion. Heck, I was hearing instruments I'd never h... more » fuchikoma: Sony MDR-EX70LPs were my first kickass in-ear buds. Now I have Shure E2cs. Both are under $80 even in Canadian money. Both are like having a line inpu... more » -
#gizexplains
Giz Explains: Why You Can't Get Decent Earphones for Less Than $100
Crappy earbuds are killing music. It's true. The problem is that good earbuds, like speakers, aren't cheap. More » -
#lightningreview
Logitech Ultimate Ears 700 Lightning Review: $230 Earbuds Justified
The Gadget: Ultimate Ears 700, the flagship model of a pretty respected headphone maker that was recently (and wisely) purchased by Logitech. More » -
#headphones
Logitech Buys Ultimate Ears for $34 Million
Logitech has just announce its purchase of high-end headphone maker Ultimate Ears for a cool $34 million. Ultimate Ears specializes in in-ear headphones with prices ranging from the cheap to the insane ($900 for custom headphones molded to the listener's ears). It appears that Ultimate Ears will retain its branding, as on the website the graphics all say "Ultimate Ears, a Logitech Company." Logitech's only headphones before the acquisition were Bluetooth headsets. We'll see what UE does with Logitech's sizable marketing and distribution resources. [Crave] -
#battlemodo
Ultimate Cut-The-Crap In-Ear Headphone Battlemodo
Why do music lovers put up with cheap stock earbuds? You've spent hundreds of dollars on an MP3 player then effectively nullify your investment with headphones that suck the soul out of the music that you love. Choosing a higher-end set of earphones is almost impossible, since there are way too many, and they are deliberately marketed to blur the distinctions from best to worst. I tried out $2,000 worth of in-ear earphones—16 pairs made it to my final evaluation—and since I like you, I will share the results of my hours of ear penetration. More » -
