Earphones

[mog_warbeast]

Dear frustrationwebs,

(I begin with frustrationwebs rather than lazywebs because, you see, activewebs just returns 'Buy things. BUY THEM!!!')

Expensive earbud type earphones: are they more robust than cheap-ass ones? I.e. do they last more than a year without the connection to one ear breaking?

Thanky

Comments

[dan-lane.livejournal.com]

I prefer noise blocking "canalphones" and I've had my Shure E2C's for years and they have given me no trouble whatsoever. I'm hopefully about to get some some review units from Etymotic too so I can compare them but until I do, I can strongly recommend the Shures.

[miss-soap.livejournal.com]

Yes. My £45 Sony ones are still going 3 years on, having been skiing, cycling, gym training and forced to rattle around in my bag.

[king-prawn.livejournal.com]

I'm with Dan on the canalphones (or "marshmallow earbuds"). My JVC ones are holding up pretty well. Check eBay before looking in a shop.

[emptyjohn.livejournal.com]

Everything breaks within a year!!!! All is warp + entropy!!!! DOOM!!!

[lee-chaos.livejournal.com]

if they are well looked after then they last a little bit longer, yes.

I've got some Sennheisers from Richer Sounds, and the genius thing is they come in a little storage box that you can wind the cable into, so they stand a better chance of survival.

Mechanically there's not a lot you can do with something that small to stop them breaking if they get tugged by accident. So really the best thing to do is to get some half-decent ones and a box to put them in!

[aazell.livejournal.com]

No they just don't stay in your ear!

When did this silly bullet design take off? It's rubbish. Bring back the old Gameboy types. They might have made your ear ache after a while but at least you didn't have to push them in every two seconds!

[nicky-j.livejournal.com]

Not in my experience. But I'm rubbish at looking after stuff. The expensive ones have much better sound quality though.