Cheap Headphones

[Shawn]

As the topic states, I'm looking for a pair of cheap headphones for to use with my iPod. I want something that's like $20 or so... nothing out of the ordinary. I'd prefer in-ear ones. So I guess I'm looking for earphones and not headphones.

[jeffy777]

This appears to be the only pair that Newegg has:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16826159204

4 out of 5 stars after over 50 reviews, so they must be good.

I haven't looked elsewhere, so I don't know what would be the best for that price.

[v0od0o]

Not that the ones that come with the ipod are that good, but I don't think you can beat them with a $20 headphones.
If you can up that a bit to $30 (yeah I know that's a 50% increase) you can look for a sony one on sonystyle.com I've had 2 sony headphones and was very pleased with the sound quality of both of them. It's no sennheiser, but it'll do the job very decently and for the price I can't think of anything better.

[jeffy777]

Originally Posted by v0od0o

Not that the ones that come with the ipod are that good, but I don't think you can beat them with a $20 headphones.
If you can up that a bit to $30 (yeah I know that's a 50% increase) you can look for a sony one on sonystyle.com I've had 2 sony headphones and was very pleased with the sound quality of both of them. It's no sennheiser, but it'll do the job very decently and for the price I can't think of anything better.

The link I posted is sony. Is that similiar to the one you are referring to? They are $22.99 at newegg.

BTW, your sig looks a bit large on my res (1024x768) It's shows the third image on a second row

[Shawn]

I think even $20 headphones are better than what the iPod comes with... plus I don't like that look and they don't fit my ears well.

That sony Jeffy posted looks good, but retails for $60 CDN for some reason...

[v0od0o]

Yeah, now I see you posted about a Sony one. I never tried any of the fontopia series myself, the ones I tried were the MDR-G57G and the MDR-G57SL.
But my general advice would be not to use an in-the-ear phones if you're planning on using it for several hours at a time, I find them very tiresome after a few minutes.

The Street-style series is also better suited to listening during sports activities or when at the gym, they tend to stay in their place and not interfere with a helmet if you're on a bike (or your hair do for that matter)

P.S.
Sorry about the sig, thanks for letting me know. I had to let go of the pic of my first car Hope it is not too inconvenient now.

[Shawn]

It'll be for short walks to class and stuff... I have it hooked up to my car for the drives.

[jeffy777]

Originally Posted by v0od0o

P.S.
Sorry about the sig, thanks for letting me know. I had to let go of the pic of my first car Hope it is not too inconvenient now.

No need to apologize -- It looks really good I just wanted to let you know before a mod yelled at you or something

[Shawn]

Yeah, SL65...

[patrick10]

i have these and i love them. the only weird thing about them is the wires split off weird and the right earbud tends to get knocked out easily.

[v0od0o]

Originally Posted by jeffy777

No need to apologize -- It looks really good I just wanted to let you know before a mod yelled at you or something

Thanks, self taken pictures with some photo editing magic

Shawn, What SL65?

[Shawn]

The new mod SL65~2millionBHP~LOL~W00T!!!!!!!... look out, because there's a good chance he'll reprimand you and then be reprimanded himself for having wrongfully reprimanded you.

I dunno, I was trying to be funny. 8)

[jeffy777]

Originally Posted by v0od0o

Thanks, self taken pictures with some photo editing magic

wow, well in that case, double thunmbs up bro Nice work indeed

[v0od0o]

lol @ Shawn, thought you were talking about SL65 the car. What was I thinking assuming you'd be talking about cars around here

[mautzel]

Be careful with the Sony in ears, though. I had a pair with which I was totally satisfied and used them on a everyday basis for nearly five years. Then the right one got damaged and couldn't cope with high volumes any more, so I replaced them with another set of Sony in earphones which had an awful lack of treble. But if you're looking mainly for bass they rock

Edit: just looked up the current ones: Sony MDR-ED 31

[POWERRR!!]

i would also bet on a sony fontopia series headphone. i got a MDR-E818LP from J&R for less than $9!! it sounds about 10x better than the headphones ipods come with. the difference i immediately noticed is in the bass. it sounds full and solid, not flat like that on the ipod headphones. i've owned em for over 3 months now and they still sound as good as the day i bought em!

http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=1533891

[v0od0o]

Originally Posted by POWERRR!!

i've owned em for over 3 months now and they still sound as good as the day i bought em!

Actually word in the audiophile world is headphones sound _better_ with usage. Many believe headphones need some breaking in to sound their best.
Of course they're usually talking of headphones that cost several hundred dollars, but still

[QupiX]

just take sennheisers. VERY good sound quality, and i got the earphones for 16 euros, in holland. Don't know if they will be more expensive in your country.

http://www.sennheiser.nl/nl/icm_nl.nsf/root/500147

[matt2000]

i always fancied a pair of in-ear ones, like the Playgear stealth


they are made for the PSP, so will be great with a 'pod. i'm not sure if they're sold in the US, but they are £13 here. they cut out loss in noise, so if you listen to crap music (?), no one can take the piss out of you, cos they can't here it

[bobo_1314]

I bought a pair of Sony earphones for $9.99CAD a while ago, and they're better than the ones that came with the iPod. I bought the cheapest earphones available at Sony b/c people are grabbing iPods these days, and the first thing they look for is the trademark white earphones. I got a pair of black phones now, so hopefully I'll be safer when taking the bus/subway to school.