Suggest Me Some Earphones (Under £50)
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They just look like the Creative ...
www.headfi.org is your answer..... (warning when you get wrapped up in the hype of headphones you spend £££££)
Sorry to be off topic, but how long did they last before they broke?
Reason being when I get a portable media player I was looking at getting these because I cant really afford much.
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I would have a look at some of the Goldring headphones.
The first pairs or 2 lasted about 8-14 months, the more recent ones normally have one dead ear after 3-6 months. it could be possible I keep buying bad batches or the supplier has fakes, I'm unsure.
Thanks for the link, I will check them out.
Goldring? Never heard of them ...
Yes indeed they do look like the Sennheiser ones.
Since you you said you wanted some earphones for cheap, I think the CX500 fits the bill. Or the slightly cheaper version - CX300. They are very popular. Check the reviews to see how many there are
First you have to decide which sound signature you like whether you like lots of bass or lots of midrange or a balance of both.
I would definitely investigate head fi forums first, the best bargains to be had seem to be imports like soundmagic, head direct , brainwavz,
Mylarone.
Most of those are going to sound better than £50 worth of earphones from uk sites you can get some of the above bundled with portable headphone amps too for cheap prices.
Pretty sure you would like beta brainwavz pro for around £15 delivered certainly better than budget sennheisers.
I would definitely investigate head fi forums first, the best bargains to be had seem to be imports like soundmagic, head direct , brainwavz,
Mylarone.
Most of those are going to sound better than £50 worth of earphones from uk sites you can get some of the above bundled with portable headphone amps too for cheap prices.
Pretty sure you would like beta brainwavz pro for around £15 delivered certainly better than budget sennheisers.
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+1 for CX500's. Can be had for £20 and under now and they're brilliant. Just got to watch out for fakes unfortunately.Since you you said you wanted some earphones for cheap, I think the CX500 fits the bill. Or the slightly cheaper version - CX300. They are very popular. Check the reviews to see how many there are
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These are fantastic for an MP3 player! I would have paid a lot more for mine.
Im in same situation as OP, i have just bought asus xonar essence, and now need to get some decent headphones, unfortunatley the 30 pound creatives would be spoiling it, but im quite interested by the look of Sony Mdr-v6
Woops sorry just realised u said mp3.
Woops sorry just realised u said mp3.
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At 9.99 they are blatantly fake. Good fakes, but fake.
You are looking at £30+ for a genuine pair.
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£20 Actually. Just got myself some about 2 weeks ago. Definetly not fake.
Yup £10 is more than likely to be fake. £20 is about the right price.
Im in same situation as OP, i have just bought asus xonar essence, and now need to get some decent headphones, unfortunatley the 30 pound creatives would be spoiling it, but im quite interested by the look of Sony Mdr-v6
Woops sorry just realised u said mp3.
I have the V6 and they are great. I only use them at home though, use it for music and games. It might be a bit difficult to find somewhere that sell them though..but I assume you have found somewhere that have them.
Or you can get the bigger brother of the V6, MDR-7506.