Headphone recommendations for iPod

Skunkworks · 27 Nov 2005 at 22:17

I want to upgrade from the standard iPod headphones. This time I’m going to ask for some recommendations first, as I just spent £20 on some that actually sound worse than the standard ones!

Budget is £35. The must be inner earphones (no Caraaaaig David styles), and preferable white to go with the iPod.

Any ideas?

Skunkworks · 30 Nov 2005 at 00:53

I just took delivery of some Sony MDR-EX71SLW after lots of recommendations elswhere.

I’ve come to the conclusion that I must be anatomically incompatible with inner-earphones. These sound great as long as I constantly push them into my ears. But as soon as I let go they sound even worse than the standard iPod ones! I’ve tried all the different size rubber bits too.

Oh well, that’s another £25 down the toilet. :mad:

I think I’ll look into the Sennheiser models.

Skunkworks · 7 Dec 2005 at 14:15

I've been using the MX500's for 5 days now and am very pleased with them.

Thanks for all your help.

Skunkworks · 7 Dec 2005 at 14:55

£17 from an auction site.

Skunkworks · 20 Jan 2006 at 20:40

Dispite what I said earlier, I've stopped using my MX500's. After a while I noticed the sound wasn't that good at all, and they're quite big and would fall out of my ears when cycling.

I've gone back to my Sony MDR-ED21LP's, which is what I wanted to upgrade from in the beginning! It's a shame they don't come in white, as I like everyone to know I have an expensive iPod.

Skunkworks · 10 Feb 2006 at 16:24

It seems my quest for the perfect headphones has been thwarted again.

As per my previous post, I went back to my old faithful Sony MDR-ED21LP’s after buying several different and more expensive headphones that I didn’t like. I thought I’d leave it at that and stick with the Sony’s, but I happened across a pair of Sony MDR-ED31SP’s. From the pic they looked very similar to the ones I know and love, so I ordered a pair. They turned up this morning, and to my horror when I opened the package they have that stupid ****ing cable arrangement where the left earphone has a 4 inch cable and the right is about 14 inches!

WTF is that all about? It looks ****ing stupid! Suffice to say that I haven’t worn them, as I have no desire to look like a *******. :mad:

Sony are going to a very angry email from me for not mentioning in the specs that these were designed by Joey Deacon. :mad:

My house is starting to look like the place where headphones come to die.