whats your favorite ear phone?

bgcheese · 11-07-2007, 10:29 AM

I have a trick I use for to keep my ear buds in position when putting my helmet on. Not much of a secret, but flip them up put the cord over the top of your ear. Also silk helmet liners are great to keep them in place for long rides prevents them from vibrating loose over time.

May Favorite set are Bose TriPort IE $99 bucks at Brookstone.

UncleJesse954 · 11-25-2007, 9:36 PM

over the summer i got a $20 dollar pair of skull candy "smokin buds". they were my favorite sounding so far (very clear, strong treble and bass but neither overpowering the other. no tin can sound. no boom tube sound. wonderful balance and clarity and you could crank them and retain the quality sound) but eventually i guess a wire got loose and they quit working. i suspect that it was the stupid volume control they put halfway up the wire. headphones dont usually need volume control. the device they plug into covers that. now i have a similar pair of sony's (the rubber ear pieces from my skull candys fit the sonys) they sound good and clear but a little short on bass and volume compared to the candy.

UncleJesse954 · 11-25-2007, 9:41 PM

i tried every single pair of headphones in radio shack in one stopping. the sonys sounded the best in the shack but i even tried to give those back. the dude was like "your killin me here" and i took them. literally i tried every pair that was a bud type. best sound so far was $20 skull candy from staples

Surffrog · 11-25-2007, 11:30 PM

Uncle Jesse, I've never tried the skull candies, but I used to use the sonys and loved them. Having said that, I've just got back from Singapore where I bought a set of Sennhauser's. These things were expensive, around 120 singapore dollars, but they're awsome. Absolutely no contact with the sides of the helmet (Shoei Z4) and the sound quality is spot-on. At least 50% better than my old sonys. Well, it's a thought...

Getsome · 12-27-2007, 2:25 PM

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Originally Posted by 97BladeRider

Don't feel like breaking the bank for ear buds that stay in your ears inside a full-faced helmet? I bought a set of Skull Candy Ear Buds and they rock. They're also very comfortable and compare in sound to a set of Etymotic ER6 that I used to have.

The best thing, they're only $29.95 USD

Skullcandy: LINK, MP3 Players, helmets, cellphone, apparel, gear, cd players, headphones - headphones - headphones

$10 at FYI for the last few months. We bought a few paris of them just in case we break the one's we used all year this year.

Great sound and noice reduction for the price.

Getsome · 12-27-2007, 2:27 PM

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Originally Posted by UncleJesse954

over the summer i got a $20 dollar pair of skull candy "smokin buds". they were my favorite sounding so far (very clear, strong treble and bass but neither overpowering the other. no tin can sound. no boom tube sound. wonderful balance and clarity and you could crank them and retain the quality sound) but eventually i guess a wire got loose and they quit working. i suspect that it was the stupid volume control they put halfway up the wire. headphones dont usually need volume control. the device they plug into covers that. now i have a similar pair of sony's (the rubber ear pieces from my skull candys fit the sonys) they sound good and clear but a little short on bass and volume compared to the candy.

they redid the smokin buds and they don't have that stupid volume control in them anymore. my first set did the same thing last year. the set i bought at the beginning of this summer didn't have it and they are still kickin good... and the best aprt was that FYI lowered the price on them... Can't beat em for $10

bigXXeasy · 02-20-2008, 12:51 PM

I PUT ON A SILKS HOOD B4 THE HELMET LETS IT SLIDE RIGHT OVER EARPHONES.

lanbrown · 02-21-2008, 1:03 AM

Get custom ones and they are low-profile and you can even take the helmet off and they stay in and are much more comfortable and they block the harmful noise.

schnogg · 03-07-2008, 9:08 PM

K not to resurrect an old thread, but the JVC marshmallows are pretty good. I've used them when riding and studying and they works great as earplugs with or without music.

Ol' Gravy Leg · 03-08-2008, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by bgcheese

May Favorite set are Bose TriPort IE $99 bucks at Brookstone.

you must be tone deaf.

yeller929 · 05-30-2008, 1:11 AM

First post so here it goes.... This is a big subject for me. I want to protect my hearing AND listen to music. A couple of posters mentioned that they tried many different ones before finding the right pair. It's hard to find the right ones for sure!! Anyway, i had a pair of the Koss ones, best at keeping out the noise, great sound and incredibly cheap. Then the foam was getting crusty and radio shack stopped carrying them.

went to FYE and found Skullcandy "INKD" earphones. $10.00 and i put them in and rode home. 15 miles and it was the quietest best sounding ride i have ever had. That was in september of last year and they are still perfect....except the helmet popping them out sometimes. didnt mean to go on but that is my .02

BTW nothing like some Audioslave in crystal clear stereo with the 929 doing above leagal speeds.

roughneckin · 05-30-2008, 1:59 AM

Did some riding just a little above the limit today with the revs around 10 and the ink'd plugs were amazing. And I was rippin it up with some tantric in the background, very pleasant.

curt248 · 05-30-2008, 3:12 AM

Thanks for the info guys. I just ordered the skullcandy inkd smokin buds after reading all your reviews here.

Blazin413 · 06-15-2008, 7:20 PM

just picked myself up a set of skull candy buds today. $15 at Target. I haven't had a chance to check them out yet, but im going on a long ride tomorrow morning, so we'll see!

curt248 · 06-15-2008, 7:36 PM

I used the ear buds for about a week now. They have great clarity, but not too much bass.

They also work very well at blocking out other noises. It's like wearing earplugs. The wind noise was almost eliminated.

Too bad though. I forgot to put them in my pocket when stopping and they dragged into my chain and I lost one ear bud. I still rode with only one the next day.

Were they on sale at Target?

SAK · 06-15-2008, 11:21 PM

shures are sick i love mine but a bit pricey. i hear awesome things about skull candies best bang for the buck

Blazin413 · 06-16-2008, 7:43 PM

I did 130 on the new wheels today with the buds in and they worked just fine. I actually didnt hear much of the music, but it was plenty loud enough.

Curt: I don't know if it was a sale or not, but for $15, I wasnt too concerned. Definately good buy for the price

curt248 · 06-16-2008, 8:50 PM

Yeah for $15 I should go and buy another pair.

Anyone have any luck with other cheap ear buds like the skull candy?

It seems like every other headphone set I have had in the past had better bass. Maybe it's b/c I've never used a headphone that actually goes into the ear canal. I suppose the drivers have to be so small that they can't produce much bass.