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exodus454

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Hey all-

With the winter season rolling around, its time to start skiing again, and I need some phones that can live up to that task better than the Sony AssStyles i was using last year to handle this. I currently have some Sony EX71 earbuds that I can fall back to, but they get yanked out of your ears very easily and I really don't want to deal with that crap while on the slopes.

Can anyone recommend me some good phones for skiing use? I can spend ~$75, and I'm thinking a pair of Grado SR60's are in order here. How well do these stay planted on your head, and how comfortable are they?

If the SR60's are less than optimal for this application, please feel free to suggest some other models. I've had Sennheiser HD570s and Sony V6's in the past, and I'm sorry I got rid of V6's because I think those would have worked quite well. Oh well though, this may be an excuse to get me a pair of SR60's or something new.

Thanks for the help!
 
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Gurck

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The sr60s are excellent, but I'm not sure I'd want to ski with full-sized phones on my head. I'm not surprised you didn't like the Sonys - they're garbage. You might want to look into canalphones such as the Shure e2c or Etymotics, they'll stay planted in your ears no problem, but some people don't like the feeling of having something all the way in their ear canals (unlike earbuds, which just go in the outer portion). You'd probably get better advice at head-fi.org, especially regarding canalphones.
 
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exodus454

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Originally posted by: Gurck
The sr60s are excellent, but I'm not sure I'd want to ski with full-sized phones on my head. I'm not surprised you didn't like the Sonys - they're garbage. You might want to look into canalphones such as the Shure e2c or Etymotics, they'll stay planted in your ears no problem, but some people don't like the feeling of having something all the way in their ear canals (unlike earbuds, which just go in the outer portion). You'd probably get better advice at head-fi.org, especially regarding canalphones.
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The EX71s are actually great little earbuds/canalphones for casual listening, except for the getting yanked out problem (that and the stupid damn "one wire longer than the other" for the around-the-neck concept, which i think is stupid)

I have looked around head-fi, and just thought i'd ask here too. Getting a good pair of canalphones is a good idea, I will look into it, but if I dont find anything thats a pretty good bang-for-the-buck I think I may just use this as my SR60 excuse.
 
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Azndude51

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Originally posted by: exodus454

The EX71s are actually great little earbuds/canalphones for casual listening, except for the getting yanked out problem (that and the stupid damn "one wire longer than the other" for the around-the-neck concept, which i think is stupid)
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I love the wire around the neck feature, I wish all earbuds were like that. I have had no problems with mine getting yanked out of my ear.
 
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Looney

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Originally posted by: exodus454
Hey all-

With the winter season rolling around, its time to start skiing again, and I need some phones that can live up to that task better than the Sony AssStyles i was using last year to handle this. I currently have some Sony EX71 earbuds that I can fall back to, but they get yanked out of your ears very easily and I really don't want to deal with that crap while on the slopes.
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You're going to get SR60s for the 'slopes'?
 
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Gurck

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Originally posted by: exodus454
The EX71s are actually great little earbuds/canalphones
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"Excellent" and "Sony" don't belong in the same sentence without a "not" in between them ;)
 
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Originally posted by: exodus454
Hey all-

With the winter season rolling around, its time to start skiing again, and I need some phones that can live up to that task better than the Sony AssStyles i was using last year to handle this. I currently have some Sony EX71 earbuds that I can fall back to, but they get yanked out of your ears very easily and I really don't want to deal with that crap while on the slopes.

Can anyone recommend me some good phones for skiing use? I can spend ~$75, and I'm thinking a pair of Grado SR60's are in order here. How well do these stay planted on your head, and how comfortable are they?

If the SR60's are less than optimal for this application, please feel free to suggest some other models. I've had Sennheiser HD570s and Sony V6's in the past, and I'm sorry I got rid of V6's because I think those would have worked quite well. Oh well though, this may be an excuse to get me a pair of SR60's or something new.

Thanks for the help!
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Dont listen to anyone saying the sr60s are nice. They are garbage. They are uncomfortable and the sound is hype. Sennheiser hd280s are the only way to go. If your gonna ski and listen to music, i dont see how you can get anything else besides shure e2s or keeping ure sonys.
 
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Originally posted by: mrgoblin


Dont listen to anyone saying the sr60s are nice. They are garbage. They are uncomfortable and the sound is hype. Sennheiser hd280s are the only way to go. If your gonna ski and listen to music, i dont see how you can get anything else besides shure e2s or keeping ure sonys.
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Well don't listen to you. :p
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The SR60s ARE nice and comfortable with great audio (for the price) . . . . just probably not for skiiing . . . earbuds seem the call here. ;)
 
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sniperruff

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Originally posted by: Cha0s
Originally posted by: Excelsior
Get some Koss 35s or 55s.
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koss is trash , get etymotic research earbuds or shure EC2
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just because they are cheap does not mean they are trash. the ksc35 is an excellent pair of earphones but they won't handle OP's task.
 
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exodus454

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yeah, I think after quite a bit of research i'm going to grab a good pair of canalphones. Grados would be nice, but they're completely wrong for this application. Def not going Koss, I used to have a pair of those and they were total crap. I would consider Senn's, but the two pairs i've had in the past werent secure on your head at all. Dont get me wrong, excellent 'phones, but not for anything other than sitting around.

Thanks for the help everyone.
 
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