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MP3 Player Earphones. . .Recommendations

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Carbo

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I'm looking to upgrade the earphones that came with the Sansa Clip+. Those earbuds are worthless.
My needs are simple: the only time I use the player is at the gym when I'm running. Sweating like Rosie O'Donnell sprinting after the last donut, most earphones I've tried slip out of my ears. That's my first concern.
For anyone who has dealt with this, can you recommend a pair. I've been looking at the Sennheiser PMX80 Sport Series II, but I'm not sold on them yet. Amazon has 'em for $55.
 
Some Sennheisers come with several sleeve sizes, and that way, you can find the right size for your ears so the won't slip out.
 
From the pictures of the earphones, they appear to be earbud types, and not the in-the-ear canal type. So I can't help but wonder how well they will stay in place.
 
Carbo said:
From the pictures of the earphones, they appear to be earbud types, and not the in-the-ear canal type. So I can't help but wonder how well they will stay in place.
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Huh? All he said was Sennheisers, which is a brand not a specific type of headphone. Sennheiser CX300s are in ear, fairly cheap, and sound pretty awesome IMO. Buy them from Amazon directly though, as smaller sellers and ebay tends to sell cheap knockoffs and package them as real CX300s.
 
I understand Sennheiser is a brand, not a type of earphone. But Corky mentioned sleeve sizes, and I associate that with in-the-ear type earphones, not the earbud types.
 
Carbo said:
I understand Sennheiser is a brand, not a type of earphone. But Corky mentioned sleeve sizes, and I associate that with in-the-ear type earphones, not the earbud types.
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Interesting - I always thought that earbuds and in-the-ear speakers were the same thing. ???

Like these:

http://www.buy.com/retail/product.as...ingid=50492469

By slipping on different size sleeves, you can change the snugness of the in-ear phones, a.k.a. earbuds.
 
Check out Skullcandy. I have the ink'd model and they sound great. Cost me $10 with a coupon, but I think the regular price is $20.
 
Ultimate Ears' $99 Triple.Fis if you got in on that deal a few weeks ago. They're amazing. My $150 Super.Fi 5 Pros are now "crap" after upgrading. Sigh.

If you want some decent IEMs, you can choose Sony's Fontopias for ~$20-$30. A little more, I'd take Ultimate Ears' Metro.Fi or Shure SE310s.
 
corkyg said:
Interesting - I always thought that earbuds and in-the-ear speakers were the same thing. ???

Like these:

http://www.buy.com/retail/product.as...ingid=50492469

By slipping on different size sleeves, you can change the snugness of the in-ear phones, a.k.a. earbuds.
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earbuds are also the cheap iphone type plastic ear holder bits. the silicon ones stay in better if you choose the right size.

anyways the cx300 are not as good as the mk2 version.

depends on selecting the right size and ear shape. iem in ear monitors go even further into the ear. cx300 types are inbetween. the ones that go deep are truely like ear plugs. but whether you like that feel is subjective. i find J cord which has part of the cord behind your neck more stable. the resting cord keeps the two ear wires secure and no cords are constantly banging on your cheeks which is annoying.
 
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