I have owned many apple earbuds throughout the years. However, many months or maybe 1 year, these earbuds would no longer work in one ear or maybe even both of them. Im sure many of you all have the same issue with these earbuds.
I know many years ago i had bought 1 or 2 fake ones as i was pretty stupid buying it for under 10 dollars and thinking it was the real thing.
I see the current price is around 30 dollars or so on the apple website. I do see few of them on ebay and many of them are around 23 dollars or so and they sold countless of them and have extremely good feedback. Would you say its worth buying it fromthem? I dont see that many sold though.
No Seriously. Pick up any in-ear set of headphones, that cost more than $25 (or £15 for me) and you’ll get a better experience. Looking on the Amazon store you can pick up some Sony headphones for $25.
I am genuinally suprised you like them, i’ve always considered the headphones you get with Apple products total rubbish. Poor sound, terrible fit, rubbish noice cancellation.
Thanks for that link. I am going to try the Panasonic ear buds that they recommend. I’ve been using the standard Apple ones that came with my iPhone 6. I am interested in seeing if I can tell the difference.
I never understood all the love for Apple’s earbuds…mine didn’t work right at all (crackly/staticky left bud). When the ex-cleaning lady at work developed a case of sticky fingers, however, the first things to disappear from people’s desks were the standard Apple earbuds.
Other than your cleaning lady, I don’t think there is a “all the love” for Apple earbuds. I think the opposite is true, in that they are universally panned for bad audio quality. I think they are “popular” just because they are included as a throw in freebie with ipnones and iPods. So you see lots of people using them. Maybe some of those people think they are okay quality wise just because they’ve not heard how good a better quality set of earphones can sound.
Now that I used up my daily allotment of unnecessary quote marks, I’ll "sign off ".
I go to a lot of live music, probably something like 70 shows a year, but I never gave much of a thought to my ear buds for some reason. I have been using the ones that came with my iPhone for my last four iPhones. The newer shaped ones that started with the iPhone 5 are definitely more comfortable that the previous ones but the sound seems to be much the same.
Today I should be receiving the Panasonic ear buds that got the highest rating on the link that you provided up thread. I am very interested in seeing if I can notice an appreciable difference. For $20 including shipping, it’s worth a try.
I buy either the apple ones or the fake-Apple ones from eBay. Why? Because I’ve gotten hooked on that little button halfway up. I love being able to pause/adjust volume/skip ahead right from the cord, without having to touch my phone.
Sound quality - meh. It’s tolerable. But that tiny convenience is invaluable.
These are the ones that I just bought. They were rated by two different outfits as the best ear buds under $30 and they have the Apple compatible button thingy. Lots of models do. They are supposed to have much better sound and they cost less.
I was wrong about one thing. The thingy on the Panasonic only does pause and play. I do think that you can find models that have better controls other than Apple though.
I listened to a couple of soundboards of live concerts and the sound is definitely better with the Panasonics. You can hear more of the music and it’s less muddy.
The Apple ones are much more sturdy and come with a convenient case.
Don’t throw them out - they are perfectly acceptable for non-music purposes such as transcription, or emergency AM radio listening. I’d happily take them off your hands next time. I’ve worn out several pairs of Apple earbuds at work, and I’m now using $10 Sony earbuds for my transcription work at the office.
