So about three years ago I decided to put some money into quality ear buds since I listen to music/podcasts on my laptop/iPhone/iPad pretty much everyday. Up until about 2009, I was a loyal Sony Ear bud user (most likely the equivalent now is the Sony MDR-EX57LP) but they tended to fall apart in about a year for me. It was time to explore my earbud options. To my horror I was confronted with dozens of choices some easily eliminated by price and others not so easily.
I settled on Ultimate Ears 200vi for around 70 bucks. Those fell apart at an unlikely spot around the casing in about six months. Twitter to the rescue. Tweeting my disappointment lead to almost immediate contact from Logitech/UE support for a replacement set of 220vi's. They have been A+ since February of 2010. Unfortunately this weekend I lost my last set of small in-ear buds and I felt like it was time to try something else. I did order replacement buds but I'm converting the UE's to my running/exrcise/yard work headphones since they have iPhone controls.
My Klipsch S4's arrived last night. (For the true audiophile my spending limit is under a hundred bucks so no super fancy triple armatures or anything like that.) I was a little disappointed because they were little tinny for my taste. I tend to hit the base pretty hard so I had to set the equalizer to Small Speakers for the iPhone for things to fit what I think sounds good. So far the MacBookPro sounds great with the same settings. No Kings from Doomtree sounds good anyways. The in ear fit is a little better and the sound quality is the same with a little tweaking. So far A+ for sound and we will have to see how the S4's hold up over time.
Riveting stuff, right?
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