Best earphones for resonable price?

Hey.

I am looking for good earphones for a reasonable price, I am looking for earphones like these:



I prefer those earphones and not the ones that go right into your ears and cancels noise.

Please let me know.

Thanks.

 

About the only earbuds I can really recommend are those manufactured by Yuin. They have quite a following at Head-Fi and a distinguished reputation for a quality product at a reasonable price. Whether this price is within your scopes, however, is dependent on your budget. The OK3 (~$60) or the PK2 (~$80) represent great candidates, but they fall in the range of earbuds greater than $50. If you are willing to flex your wallet a bit, I would not expect you to be disappointed with either model.

If either of these models does interest you, you should take a look at some reviews (likely at Head-Fi) to get a feel for how you can expect the earbuds to sound, since they have their own sonic personalities and characteristics. Check out this thread for some guidance in your quest.

 

Jakeworld is right. Don't worry about the fact that you've never heard of Yuin before; those in the know recognize them as simply dominant when it comes to earbud sound quality. At this price point, you're getting alot for your money, and you won't yet need to upgrade your source and amplification since the headphones are still the greatest bottleneck.

I defer to ClieOS, to whom Jakeworld has posted a link. He has an excellent handle on what the market has to offer.

 

I bought a pair of Philips SHE2550/00 In-Ear Headphones and I am very pleased.

Very good sound quality, perfect fit and low price.

 

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If you are dead-set on earbuds, I would go with the Sennheiser MX880. $70 shipped from Amazon.

If you are willing to go with canalphones, and want a mic for gaming, then you would do well with the Edge Acoustics GX400 ($180 shipped) by a respected audio company called Etymotic Research, or Sennheiser PC300 ($90 shipped).

I would consider myself an audiophile, and have gone through many different sets of headphones in the past several years - for computer use, gaming use, and pure audio listening use. I have found that Sennheisers are by far the most reliable name in affordable, high-quality products when you are dealing with portable earphones in the $60 and below range.

 

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We both love Etymotic, but our similarities in opinion end there. Sennheiser does not make their IEMs. Many are made by Foster/Fostex and other OEMs/ODMs then simply rebranded as Sennheiser products. Same story goes with many other companies when it comes to their lower end products, or even their entire product lines. Because of this "manufacturer lottery," it's very hard to make recommendations based on brand name. With their full sized headphones, Sennheiser is consistently good. With their lower end IEMs, not so much.

 

Sorry for the late reply, but just want to ask if there are some other good quality earphones aswell that I should look at?

 

I'm using Shure Earphones... The quality of sound is so good. The price is bad.
Some Sony brands are expensive too.
Panasonic and Phillips earphones are also good and the price is a little bit better than the others, try those two

 

Take a look at Ultimate Ears Metro-Fi series. They are very good IEMs for budget minded consumers.

Ultimate Ears | The earphone choice of the world's top touring musicians

 

Yeah, but I am looking for earbuds only.

Still looking for the right one which are not that expensive, and has good quality aswell.

 

shure e5c

 

awaisuk, you did not define your "reasonable" and "not that expensive".

I for example was comfortable paying over $200 for two sets of earbuds [Yuin PK1 & PK2] being offered at a discounted price if you got both; that was reasonable for me because they are about the best sounding earbuds to be had and I hold quality more important over price. I doubt you are willint to pay that. But what is reasonable for you?

You used the words "best for a reasonable price". As mentioned I also purchased and can recommend the more economically priced Yuin PK2 at the same time, which are very good and are easily driven w/o an amp. I recommend you get them:
Yuin PK2 - Headphones | HeadRoom Audio
The sound quality of "cheap buds" clearly conforms to the saying "you get what you pay for" and aren't woth the few dollars spent on them. So I consider its asking price "reasonable".

 

PK2 looks good. Can you tell me hows the sound quality? Does it have Bass?

Can you also listen to the outside noises while the earbuds are on? I would like to hear outside noise aswell thats why I am looking for earbuds.

Thanks.

 

I've been using the PK1 and I haven't listened to them for a few years; I gave them to my wife when I bought them. From what a recall they had a very nice full-bodied sound similar to the PK1, with just a bit more lively sound with 'grit & crunch' than the PK1s. For a bud, they have very decent bass level and clarity , aka articulation, tho a noticibley bit less articulation than the PK1.

Hearing the outside noise definitely depends on the sound level of the music. A rule of thumb is any sound 30dB down from a louder sound will get completely masked. With that said, it's a standard bud-sized form factor which is likely not able to fit inside your ear canal (who knows, you might have an unusually large ear canal ) but will sit at the edge outside the ear canal. So about the same level of outside noise should come in thru them as with your other buds.

I don't have them in-front of me, but I do have the PK3 in-front of me (a even cheaper pair the distributer threw-in for free, either no longer made or imported by the distributor, but which I wouldn't recommend anyway) and they have two large vent slits in the back. So if the PK2 body is the same, that would server to increase the level of outside sound that would bleed inside the ear canal and not get masked by the music. (edit: just looked @ the photo at the link I provided above, and the PK3 is the same body as the PK2)

 

Thanks alot for your explanation, I will be getting the PK2

 

Great to hear.

Hope you report back to let me/us know if you think as highly of them as others.

Forgive if you know all this already, but be aware that headphones generally needs a few dozen hours of burn-in to settle into how they will finally sound.