Thread: skull candy earbuds > ipod earbuds

I got my pair at Dick's Sporting Goods in a mall. They were 49.99

I went to the Best Buy that was on the other end of the mall to buy my 120gb Zune and the same pair was next to the Zunes and they were 79.99... needless to say I was super glad I saw them at Dick's when I was buying my brother a pair of sunglasses.

While I really do hate to bump a six-month old thread like this, I felt compelled to give a follow-up on my Skullcandy earbuds.

The left bud on my pair finally went out early this month. They lasted nearly 10 months, which is a great record. I started to just go buy a new pair for $9 at Staples, but decided to try to get them replaced as according to the lifetime warranty, partly just to see if I could. So I followed the directions on the site, filled out the form, got an RMA number, snipped off the 3.5mm plug and mailed it off to them. About two days later I got an email saying it had been recieved, and they would be shipping me out a new pair soon, but to allow 1-2 weeks for processing. That was on Thursday of last week, on Monday I got another email saying they had been sent out FedEx. I checked FedEx's site and should be here by Friday according to the tracking number I was given. In the meantime, I went ahead and bought another pair to use, and I'll keep the replacements as spares.

All in all, I remain impressed with Skullcandy!

Skullcandy is a pretty shitty brand, I prefer Sennheiser.

I just picked up a pair of skull candy in-ear phones, after accidentally decapitating my Sony buds. While the noise canceling is pretty effective, the sound quality is pretty much identical (both brands are waaaaay better than the original iPod buds). I'm thinking I like the earbud design better than in-ear, but maybe I'll get more used to it over time.

I thought the same at first, Tao, but you do get used to them, and then going back to regular earbuds just doesn't cut it.

Parasite, I've not tried Sennheiser buds, but regardless, I can't see how you can call Skullcandy a shitty brand.

Originally Posted by Demon Parasite

Skullcandy is a pretty shitty brand, I prefer Sennheiser.

I have the HD25's and they're without doubt the best you could ever hope for, but they come at a premium cost!

Originally Posted by Man of Steel

While I really do hate to bump a six-month old thread like this, I felt compelled to give a follow-up on my Skullcandy earbuds.

The left bud on my pair finally went out early this month. They lasted nearly 10 months, which is a great record. I started to just go buy a new pair for $9 at Staples, but decided to try to get them replaced as according to the lifetime warranty, partly just to see if I could. So I followed the directions on the site, filled out the form, got an RMA number, snipped off the 3.5mm plug and mailed it off to them. About two days later I got an email saying it had been recieved, and they would be shipping me out a new pair soon, but to allow 1-2 weeks for processing. That was on Thursday of last week, on Monday I got another email saying they had been sent out FedEx. I checked FedEx's site and should be here by Friday according to the tracking number I was given. In the meantime, I went ahead and bought another pair to use, and I'll keep the replacements as spares.

All in all, I remain impressed with Skullcandy!

That's awesome! Funny enough just last week the right one on my Shure M4C went and I was PISSED, for £250 headphones I expect them to last, so I'm going to check the website and see if I can get mine replaced

Originally Posted by Man of Steel

I thought the same at first, Tao, but you do get used to them, and then going back to regular earbuds just doesn't cut it.

Parasite, I've not tried Sennheiser buds, but regardless, I can't see how you can call Skullcandy a shitty brand.

Skullcandy is extremely overrated. Their earbuds are average, and their headphones are just stupid and I'm tired of people thinking their great because they look cool.

I don't think they're great because they look cool. I think they're great because I can get a pair at Staples for less than $10 that sound great and are covered by a lifetime warranty that will replace the things, no matter what, for the cost of shipping. Sure, they have their problems, like no differentiation between left and right, but it's pretty easy to figure that out.

If I could get a pair of comparable Sennheiser in-ear buds for less than $15, I'd be glad to try them and agree how much they may or may not rock. Until then, I'll stick with my Skullcandy 'buds.

Originally Posted by Adam

That's awesome! Funny enough just last week the right one on my Shure M4C went and I was PISSED, for £250 headphones I expect them to last, so I'm going to check the website and see if I can get mine replaced

So I've checked and I have a 2 year warranty, I bought them in August 2007 so JUST in the warranty period I've called them and they don't 'repair' them, they just replace with the latest model. However, they're allowing me to upgrade if I like taking the cost of mine off the new ones, so I've decided to go for the Shure Se530 Sound Isolating Earphones For those who know about headphones, these are the best money can buy!!!

The SE530s are the top model in Shure's new line of noise-isolating headphones, the SE series. They're backed and used by such artists as KT Tunstall and Rocco DeLuca and sit alongside their less-expensive siblings, the SE210s, SE310s and the SE420s.


The SE530s are built using twin bass woofers and an accurate tweeter, collectively referred to by Shure as 'Triple TruAcoustic Micro-Speakers'. At lower volumes you may not be able to notice the difference in performance between the SE310s and the SE530s, but crank the volume up to its higher levels and prepare to have your brain hammered from the inside.

They even come with this little button which you can push to listen to the outside world, because the noice isolation is that good!!!

Originally Posted by Taosaur

I just picked up a pair of skull candy in-ear phones, after accidentally decapitating my Sony buds. While the noise canceling is pretty effective, the sound quality is pretty much identical (both brands are waaaaay better than the original iPod buds). I'm thinking I like the earbud design better than in-ear, but maybe I'll get more used to it over time.

I underrated these things on first impression. After I'd pretty much decided they were the same as the Sony buds and quit thinking about it, I found myself having totally transporting music experiences one, two, three times a day. It took me a minute to notice the pattern, but I started paying attention again, and the sound clarity is outstanding, particularly for vocals. I'm thinking my iPod itself is the bottleneck for sound quality at this point.

i am using nokia 7620 and i use the nokia headset the sound is really great.. you guys can better move to mobile music rather than ipod

Originally Posted by stbalaji2u

i am using nokia 7620 and i use the nokia headset the sound is really great.. you guys can better move to mobile music rather than ipod

or iPhone

Originally Posted by stbalaji2u

i am using nokia 7620 and i use the nokia headset the sound is really great.. you guys can better move to mobile music rather than ipod

I'm looking at the 120GB Zune when I have the cash--I've heard good things about the sound quality and interface. I like having a dedicated, high capacity player, mainly so I can put everything I own on shuffle

I also plug my iPod into the sound system at work and stereo(s) at home, which wouldn't work with a phone (especially with the boss texting me every ten minutes )

hmmm cool... but you can get adapter for connecting your music system with mobile,, I saw my friend using in that way, it was nice

Originally Posted by stbalaji2u

hmmm cool... but you can get adapter for connecting your music system with mobile,, I saw my friend using in that way, it was nice

Yeah, cuz if I want my music on a separate device from my phone, then I would love to lash the two together...

I have the Creative Zen 16GB, and the sound quality is amazing. From everything I've heard, it beats out the iPod by quite a bit.

Glad to hear you could get warranty coverage on those Shures, Adam!

very soon i may buy a speaker system. might be 5.1 creative surround system.. do you know any other good choice? but it should not be costly

I had some 5.1 surround speakers, cheap ones, but unfortunately did not cut it, ended up selling them, its fun working in 5.1 though, little more effort required.

Well, considering that Adam is a DJ, if menory serves me right... I think he would have some use for them.

Originally Posted by Man of Steel

Well, considering that Adam is a DJ, if menory serves me right... I think he would have some use for them.

Of course, not disputing that, all i meant was that professional headphones are not generally needed for the casual listener. Removed my rant, i doubt i got my message across well enough as usual.

Que?

Okay I didn't think they warranted their own thread, but finally today I got my hands on my SE530 by Shure. Shit the bed they've almost blown my head off! They are without doubt a masterpiece

They're being heralded as the best earphones money can buy, all the info on them is here: http://www.shure.co.uk/PersonalAudio..._se530_content

I thought I would take some pictures of the occasion too LOL

They came in a crazy metal casing, which looked pretty cool:


They were wrapped up kind of funky too:


And these are them, lovely and gold LOL:

They better be good, considering how expensive they are.

I think skull candy buds are incredible, my only problem is that one earbud always go dead after a couple of months for me. I'm going to try and actually take advantage of the lifetime warranty this time.

I got the cheapest noise-canceling earbuds that Shure offered a few months ago, (~$80-$90) and they are definitely worth it. My iPod's standard ones suck ass. But these things are sweet. I heard stuff on my Beatles tracks that I never knew existed. Not only do they cancel sound coming in, they also prevent sound from coming out. That means that I can blare something to myself, (at comparatively low volume) and nobody around me will hear it. They're built heavy too, so when I turn my head a little too fast, I won't break any wires when they get too tight.

Definitely don't settle for those shitty things that come with an iPod. Put them on eBay if you can.