Thread: skull candy earbuds > ipod earbuds

When I went to buy myself some new earbuds about a week or so ago, I went to The Source and they tried to sell my Skull Candy earbuds. They had displays for them, they were the big thing in there and the guy's every 3rd and 4th words were Skull Candy. I thought about it but then thought that they're probably not as good as they're made out to be, this is clearly a marketing thing.

I ended up buying a $112 pair of Panasonic RP-HC55 Noise canceling earbuds. Also with different sizes of buds. I love them, really worth the money. 88% noise reduction

But yeah, I've heard of the Skull Candy earbuds. Use them for a few weeks and report back how they're still working. Let me know if I should've saved my money instead

I buy Shure Earphones.

They're the best.

End of story.

I use these:

http://store.shure.com/store/shure/e...ctID.105181400

Originally Posted by ExoByte

But yeah, I've heard of the Skull Candy earbuds. Use them for a few weeks and report back how they're still working. Let me know if I should've saved my money instead

i will do that ... i was at work today and had them on for a bit... i work at pizza hut and we have the usual noise a restaurant has fans ovens people ... people yelling ect.... i put them on and it was gone... i felt like i was def...it was cool cus my co shift manager was yelling at me and i didnt hear a dam thing haha

My iPod buds lasted a couple years, but recently the insulation came loose at several points and I picked up a pair of $10 Sony buds--huge improvement in sound quality. They don't achieve full noise cancellation, but I'm generally wearing them on my bike or on the train, and I'd prefer not to be oblivious to my environment in those situations, as long as I can hear my tunes. I definitely couldn't see spending more than $30 on headphones, tho I'm not a bass freak, either. The most fidelity-demanding genres I'm into are IDM and jam/bluegrass, both of which see more action on the high end, and these buds do very well there.

skull candy headphones are pretty kick ass

One very important reason never to wear ipod earbuds is that it increases your chances of getting mugged. Even with the skull candy, get the black ones if you can.

Originally Posted by Seismosaur

I buy Shure Earphones.

They're the best.

End of story.

I use these:

http://store.shure.com/store/shure/e...ctID.105181400

Shure are great. If you have the bankroll, Etymotic is good too. Money no object, though, Ultimate Ears are pretty fantastic. I've only tried thier earbuds once, but wow.

Originally Posted by Seismosaur

I buy Shure Earphones.

They're the best.

End of story.

I use these:

http://store.shure.com/store/shure/e...ctID.105181400

Agreed! Last year I bought the E4C (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...ctiveda3054-21) although at £200 at the time they were expensive, but the best quality ear buds I could find at the time

I use simple, £20 Sennheiser earbuds. They're comfortable and I can walk down a busy road without hearing anything but the music.
I love them Only thing is, they aren't good if you need to share them with a friend.

Holy crap, I bought a pair of Skullcandy Ink'd ear buds today, and they are incredible for the price! I'm a cheapskate, so I usually just buy the El Cheapo Cobys or whatever is cheapest yet looks decently made at Big Lots (I know, I know...). They usually last about a month, maybe two if I'm lucky, before one side goes out. At $4 a whack, I just go buy more, no worries. The sound quality is pretty terrible though, but I never really even realized that until...

I put the Skullcandy ear buds in. Wow, the volume, the bass, the near-total lack of outside noise... I can listen at volume 2-5 on my little 1GB RCA MP3 player, depending on the song, instead of 10-15 like usual! And 7 Days To The Wolves by Nightwish kicks so much ass with these things in my ears.

I bought them thanks to your post, docKnubis, so a big, heartfelt thanks, man!

update. they are still the best earbuds i have ever used! and now that im in school i use them alot more walking from class to class. the only problem with them is they have no problems...

and no problem man of steel im just doing my dreamviews civil duty!...

£8 Sony pair from Argos for me, very good sound quality (that is, for the earphone's I've bought in the past), on par with an Olympus pair that was also very good whichcame bundled with a voice recorder.

I'll never pay more than £10 on an earphone, because I always, always, lose the sound in one or both ears usually within months or within 1-2 years in every earphone and headphone I have bought. Every single one (expect my current Sony pair). Any ideas why? Even my wireless headphones I use at home play out of one ear only unless I twiddle the volume slider to exactly the right position (and that seems to change on a week by week basis).

It's appalling, really. Are earhones just not built to last? I feel as if they are a continual investment for me.

/rant

I dunno, IDX, I tend to have the same problem though. These Skullcandy 'buds are still awesome, though! I finally broke down and bought a new MP3 player, a Creative Zen 16GB, and the sound quality is way better than my old one. The Skullcandy 'buds really bring that out, too. The highs and mids especially blow my old player out of the water.

I'm a fan of Skullcandy. For the price they're awesome. That's important for broke college kids (like me).

People are idiots. I sell the stupid factory ipod earbuds. They cost like less than 5 bucks to make but are sold for 30 dollars. People actually overlook good earbuds for this crap? Just 'cause you want to stick with what your already familiar with? People are idiots BTW. Nuff said!

Hold on, got some more. Everything that a manufacture makes, has accessories (Like earbuds). These accessories are CRAP! The manufactures wants it to be crap because it cost less and they dont have to pay more for it, in return more profit for them. SO........ Anything else is better than factory crap. Replace this CRAP with something GOOD! Got it!

People are idiots!

Question;

Why would you buy a second pair of the cheap earbuds that are given to you free with an ipod?

Originally Posted by Xaqaria

Question;

Why would you buy a second pair of the cheap earbuds that are given to you free with an ipod?

first pair as in i bought an ipod 30 gig then the earbuds died ...
second pair as in i bought an ipod 160 gig same story with the earbuds.

Just get some Shure M4C and you will never need another pair again

Originally Posted by Identity X

£8 Sony pair from Argos for me, very good sound quality (that is, for the earphone's I've bought in the past), on par with an Olympus pair that was also very good whichcame bundled with a voice recorder.

I'll never pay more than £10 on an earphone, because I always, always, lose the sound in one or both ears usually within months or within 1-2 years in every earphone and headphone I have bought. Every single one (expect my current Sony pair). Any ideas why? Even my wireless headphones I use at home play out of one ear only unless I twiddle the volume slider to exactly the right position (and that seems to change on a week by week basis).

It's appalling, really. Are earhones just not built to last? I feel as if they are a continual investment for me.

/rant

I get the same problem... maybe it's because we never splurge for the high quality brands?

I currently have a Radio Shack generic brand of DJ Style headphones and the left ear cuts out constantly. I have to fiddle with the wire and the volume control and keep my head perfectly still if I want full sound. It's pretty lame.

I got a pair of these a while back. Even before I lost them, they were overated. Yeah, they're better then the iPod buds, but that's not saying much.

They hurt in your ears, and I tried using the different kinds of sizes it came with. Not to mention they fall out after anything more than a quick walk.

Originally Posted by Elis D.

I get the same problem... maybe it's because we never splurge for the high quality brands?

I currently have a Radio Shack generic brand of DJ Style headphones and the left ear cuts out constantly. I have to fiddle with the wire and the volume control and keep my head perfectly still if I want full sound. It's pretty lame.

Sounds like the wire is fractured. With cheaper headphones with wires are less quality, thus more likely to fracture causing intermittent sound, unless you stay still.

I got me some Senhheiser HD25 headphones, excellent quality, could do with the wire being longer though http://www.sennheiser.co.uk/uk/icm.n...ones_dj_502103

iPod earbuds really really suck : / And if you wear them, everyone can see you are an iFag. I just got some proper earbuds with a volume-control thingy on the wire, for my iPod.

Creative EP-630, probably the best earbuds I ever tried. What amazed me the most was the bass. It's incredible they can get it to feel so right in such a small device.

Just picked up a pair of SkullCandy HESH's...


Ohhhhh... it's like my ears are orgasming.


Seriously. I listened to the same song twice.

Once with the shitty 15 dollar pair I've been using and then with these... so much better.

And they're far more comfortable.

Best $50 I ever spent.