yeah so i have gone through my SECOND pair of ipod earbuds both pair did the exact same thing. the left one volume decreased and the right one wires came loose and ether A. would shock my ear every now and then or B. make a horrible sound(as if you just hooked up a battery to a speaker and got static and stuff)

so seeing as ipod earbuds suck i got something different...
skull candy earbuds....

these things rock so far...
they almost compleatly deaden outside noise
come with 3 different size ear adapter thingys
the bass from them remind me of the subs i had in my car


and where the ipod earbuds wire when through the earbud like a tube.
the skull candy wire is connected to the earbuds them self(this i hope will keep them from shocking me.)


this may be a bit point less but i was excited to have new earbuds.