Anyone tried out-of-the-box in-ear headphones?

[immel]

Has anyone here tried any of these?

Shure e5c - $549
Westone ES2 - $650
Sensaphonics ProPhonic SOFT 2X-S - $750
Ultimate Ears UE-10 Pro - $900

If you have, are they seriously worth it? Some time ago I was considering buying the Shure e5c, but then other things got on my mind and I'm happy I didn't consider it enough to throw my money in that direction. I love music, I love sound, although I do not think I love it enough to spend this kind of money on it.

I'm a great fan of in-ear headphones, even if they are quite a lot more dangerous to your hearing than other.

Opinions?

[ohsixthirty]

nope, never tried them and i doubt i ever will. i seriously have to question whether any ear phone could be worth those prices. i mean, even the cheapest one would pay the rent on my apartment for a month!

[immel]

Originally Posted by touchedstar

i seriously have to question whether any ear phone could be worth those prices. i mean, even the cheapest one would pay the rent on my apartment for a month!

Very true, like I said I'm happy I didn't have time to spend my money on something like it. I'm wondering though, because there are definately audiophiles somewhere out there who'd rather live in the street than listen on cheap headphones .

[sexysaucestar]

Those are insane prices for "good" headphones. I would probably never try those, since I've been able to find pretty nice/high quality headphones for $20 or so.

[micster]

Wtf?

I payed £1.99 for my uber earphones

[immel]

The more you upgrade yourself on headphones, the more you feel you never want to go back to something as "crappy" as what you had before... and for some people there is a time when you get to the level where you start considering if those are worth it or not.

I do not think they are, but there are people who do, and their opinion of it is most likely justified as it is quality stuff you are getting for the money (supposedly, according to the many reviews).

I'm using my $10 in-ears still, great sound .

[ohsixthirty]

Originally Posted by ticklemypanini

i uses speakers,, earspeakers damagaing your ears!

only if you turn the volume up too loud. otherwise they're fine.

[Hazuki]

Woah.. Those look freaky o__O;;

I wouldnt pay so much just for earphones though..

[slowmoth]

what's special about that fones? why they are so expensive?

I didn't even pay that price for my iPod o_o

[HannahMntnaFan89]

And I thought $15 was enough for a good pair of headphones.

my $1 pair of headphones lasted longer than my $20 ones.

[immel]

Originally Posted by slowmoth

what's special about that fones? why they are so expensive?

This link might help you a bit, if you are really interested .

http://www.macobserver.com/featurere.../05/07.1.shtml

[orenji_jaro]

nyuu~ those are too pricey the last one almost worth a thousand dollars o.o *shurgs*
i have headphones and its cool that you can make it into a speaker and there's some good ajapnese bran dearphoens outthere that is liek those and half the price only try searching for ELECOM earphones ^^

[slowmoth]

Originally Posted by immel

This link might help you a bit, if you are really interested .

http://www.macobserver.com/featurere.../05/07.1.shtml

I would buy the apple ones (cause the another ones looks scary D

[Yukitora]

That is crazy.

Good thing I don't have that kind of money lying around Im happy with the quality Im getting right now, even if it is more dangerous to my ears.

[alt.total-loser]

$900?! These people are insane. And they look like stomachs or something. =[

[shavoingin]

those are scary
they look like babies
like week old babies or something
before theyre born
like in the uterus or womb w/e

[HELVENEUE]

Some of these headphones look pretty disguisting...

I never would've thought that headphones could look disguisting. o_o

[DA1SUK1DAY01691]

sharper image is just as good, and it's only 40 dollars.