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I can usually find infos about stuff to buy myself, but with earphones, I'm cold. (Same with printers, but that's another story)
I need to buy new earphones, the small portable noes. I need ones with good strong bass and they need to be below 20€. (edit)
I currently have some Sony Ericsson earphones that came with a phone, but I lost a cap. They have almost good enough basses, but annoying high tones. I don't know why, but some songs sound annoying (they sound normal on my 5.1 speakers), too high. I can remove the high tones with the EQ, but then it's missing something and the songs that were normal before are a bit dull now.
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Apple's earphones FTW. I'm biased... :D
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I hate Apple earphones....too big, I can always hear what song my sister is playing on her shuffle even if the volume is on 25%, and they always fall out of my ears. Not to mention there's no bass. No-name brand 112dB bass in-earphones FTW. I'm biased...
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Sennheiser CX300's here. They have great bass and great quality, not to mention sound isolation. They're your best bet. Apple's headphones suck btw.
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Andre_online wrote:Apple's earphones FTW. I'm biased... :D
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Only in-ears deliver proper bass, imo. Sennheiser's CX300 is a good choice, Creative EP630 if you want a little cheaper. EP830 is even cheaper I think, reviews say a little less bassy and better clarity than the 630.
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Thanks for the replies. Of those you listed, I can only get Creative EP630 and for 40€. I was reading some reviews and one mentioned a price he got them for, 19$. I think I'm not buying those. Actually, now I think 50€ is a bit much for earphones. And I'm also thinking of buying another set of those big ones, for movies. All I do with earphones is listen to music when I'm not at home and watch movies when it's too late for speakers and I don't want people to yell at me. If the in-ear phones are good enough for movies too, I'll just buy those, but the big ones usually produce better sound quality, right?
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I actually have the Sennheiser CX400's, (I don't like the 300's cord,) which I got for about 40USD on Amazon.com.

I'm sure you could get them cheaper with a coupon from somewhere, I just don't know if there's an AU version of Amazon.
Anyway, is it that you can't find them, or can't afford them?

As for large headphones, I honestly don't know. I've got fairly large ears, and the full-sized headphones make them sore after an hour or so. I think you'll be surprised by the Sennheisers, though.
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Koenigsegg_Rox wrote:I hate Apple earphones....too big, I can always hear what song my sister is playing on her shuffle even if the volume is on 25%, and they always fall out of my ears. Not to mention there's no bass. No-name brand 112dB bass in-earphones FTW. I'm biased...
I agree with you.

The Apple earphones that came with my Nano were too big for me. That's why I stick with speakers, I got an Altec Lansing.

I have also tried standard MP3 earplugs, the ones with a metal rod sticking out. They're very uncomfortable.
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Carcrazy wrote:I'm sure you could get them cheaper with a coupon from somewhere, I just don't know if there's an AU version of Amazon.
Anyway, is it that you can't find them, or can't afford them?
You realize that he is in Slovenia, which is in Europe, and he even used the Euros symbol...
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Stereo wrote:
Carcrazy wrote:I'm sure you could get them cheaper with a coupon from somewhere, I just don't know if there's an AU version of Amazon.
Anyway, is it that you can't find them, or can't afford them?
You realize that he is in Slovenia, which is in Europe, and he even used the Euros symbol...
Erm, my fault. My location said Australia for some time, after I've seen his post I've quickly changed it back
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Shure makes great in-ear headphones. They're slightly more expensive so I don't know if they fit your budget but they're amazing. They also come with various ear molds that fit your ear.
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Nitrodemon McLaren wrote:
Koenigsegg_Rox wrote:I hate Apple earphones....too big, I can always hear what song my sister is playing on her shuffle even if the volume is on 25%, and they always fall out of my ears. Not to mention there's no bass. No-name brand 112dB bass in-earphones FTW. I'm biased...
I agree with you.

The Apple earphones that came with my Nano were too big for me. That's why I stick with speakers, I got an Altec Lansing.

I have also tried standard MP3 earplugs, the ones with a metal rod sticking out. They're very uncomfortable.
Have you seen the new shuffles earphones? The controls are on the earphones instead of the actual thing so if you lose/break the earphones it renders you're iPOD useless!! though it is pretty cool
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I have bought Pioneer SE-CL21M-J-K, in-ear earphones for 20€. They have good bass and they produce pretty good quality sound. Much better than those Sony Ericsson ones I had. Thanks for all your help, but I couldn't get any of the earphones you suggested, except for Creative EP630, but they were pretty expensive.
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You should try the JVC FX66 IEMs. They sound amazing, especially with the Kramer mod applied to them.
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