Good cheap earbuds.
Everyone who buys an mp3 player makes a decision: How to listen. More specifically, what casino to use. Headphones run the gamut from the crummy ear buds that typically come with mp3 players to the high end that will put you in acoustic heaven for just a few hundred bucks. These headphones are definitely on the front end, but they’re not bad considering some of the competitors.
Because of these, I seem to have a tendency to regularly get new bad earbud headphones. Each promises to be better than their predecessors failed, and each promises to provide a decent way to listen to music without me it would be nice to pull through the headphones. Although my JBuds Hi-Fi Noise Reducing Ear Buds came close to achieving this goal, it eventually failed.
The first thing a potential buyer will notice about JBuds is their design, which, although not unique, is much more comfortable than standard ear buds. Rather than simply being made of plastic, it connects a flexible piece of rubber to the transducer, and fits comfortably in the ear, achieving a reasonably good seal that, when it works, blocks out a lot of extraneous sound. Although this is a good design idea, don’t pull out the JBuds completely. The earpiece is only one size fits all, so if it doesn’t fit, it’s bad. It will probably be pretty good, but not perfect. Another benefit of this design is that it means the ear buds don’t tilt towards your ears while you run.
The sound, although the JBuds are clear, leave something to be desired. The bass is loud but tight, and the sound generally doesn’t have the definition that a more expensive pair of in-ear headphones offer.
Buy the JBuds if you’re short on cash and don’t really care about audio quality, but spend quite a bit more money otherwise. For 40 bucks, Sony’s Fontopia, gem earphones do all this many times over as well. My friends the Fontopia ear buds fit much better, sound better, and produce a much larger sound and much more definition.
The JBuds Hi-Fi noise-cancelling earbuds are set to go with the iPod, and are available in black and white. They are steps away from the ear buds that come with the iPod.
