I'm no audiophile, so what do you suggest?

[digitalghost]

Hi,

Just about to get my first MP3 player and want some in-ear headphones to go with it. I never use the factory pair, generally faily rubbish.

However, I'm no music guru, so only want to spend a max of £25.

May use them at the gym, but unlikely, will definitely use them for walking to and from the train station every day.

Just want a pair that have decent sound quality, and a volume on the cord would be a bonus - so I don't have to keep fiddling in my pocket to listen to station annoncements.

Any ideas?

Many thanks.

the koss KSC75 headphones are meant to be good, £25.

[pbirkett]

Originally Posted by rela

the koss KSC75 headphones are meant to be good, £25.

Not really in ear phones tho...

For that really the JVC HA-FX55's or the Sony MDR-EX71's should be on your wishlist.

Originally Posted by digitalghost

Hi,
However, I'm no music guru, so only want to spend a max of £25.
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Just want a pair that have decent sound quality, and a volume on the cord would be a bonus

I'm going to cheat and paste from another post (saves me typing and saves you searching).

Popular ones are sony's fontopia series, Panasonic HJE ones (HJE-50 if I'm not mistaken), JVC makes one too (HA FX something or rather, though some say it uses the same components as Panasonic due to their internal relationship) and often-overlooked Philips SHE 9500 or 9501. Personally I don't know JVC one.

May I also suggest a headphone solution. Not ideal for working out, but tend to provide good quality vs cost. Consider Sennheiser HD 201 and AKG K26P. HD201 is particularly well known for good cost/quality ratio. They have low impedance too for portable players and are great step up from stock earbuds.

[digitalghost]

Hows about the Sennheiser MX 550?

Sennheiser seems to get mixed reviews when searching the net.

[Reano]

Just going to ask the obvious question, did you do a search? Plenty on this topic in the forum

A challenge to beat these headphones

I have already laid down a challenge to see if anyone can name an in ear (non isolated) that can beat the sony edr 21 or 31)at £17.49 from Amazon so far I have had no responses

They beat the MX from senn series quite easily imho

[digitalghost]

It's a little frustrating because it seems that a pair of headphones can be great for one person and rubbish for the next.

I guess there's no substitute for actually listening to them, but if there is a general consensus that a pair is good enough theni would go for them off the back of that. However, there are so many contrasting opinions out there!

I guess, not being an expert, I could probably go with any one of the suggestions made and I would be happy.

[Reano]

Your after some 'in-ear', at around £25 or less for me you cannot beat the Sony 31's or 21's (and they are £17.49). Note these are difficult to try as they go in ear and so not hygienic. One complaint I have heard some people have is that because it has an egg shape it some times rubs on the ear but no one I know has complained of the sound quality compared to ones in it's price range. If they don't rub on your ears. Note what hifi gave it 5 stars (not that everything they review is good) but they heard a few rivals. Whatever you buy let us know what you think so we all can learn