Cheap In-Ear Headphones For Creative Zen Stone Plus

[Sunil Banga]

Just a quick question regarding the Creative Zen Stone Plus's headphones.

Basically are they any good? I'm in the process of ordering one for a trip abroad and need some cheap and cheerful 'phones to go with it. I already own a pair of Sony MDR-ED21LP and find them simple and easy to use and quite bassy in the sound department. Would it be worth my while upgrading to some better (albeit not very expensive) ones?

The first slightly expensive headphones I bought were the first Sony earbuds (EX70s maybe) a few years ago. Total waste of £30. The volume levels were atrocious, maybe down to their poor sensitivity. I think the newer EX71s have a sensitivity of 100dB compared to 108dB of the MDR-ED21LPs. Is this what made such a huge difference? The quality was OK but I could never get them rocking.

Would the Sennheiser CX-300s be OK for their reasonable price? They seem to have a high sensitivity but something tells me this is not the only measure of how loud they go.

Basically I want some headphones, which are good for hip hop (ie. as bassy as possible) and go as loud (if not louder) than the simple Sony MDR-ED21LPs.

Any suggestions?

EDIT: How about these?

[Sunil Banga]

24 views and no ideas at all?

[padi89]

Well CX300s are certainly bassy thats for sure.

[Sunil Banga]

Does nobody have any ideas on some cheap earbuds??

[Del45]

CX300 get my vote too, and at this price they are a bargain....

http://www.play.com/Electronics/Elec...archtype=genre

[Tejstar]

Originally Posted by Del45

CX300 get my vote too, and at this price they are a bargain....

http://www.play.com/Electronics/Elec...archtype=genre

Me too, best bang for buck and will certainly be an improvement over the supplied phones. They are quite bassy so that shouldn't be a problem, you just have to decide whether you want IEM's or ear phones (some people don't like the feel if IEM's).

[mattski73]

when you say cheap, how cheap is cheap?

[jonzolee]

Personally i would go for the Shure E2C buds.
I have been using them for about 5 months now and they are awesome, they have an earplug-like foam fitting which fills your ear canal, and loads of other fittings, soft rubber, hard rubber etc.

Best of all is the price lol, 30 quid on amazon. Definately worth it

jonzo

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shure-E2C-In...9016669&sr=8-1

[Sunil Banga]

Originally Posted by mattski73

when you say cheap, how cheap is cheap?

I'd say £30 tops. I'm leaning towards the V-Moda Bass Freq headphones as they seem to go pretty loud. Unfortunately, the Zen Stone Plus isn't the loudest of players so I need something that'll boost it as much as possible.