Cheap headphones

[Mark]

Yup, it's another headphone-related thread.

I'm after some headphones that sound OK (not looking for anything special, just not ear-bleedingly bad), fairly cheap (somewhere around £30 would do), and stay on (I've yet to find a set of in-the-ear headphones that will do this).

Anyone got any suggestions please?

[leowyatt]

I have an old pair of PX100 headphones which are great, but I've not sorted any newer ones myself yet

[Tak]

Mini thread hijack - of the people I'm likely to see in the coming weeks if anyone owns a pair of earphones similar to these or these, I would be very appreciative if they would let me try them on so I can see if either would be of use to me - I'm having lots of hassles with the inner ear ones when exercising as my ear jewellery means they fall out and I would rather cut a workout short rather than listen to the carp they play at the gym

[Del Lardo]

Senheiser CX300s. Seal in your ear and sound OK if a bit basey. You may be able to get CX500s for that price now.

[LeperousDust]

I've got the CX300's; they're totally over basey, but then i kinda like that myself. They're very decent earphones either way you look at them though

[divine]

CX300-IIs are available for £30 now by the way.

[Mark]

Originally Posted by Del Lardo

Senheiser CX300s.

I need headphones that I don't have to keep putting back in every time I move my head. None of the half dozen pairs of in-ear headphones, including Sennheisers (though not those exact ones), have done very well with this simple test. The closest I got was the Sennheisers which stayed on (but not always in) my ears. If they fail this test, they're no good for what I want.

Takhisis, thread hijack or not, may actually be on the right track. I have a pair similar to the first example posted, but didn't think to actually try them (being freebies, I just assumed they'd be crap). The second set look rather interesting, but I don't know enough about either to know where I might procure them.

[Wryel]

Originally Posted by Mark

I need headphones that I don't have to keep putting back in every time I move my head. None of the half dozen pairs of in-ear headphones, including Sennheisers (though not those exact ones), have done very well with this simple test. The closest I got was the Sennheisers which stayed on (but not always in) my ears. If they fail this test, they're no good for what I want.

Takhisis, thread hijack or not, may actually be on the right track. I have a pair similar to the first example posted, but didn't think to actually try them (being freebies, I just assumed they'd be crap). The second set look rather interesting, but I don't know enough about either to know where I might procure them.

One thing I have noticed about in ear headphones is that if you do up the cable splitter thing as far as it goes (up to your chin - yes it looks a bit silly) they move around a lot less.

[Jhadur]

Originally Posted by Wryel

One thing I have noticed about in ear headphones is that if you do up the cable splitter thing as far as it goes (up to your chin - yes it looks a bit silly) they move around a lot less.

Strangely I've found the opposite, if I have the adjuster all the way up then they tend to fall out more.

Probably just comes down to ear shape etc

[Mark]

Yeah it does - a lot. In fact, my left ear is far worse for falling-out syndrome than my right ear is.