SiPie

Pain in the ***

From all the reviews on Amazon it appears that the Apple £29.99 in-ear headphones (the ones that you shove right into the canal) are not much better than the standard free ones, although they seem to offer better sound if you can actually get them to stick into your lugs in the first place

Don't want to spend a fortune, just want something that offers equal (or improved) sound quality over the free ones and doesn't pop out when mountain-biking...

Sellotape is not an option

Any recommendations from anyone with similarly freaky shaped ear canals ?

Cheers
Si

Dracoro

Apple headphones are crap anyway, sound and fitting. 1st thing I did when I got my mp3 player was to use proper headphones.

Anyway, Sony have a good range from normal type in ear to right the way in ear ones (fontopia seem to be popular).

Mick

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Chris L

I've got Shure E2c earphones. Miles better than the standard iPod ones. Very good quality sound, once you've got them fitted properly. They seem to stay put fairly well. You get a number of different fittings with the earphones, so you should be able to customise them for your ears.

Chris

SiPie

Just suggested that to a work colleague, alternatively a tight fitting trend-setting headband may just do the trick

I'll check out Shure and Sony ...

Thanks so far guys

CrisPDuk

Try not exercising Works for me

Chris L

fast bloke

This might help

SiPie

Chris

The review reckons that those of us with less than 'Spock sized lug-holes' may struggle with getting the Shure ones to fit ......?

How big are your lugs ?

Fast Bloke

Iwan

I can just about get my Shures (E2c) to fit with the smallest rubber thing and lots of force. When they're in properly they don't fall out and sound great.

As an aside, i don't like wearing Shures in the office as it's a right PITA taking them in/out every time someone wants to talk to me or the phone rings. Our office is also quite noisy so i got a set of these:

http://www.bose.co.uk/noise_reduction/qc2_headphones/

The Shures are good, but these are in a different league entirely. Crap for exercising though...

So i use the Bose in the office, and the Shures when walking/cycling around.

thundertiger

i bought a pair of sennheissers (sp) from richer sounds, £30 i think, from memory.
they sit on the lugholes, with a band across the head, but they fold up for transpotation in a nifty likkle case, and sound the muts nuts.

dazza

SiPie

...and here was me, taught as a child never to stick things too far into your ears

Thanks Iwan, it's looking like the Shure EC2 or 3's at the moment......My bike helmet will never fit over the BOSE ones

suprabeast

sony fontopias are great

Rob D

Sony EX71's are excellent value at around £30, perfect for exercise and comfort, oh and a great sound to boot!

Steve PPP

Not tried these, they are a smaller headphone with active noise reduction.

http://www.sennheiser.co.uk/uk/icm.nsf/root/500370

Have a pair of PX 100's which sound great.

Now looking for a way to get decent headphones on my Nokia 6230i, so I can use that on my bike instead of my iPod, which is too heavy! I may have to do a Heath Robinson job and solder new ends onto the Nokia plug and microphone.

Steve W

Chris L

My lugs are fine - thank you very much - cheeky git
I'm certainly not doing an impression of Prince Charles if that is what you mean

P_v_G

These are not bad sound-wise but very good for exercising with

http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/st...clickfrom=name

SiPie

Over the top of the head won't work as sometimes the old bike helmet will be up top

Cheers anyway

SiPie

Cheers Rob

Sony MDR-EX71SL's got my vote and money

Very comfy (if slightly down on outright volume)

Hearing sounds I didn't know existed on some albums

Cheers for all the recommendations guys....scoobynet proves its worth once more

PG

I use these

and find them great for every occasion. Not complete isolation but that is handy for road running / cycling imo.

PG

Doh ! must learn to read the entire thread.
Glad to see you got sorted.

SiPie

Thanks anyway PG

Fuchsrohre

I've got Sony ear-buds. Comfy and good sound (my iPOD ones were uncomfortable and fell out)