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glsda · 11-23-2008, 06:26 PM

Originally Posted by macgirl

It's not crazy - audio quality matters to some people and they're willing to pay for it. If it doesn't matter to you, then you don't buy expensive headphones, as you've chosen to do. For the most part, the "you get what you pay for" concept does apply to headphones and there can be a major difference in audio quality between cheap headphones and expensive ones (you can't tell just by looking at them - it's the internal parts that matter).

I don't think I have a good enough ear to appreciate this enough (nor do I encode my music at a high-enough quality to make it worthwhile) to buy really expensive headphones, but I can tell enough to know my Etymotics blow my OEM Apple earbuds out of the water and are worth every penny of the price difference. You wouldn't expend a $5,000 Yugo to perform the same as $60,000 BMW M3, would you? The same applies to headphones.

Macgirl I just want to compliment you on your professionalism in all of your posts. I am a relatively new convert to the 3G from a life time of Palms and Treos and am really enjoying it and the forum. I am searching for a reasonable replacement for the iPhone ear buds. I visited your web site and found the reviews of the various earbuds to be very helpful. Those reviews plus all the input from everyone at the forum have narrowed it down to the maximo P-HS2, UB5s and the Shure SE110.

Thanks,

Jerry

11-23-2008, 06:26 PM	#29 (permalink)
glsda Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: California Posts: 857 Thanks: 127 Thanked 37 Times in 37 Posts	Originally Posted by macgirl It's not crazy - audio quality matters to some people and they're willing to pay for it. If it doesn't matter to you, then you don't buy expensive headphones, as you've chosen to do. For the most part, the "you get what you pay for" concept does apply to headphones and there can be a major difference in audio quality between cheap headphones and expensive ones (you can't tell just by looking at them - it's the internal parts that matter). I don't think I have a good enough ear to appreciate this enough (nor do I encode my music at a high-enough quality to make it worthwhile) to buy really expensive headphones, but I can tell enough to know my Etymotics blow my OEM Apple earbuds out of the water and are worth every penny of the price difference. You wouldn't expend a $5,000 Yugo to perform the same as $60,000 BMW M3, would you? The same applies to headphones. Macgirl I just want to compliment you on your professionalism in all of your posts. I am a relatively new convert to the 3G from a life time of Palms and Treos and am really enjoying it and the forum. I am searching for a reasonable replacement for the iPhone ear buds. I visited your web site and found the reviews of the various earbuds to be very helpful. Those reviews plus all the input from everyone at the forum have narrowed it down to the maximo P-HS2, UB5s and the Shure SE110. Thanks, Jerry