Thread: skull candy earbuds > ipod earbuds

yeah so i have gone through my SECOND pair of ipod earbuds both pair did the exact same thing. the left one volume decreased and the right one wires came loose and ether A. would shock my ear every now and then or B. make a horrible sound(as if you just hooked up a battery to a speaker and got static and stuff)

so seeing as ipod earbuds suck i got something different...
skull candy earbuds....

these things rock so far...
they almost compleatly deaden outside noise
come with 3 different size ear adapter thingys
the bass from them remind me of the subs i had in my car


and where the ipod earbuds wire when through the earbud like a tube.
the skull candy wire is connected to the earbuds them self(this i hope will keep them from shocking me.)


this may be a bit point less but i was excited to have new earbuds.

When I went to buy myself some new earbuds about a week or so ago, I went to The Source and they tried to sell my Skull Candy earbuds. They had displays for them, they were the big thing in there and the guy's every 3rd and 4th words were Skull Candy. I thought about it but then thought that they're probably not as good as they're made out to be, this is clearly a marketing thing.

I ended up buying a $112 pair of Panasonic RP-HC55 Noise canceling earbuds. Also with different sizes of buds. I love them, really worth the money. 88% noise reduction

But yeah, I've heard of the Skull Candy earbuds. Use them for a few weeks and report back how they're still working. Let me know if I should've saved my money instead

I buy Shure Earphones.

They're the best.

End of story.

I use these:

http://store.shure.com/store/shure/e...ctID.105181400

Originally Posted by ExoByte

But yeah, I've heard of the Skull Candy earbuds. Use them for a few weeks and report back how they're still working. Let me know if I should've saved my money instead

i will do that ... i was at work today and had them on for a bit... i work at pizza hut and we have the usual noise a restaurant has fans ovens people ... people yelling ect.... i put them on and it was gone... i felt like i was def...it was cool cus my co shift manager was yelling at me and i didnt hear a dam thing haha

My iPod buds lasted a couple years, but recently the insulation came loose at several points and I picked up a pair of $10 Sony buds--huge improvement in sound quality. They don't achieve full noise cancellation, but I'm generally wearing them on my bike or on the train, and I'd prefer not to be oblivious to my environment in those situations, as long as I can hear my tunes. I definitely couldn't see spending more than $30 on headphones, tho I'm not a bass freak, either. The most fidelity-demanding genres I'm into are IDM and jam/bluegrass, both of which see more action on the high end, and these buds do very well there.

skull candy headphones are pretty kick ass

One very important reason never to wear ipod earbuds is that it increases your chances of getting mugged. Even with the skull candy, get the black ones if you can.

Question;

Why would you buy a second pair of the cheap earbuds that are given to you free with an ipod?

Originally Posted by Xaqaria

Question;

Why would you buy a second pair of the cheap earbuds that are given to you free with an ipod?

first pair as in i bought an ipod 30 gig then the earbuds died ...
second pair as in i bought an ipod 160 gig same story with the earbuds.

Just get some Shure M4C and you will never need another pair again

iPod earbuds really really suck : / And if you wear them, everyone can see you are an iFag. I just got some proper earbuds with a volume-control thingy on the wire, for my iPod.

Creative EP-630, probably the best earbuds I ever tried. What amazed me the most was the bass. It's incredible they can get it to feel so right in such a small device.

Just picked up a pair of SkullCandy HESH's...


Ohhhhh... it's like my ears are orgasming.


Seriously. I listened to the same song twice.

Once with the shitty 15 dollar pair I've been using and then with these... so much better.

And they're far more comfortable.

Best $50 I ever spent.

iPod earphones actually can sound good, but you need to push them against your eardrums and hold them there if you want the full effect. they suck for the mere fact that they hang so loosely on the edge of the ear skin that most of the sound just leaks out.

I agree, skull candy are the best, the bass resonates amazingly well....definitely worth every penny for a pair.

I got my pair at Dick's Sporting Goods in a mall. They were 49.99

I went to the Best Buy that was on the other end of the mall to buy my 120gb Zune and the same pair was next to the Zunes and they were 79.99... needless to say I was super glad I saw them at Dick's when I was buying my brother a pair of sunglasses.

Skullcandy is a pretty shitty brand, I prefer Sennheiser.

I just picked up a pair of skull candy in-ear phones, after accidentally decapitating my Sony buds. While the noise canceling is pretty effective, the sound quality is pretty much identical (both brands are waaaaay better than the original iPod buds). I'm thinking I like the earbud design better than in-ear, but maybe I'll get more used to it over time.

i am using nokia 7620 and i use the nokia headset the sound is really great.. you guys can better move to mobile music rather than ipod

Originally Posted by stbalaji2u

i am using nokia 7620 and i use the nokia headset the sound is really great.. you guys can better move to mobile music rather than ipod

or iPhone

Originally Posted by stbalaji2u

i am using nokia 7620 and i use the nokia headset the sound is really great.. you guys can better move to mobile music rather than ipod

I'm looking at the 120GB Zune when I have the cash--I've heard good things about the sound quality and interface. I like having a dedicated, high capacity player, mainly so I can put everything I own on shuffle

I also plug my iPod into the sound system at work and stereo(s) at home, which wouldn't work with a phone (especially with the boss texting me every ten minutes )