As the one who started the thread, I'll defend it. As I said at the beginning, cheap but 
good-sounding earbuds have many uses in the pro and educational audio fields. Not all of us can do 
all of our work in nice secure environments with excellent monitoring facilities, and not everyone 
out there making field recordings can afford or would want to use excellent headphones under field 
conditions. Furthermore, in an educational setting, high-quality/low-cost is paramount. Given that 
feature films are made using iPhones these days, the cheap "audio toys" I made the topic of this 
thread are actually very relevant!

-- Tom Fine

PS -- updated one man's opinion comparison, I think I prefer the SonicBuds for watching videos on 
the iPad because you can turn the volume down very low and still make out dialog and music clearly. 
In that case, the extra brightness is a good thing. Particularly handy for watching TV in bed while 
my wife is sleeping. I imagine they'd work very well for that use on an airplane, giving you the 
ability to hear without having the crank the volume up to ear-damaging levels. Turning back to the 
our world, this would be helpful with field recording in noisy or chaotic environments.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Rooney" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Cheap earbuds comparison


I am another who is slightly dumbfounded by our members exchanging insights
on what are basically audio toys. A harmless waste of time, one might say,
if it entertains, except for the possibility that the ignorant could
suppose some value attached to them because they were discussed in this
forum. In matters of playback equipment, my rule of thumb has always been
"would you want to listen to it?". An emphatic negative seems the only
intelligent response to the previously mentioned items.

DDR

On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 8:39 PM, Lou Judson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>  Is this the Backroom list? It is really kind of amazing to see this
> discussion of cheap crap here. I use Sony earbuds when I need to, but I
> haven’t been on a plane since 2004. and my Gym is hauling sound systems…
>
> Buit I did order a pair of purple ones… :-/
> <L>
> Lou Judson
> Intuitive Audio
> 415-883-2689
>
> On Jan 8, 2016, at 5:14 PM, Ellis Burman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Haven't tried the Skull Candy.  I'll have to check 'em out (though I know
> > my high frequency hearing is somewhat diminished in my middle age).
> >
> > Ellis
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 1:13 PM, Frank Strauss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Tom-Noticed these today at BJ's, package of 3, rather fancy colors,
> >> $29.95
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 3:12 PM, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> One man's opinions, comparing the Skull Candy JIB ($12 from Amazon
> Prime)
> >>> to the SIIG SonicBuds ($10):
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -- Tom Fine
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Frank B Strauss, DMD
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ellis
> > [log in to unmask]
> > 818-846-5525
>



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