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I've always just bought some $5 in ear phones from a gas station or something for my listening habits which on a mobile device is typically just podcasts. I have gotten frustrated with the provided durability and Noise isolation provided by said phones. So my question is, at the sub $150 range what is the best set of IEM's that you can recommend for fit/noise isolation and durability?

icoltsfan94 wrote:

I've always just bought some $5 in ear phones from a gas station or something for my listening habits which on a mobile device is typically just podcasts. I have gotten frustrated with the provided durability and Noise isolation provided by said phones. So my question is, at the sub $150 range what is the best set of IEM's that you can recommend for fit/noise isolation and durability?

Have at:

http://www.headphone.com/selection-guid ... phones.php

Thanks. Nice signature as well.

The Brainwavz M2s are a pretty good deal all around - good sound, aluminum construction, thick sturdy cable, and quite affordable.

The rubber strain reliefs are known to have weak glue, though...but nothing a drop of your common cyanoacrylate superglue can't fix.

Anythingbutipod headphone reviews for some alternative headphone/earbuds.
As per bluepiranha's Brainwavz M2 selection, abi review on link.
I'm personally happy with my pair of refurb'd Sony mdr-ex300's i got for ~$15(think they originally retailed about $80) about 3 years back, just after they discontinued the model.
The ex300's perform relatively close enough to my soon to be 7 year old sony v700 dj headphones.

Good luck finding something that you think works for what you wanna pay and lug around daily/weekly or whatever.

Anything from Etymotic is going to have great isolation due to the earplug. I have a pair from a few years ago and love them. Good flat response too.

http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/epcomp.html

earphonesolutions.com has some 20% to 30% coupon codes out there for the holidays. they have good prices on the high-end stuff like westone and shure.

Thanks for all the suggestions. Etymotics do seem like the best bet for my usage model. Any one had experience with the MC3's?

Klipsch S4 are very good.