In Ear Headphone Reviews

About In Ear Headphones

The explosive popularity of iPods and various mp3 players has also made in ear headphones very popular. Like so many other technological gadgets, headphones are also shrinking in size with progress in technology. Though there are some common problems associated with in ear headphones. People may have them slipping out of their ears frequently, or they may not sound as well as regular headphones. But the pace at which they are being improved, in ear headphones seem to be all set to wipe out the bigger ear covering variety.

Nowadays you can get in ear headphones that have features that could earlier only be found in the big headphones that covered the ears. In ear headphones now have frequency responses that are equal to the bigger ones. So you can listen to those crisp highs and deep bass even with in ear headphones. In fact there are models which have three drivers, which means that with each bud one can have a sound quality that is equivalent to a tweeter and two woofers.

The ear covering headphones have another great feature which earlier could not be imitated by in ear headphones and that was noise reduction. But even that domain has been captured by these miniature marvels of sound. The in ear headphones manufactured nowadays fit snugly in to the ear canal, to create a natural acoustic seal which keeps the noise out.

Some great in ear headphones currently in the market are:

E500PTH from Shure which are available at around $499, that is steep but then they also offer astounding sound quality. The three drivers ensure that you can listen to music over a complete range of frequencies.

Then you have MX 55 VC Street from Sennheiser, which retails a lot cheaper at $40. It has a unique “twist to fit” feature where you have to place the earbud in your ear and twist it in; this wedges it into place and lets them stay there, cutting out outside sound.

Creative has come out with the Zen Aurvana, priced at $99, it is also good at canceling the outside sound. It is light with a minimalist design and provides good sound quality.