XPost: sci.electronics.design, alt.audio.equipment   
      
   On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 13:24:42 GMT, spam@spam.com (Don Pearce) wrote:   
      
   >On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 06:19:35 -0700 (PDT), Globemaker   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>On Aug 13, 12:18 am, RichD  wrote:   
   >>> I have the standard earpod set, which came with my   
   >>> armband MP3 player.  It pops out every 2 minutes.   
   >>> How did these things become the standard design?   
   >>> They suck.   
   >>>   
   >>> So now i'm looking for the earbud style, i.e. inside the   
   >>> ear.  They range from $8 to $40, and Shure offers a set,   
   >>> over $100?!?  For something so small, how can there   
   >>> be such a range? Is there really such quality difference?   
   >>>   
   >>> They are all sealed in blister packs, there's no chance   
   >>> to compare.  Even if there were, differences in   
   >>> environment, time of day, etc. swamp perceptual   
   >>> discernment.   
   >>>   
   >>> How would you go about testing these things, in the lab?   
   >>>   
   >>> --   
   >>> Rich   
   >>   
   >>Ear infections come standard, at a cost of intense pain. Never put   
   >>anything in your ears.   
   >   
   >A doctor got it right. Never put anything smaller than your elbow in   
   >your ear.   
   >   
   "Never put anything into your ear, OTHER THAN your elbow."  That said, I do   
   wear ear buds (with over-the-ear hooks) and a MP3 player when I mow the lawn.   
      
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