Noise-isolating ear-canal phone with bass driven sound, asymetrical cable and carrying pouch.

 (11 customer reviews)

I recently aquired an iPod touch and wanted better phones for it. I have a pair of HD555s with the 595 mod. They are wonderful but big.

(A quick note: The 595 mod involves removing the stick on foam pads that are on the inner grid of the 555. This foam cripples the headphones by decreasing the lower bass and causing a nasal midrange and treble.)

The HD555s are triple the cost, so this is a rather fair comparison. ;-)The Earbuds are well built although considerably smaller. The sit inyour earsinstead of on your head. The lonnger right cable is nice and I pass it around the back sode of my head. This keeps the cord from getting in the way. The silicone padsare softer than most and really do seal off the outside.

My first impressions of the audio were not good. The bass is a bit heavy and the top end was quite hard sounding. Iplugged them in and let them play for a few hours while I did other things. After breaking in a bit, the hardness subsided. These...Read more

Over all a good product. Although im not too fond of one side od the corb being longer than the other. A bit dissapointed with the bass. I thought it would have more of a thump to it. Over all bery happy with the sound quility.

Got these earphones shipped from seller Blue Planet E at a little under $30. I think price-performance wise this is a very good buy. I use them on my ipod and found them to be way better than the ones which came with the ipod. The bass and overall sound quality is really good.