What are some good ear canal bud headphones to buy?

[punk]

The Sony's are definitely bloated in the bass, and not accurate at all, but the do have some detail that comes through. The Koss's are just muddy sounding to me. Even if you go to the next step, Shure E2C, they aren't that accurate, the highs are too veiled and the sound is on the warm side, but the mids are very nice.

So it's a matter of the lesser evils, which one can one enjoy the most. Ideally, everybody wanting good canal sound has to ante up the big bucks. I definitely prefer the Sony's over the Koss. I'm not a bass head at all, but I actually find the Sony's kind of fun to listen too. It's like listening to classic Klipsch horn speakers, you *know* its fake, but it's lively and fun to listen to. If you can't get "all-natural", then go for the "tastefully enhanced" pair and enjoy your one night stand.

No doubt, but I'm not going to buy a 100$ pair of headphones for my cheapo 100$ MP3 player, the Koss it is.

Brian

[kyo_death]

The Sony's are definitely bloated in the bass, and not accurate at all, but the do have some detail that comes through. The Koss's are just muddy sounding to me. Even if you go to the next step, Shure E2C, they aren't that accurate, the highs are too veiled and the sound is on the warm side, but the mids are very nice.

So it's a matter of the lesser evils, which one can one enjoy the most. Ideally, everybody wanting good canal sound has to ante up the big bucks. I definitely prefer the Sony's over the Koss. I'm not a bass head at all, but I actually find the Sony's kind of fun to listen too. It's like listening to classic Klipsch horn speakers, you *know* its fake, but it's lively and fun to listen to. If you can't get "all-natural", then go for the "tastefully enhanced" pair and enjoy your one night stand.

nicely worded.

i just picked up my pair of EXs at A&B at retail, was in an emergency rush for earbuds haha. Koss's weren't out at that time when iw as looking.

and if ur wondering, i'm using a 1st gen NetMD MZ-N707. yes... i'm not lazy and convert to atrac (though i am pissed off that u can't convert 320kbs mp3s to atrac, u need to convert ehm first to a lower bitrate, BAH)

[simms]

Bought my EX-71SLs for $30 on Amazon.com.