Altec Lansing - BackBeat Titanium In-Ear Stereo Headphones

Because of my history of losing earbuds so often, I have trouble spending too much on a single pair. But I jumped when I saw this pair of $75 earbuds going for $25. I will definitely not be losing these any time soon. These earbuds are amazing. The sound quality is fantastic. It doesn't suffer from any sort of "tinny" sound like the previous earbuds I had do. And it sounds like Altec Lansing was able to fit two subwoofers into this earbuds. They come with the three different sizes of buds, which is great so that I get the perfect fit. But it also comes with a pair of noise-canceling buds (which form more to any size), and they work pretty great. You lose some quality of sound using them, so I'm probably going to only use those on Airplanes, etc. One of the main reasons I use these is because listening to music with them also fulfills the purpose of blocking out other sound at work so I can concentrate. Like any earbuds, these do that great (even without the noise-canceling buds).

Buying earbuds is difficult because you can't demo them first, so I was reluctant to spend too much on them. I found these on sale/closeout for about the same price as a pair of cheapos so I gave them a shot. How well an earbud fits is going to be subjective because everyone's ears are different. I wasn't able to use the OEM ones that came with my iPod, they won't stay in my ears. These came with options and two of them fit my ears great, the medium size and the noise-cancelling. I guess the point is, with the options these earbuds provide pretty much anyone should be able to find a good, comfortable fit. As far as sound quality, I'm hearing things in my music that I haven't heard before, and I'm the guy that pays for the upgraded sound system in his car and says the same thing every couple of years when I buy a new car and car audio keeps improving. Seriously, these things sound absolutely great. My ears do get a little "sore" after having these earbuds in for more than about an hour and a half but I haven't found any that don't. And I've never heard sound quality as good as these. I'm not saying there isn't better but for the closeout price I paid, I doubt you'd find anything better.