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Old 10-10-2007, 09:41 PM   #21
SonicVanguard
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Originally Posted by TwoRails
That's kinda what I thought.. but why do the replacements I bought sound so freaking bad? They can't be selling them that much with that kind of sound!?! It also the reason I bought them, not that I knew what isolation was in ear buds, but they did have that "torpedo" look like the Sharps above. Even if they were "poor" buds, I would imagine them sounding at least as bad/good as the one supplied with the little $40 MP3 player...
IMO, I've not seen good isolation designs until you get close to $100 - most of them use poor quality, ultra high impedance speakers that are far to small with a resulting sound that is way too tinny for my taste.
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