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Best Earphones I’ve Ever Had

So, my wife was given these Etymotic mc5 Earphones as swag at BlogHer…

The next week, my own earphones that I use with my iPhone and my computer finally reached their tipping point and needed to be replaced. So, I grabbed my back-up pair. Turns out they were broken as well. (Can ya tell that I’ve had a number of earphones).

“Honey, I need to buy a new pair of headphones!!!”

“Um, you mean something like this?”, she pointed to the Etymotic mc5′s that were literally sitting on the stairs 5 feet away from us.

“Hmm, okay, great! I’ll give those a try.”

Now, neither of us are under any commitment to write about the earphones, but hey, they freakin’ *rock* so why not give a quick shout out.

These are by far the best earphones that I’ve ever had the pleasure of putting in my ears.

Now, in fairnesss, I usually try to buy earphones that are under $50 (I think the Skull Candy’s that I used to have were probably $59 actually) and these Etymotic’s retail for $79 (a quick search on Amazon & they’re actually under $59 there). So, they’re probably at least slightly better quality off the shelf than the $39 and $49 earphones I’ve been playing with to date.

At any rate, the sound quality on them is superb and the noise cancellation is almost dangerous (especially if I use it on my bicycle). Lots of good treble and bass. And more importantly great clarity when I talk to my deep voiced friends.

They come with 4 different interchangeable earbuds. I figured I’d try the foam inserts since I’ve never had those in a earphone before — freakin’ awesome! The foam inserts are kinda like the little orange things you put in your ears when you go to the gun range. Except these have a little tube that allows the sound from your iPhone to shine through.

The only downside is that the design does not allow me to lay my head on it’s side since they protrude out of my ear. Although, my guess is that this same design feature will help them last longer since most of my other earphones have broken at that very same point of connection.

If you’re lookin’ for a good “under $100 earphone”, I would definitely recommend the Etymotic’s mc5 or one of their better quality earphones as well.

Enjoy,

Harris

PS This has been a genuine review born out of excitement for the earphones. However, since I’m a long standing affiliate at Amazon, I figured, hey I’ll give the readers a direct link so they can save $20 at Amazon. So, all links to the mc5 in this post will lead to me getting a small commission.