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it's Weak for the love of Christ

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Been considering these for running's sake... I may stick with the current earbuds.

I don't use the regular ones that shipped with my iPod. I use my Sony Fontopia (or something like this finishing by topia). I have always been satisfied of Sony headphones.

The iPod Rocks!

meh my 3g earbuds sound and feel a lot better then my 1g earbuds...

blue maybe you need a new ipod, and it is kind of small next to my 40gb ipod

You must be fun in a locker room.

Try adjusting the bass boost/EQ settings.  I've found that even with the old style earbuds, the sound can be distorted when the bass is set too high.

meh my 3g earbuds sound and feel a lot better then my 1g earbuds...

blue maybe you need a new ipod, and it is kind of small next to my 40gb ipod

You must be fun in a locker room.

in the girls locker room, yes

To the Hubba Hubba!

Can we start a poll, who has them, and do they, indeed stink as claimed? (Compared to, say the normal iPod earbuds)

And if they do stink, of what do the reek? Choices should include Cheez-Whiz, cat-whiz, diesel fuel, Ben-Gay, horses, vinyl chloride, wet dogs, stale beer, rotting meat, and so forth.

I have a set of Koss earbuds that fit in the ear and their okay, I imagine that the mac phones are very similar in quality.  But the E2C earbuds they sell through skymall are really great though a tad expensive.  My father bought a pair and I may pick some up when I finnally pickup my ipod.

earbuds suck. end of story.

get a nice pair of isolation headphones

sennheiser hd280 pro all the way 

again, from iPodlounge.com

A question that comes up quite often with regards to the isolation/earplug style of earphone is a "tinny" sound or lack of bass.

In a lot of cases this problem is down to the actual way you wear this type of 'phone. Isolation earphones create an acoustic seal inside your actual ear canal, so the sound from your earphones stays in your ear while outside noise can't get in.

An acoustic seal is the target of all isolation earphones. When an acoustic seal is achieved, sound projected into your ears by earbuds cannot escape and is channeled directly toward your eardrums, while disturbing external noise has no way of getting in. Acoustic seals are air-tight, so when you've got it right, you can feel the difference: pulling gently on an acoustically-sealed earbud will create a gentle tugging sensation inside your ear canal.

There is a knack to getting the earplug inserted deep enough in the ear canal to achieve a good seal.

As with noise suppression earplugs, you have to open up the ear canal by pulling upwards and outwards on the fleshy outer part of your ear (the Scapha).
The easiest way is to reach over the top of your head with your opposite hand, gripping your outer ear just above the mid-point, and pull upwards and outwards while inserting the earplug into your ear.

With the likes of the Sony EX70/71 range of 'phones I have found you can also insert the 'phone loosely into your ear canal and then, with the hand on the same side, pull out on your outer ear using the thumb and index finger while pushing the earphone in with the middle finger. This method is slightly less attention getting when in public, and less likely to elbow people in the immediate vicinity in the face!