Dude, where's the Bob Marley buds ?

I think I'd feel better about these "high performance" earbuds if they were $5 with 99 cent shipping instead of the other way around!

scyld wrote:I would be more inclined to buy these if they had Bach or Chopin editions. Or NPR.

This is why I have no friends...

Hey, we're the reason the Goddess invented tote bags.

Wish there were some for Rush!

Try this on for size:

Quote (2 of 2):

1. Worst headphones ever. No Bass. Scratchy noise. Sounds like a blown speaker. Little Wayne don't care about these. Try listening to Pass the Dutchie on these and it sucks.

2. Lost my V-Modas and decided to try to replace with a cheapy. BIG MISTAKE! These buds have NO bass response at all, require full volume on my Ipod to drive a decent listening experience, that is, if you don't like bass. Wimpy covers on the buds7 day return policy, which means if its from shipping date, there is no return. Waiting for a Skull Candy sale. Where oh where are my V-Modas?

http://www.buy.com/prod/section-8-lil-wayne-in-ear-buds-stereo-earphones/q/loc/111/219604573.html

Im with you on this no matter how low the cost is, it is not worth the cheap sound you will receive. Unless of course you are buying it for your kids or not for music "podcasts".

brookefox wrote:Try this on for size:

Quote (2 of 2):

1. Worst headphones ever. No Bass. Scratchy noise. Sounds like a blown speaker. Little Wayne don't care about these. Try listening to Pass the Dutchie on these and it sucks.

2. Lost my V-Modas and decided to try to replace with a cheapy. BIG MISTAKE! These buds have NO bass response at all, require full volume on my Ipod to drive a decent listening experience, that is, if you don't like bass. Wimpy covers on the buds7 day return policy, which means if its from shipping date, there is no return. Waiting for a Skull Candy sale. Where oh where are my V-Modas?

http://www.buy.com/prod/section-8-lil-wayne-in-ear-buds-stereo-earphones/q/loc/111/219604573.html

I go through earbuds so fast, I'm glad I found them today.

Why isn't Franz on this Liszt?

I'm in for 3, tho I have too many headphones and in-ear headsets already. Could not resist the price.

Does anyone else think that the stupidly large Buy It button is not really big enough to be stupidly large?



Bundle of Crops

SuperNinja wrote:I'm holding out for the Lady Gaga version.

Those would be called Heartbeats for around $120.00 or an updated version coming soon Heartbeats by Dr Dre. for around $150.00

why canty i get kiss and ray charles or any of the last 5

There's so much crap flying around here about frequency response. Here's the real story.

You can't hear lower than about 20Hz or higher than 20KHz (at the most; there are few adults who hear higher than 14KHz).

If you want the things to vibrate, then, sure, get lower response. You won't hear it, but it will make your ears tickle.

The problem with cheap stuff like this claiming a frequency response of 20Hz to 20KHz is that they don't give you a tolerance. Sure, they might reproduce sounds at all those frequencies, but if 440Hz is a thousand times quieter than 2000Hz, then you won't hear it.

Unless frequency response is listed as 20Hz to 20KHz +/- 3db, then it is useless marketing crap. If it's +/- 10db, it is useless marketing crap. If it's +/- 1db, then they are lying, because ear buds don't move enough are to produce bass that low.

If someone tells you that you want 14Hz from ear buds, they are either trying to take your money or justify spending far too much themselves.

Silvergt500 wrote:why canty i get kiss and ray charles or any of the last 5

The ones on the bottom of list in gray probably sold out.

Considering it took my $25 Skullcandy buds three weeks to stop working, shelling out eight bucks for three pairs of these seems a lot more financially sound...

Why is Tupac with that list of artists...seems so out of place...

In for three. Don't care bout da haters. Lose or break earbuds every 2 months and I'm down to my last pair.

Bah, the Devo and Shakira ones are sold out.

craigthom wrote:I wish Woot! had included pictures of the headphones so you could see what they look like.

Click on the picture of the grouping. It'll let you scroll through the designs.

About the only time I use the in ear headphones are when I mow the lawn, so they get abused, snagged on tree branches, sweaty, etc. 99c per pair is great compared to 10 bucks a pair. In for three.

FallenAnjel wrote:>>>Frequency: 20-20,000 Hz<<<<

this alone makes me pass, but for .99c I knew that.

I've spent $14 on earbuds and there was no base in them.

You want good bass, you want at 12hz or better.

I have these: http://store.sony.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665370693#specifications

They're the only brand I can find with these type of covers. I don't like the round buds that you push in, every sound in my body is echoed and I can hear my blood going thru my veins. ;)

Range of human hearing is 20 Hz to 20,000 Khz

two bad this wasnt a 2 for tuesday in for 3

michoutdoors wrote:Why were you running through the airport? Had you just stolen these fine, overpriced Run DMC buds and Johnny Law was after you, or were you late for your Delta flight? Or perhaps your name is DMC and you were simply taking the directive from buds themselves, "RUN, DMC!"...Only to find they pop out. Sad story, no matter how you tell it.

I hope you got a quality post for that... RUN, DMC LOL

Would have sold my soul for Depeche Mode, but alas, they didn't make the cut. So my next thought was to go with Devo... but those guys SOLD OUT! Ugh, what's a girl to do? Def Leppard, I'm going to let you Pour Some Sugar On Me.

jenscotta166 wrote:...what's a girl to do? Def Leppard, I'm going to let you Pour Some Sugar On Me.

Austin Powers: "Yeahhhh baby! Shagadelic!"

Where are the earbuds for real artists like Katy Perry, Ke$ha, and Justin Beiber?

MonteHawk wrote:Wish there were some for Rush!

I really really hope you mean the band RUSH and not the mouth!

Speaking of the band, in the summer of 1980 one of my housemates had just gotten a job as a Duracell battery rep. He brought home one of the first Sony Walkman Cassette players in the US, as they were just releasing it here and Duracell was promoting it. The demo cassette was "RUSH" - talk about being blown away after growing up with mono plugs and crappy portables...

Rush album: Permanent Waves - track one: The Spirit of Radio - track two: Freewill... Perfect! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tq-UsaRchI & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnxkfLe4G74

Anidem wrote:20 to 20k frequency range is not only NOT high performance, but a quality so low that it is hard to find anywhere but direct from China suppliers.

This is the equivalent to the earbuds you find in a "Dollar Store" for 99 cents.

Pure junk that will kill your ears with anything past conversation volume level.

That was exactly my point in my post. My skull candy ones are 12-20K Hz. I think the Apple ones are about that too.

how can I add the Def Leppard and Jimmy Hendrix pair as well this was my first order did not know shiping could be for 3 pair or just one. any suggestions
Thank you

jbartel wrote:You're certainly welcome to buy ones with 12 hz lower limits, but given that the limits of human hearing bottom out at around 20 hz, you're paying for something you can't hear. Anything lower (e.g., with a subwoofer) you're just feeling, and you're not going to get that from any pair of earbuds.

Cheers.

I beg to differ:


From Wikipedia:
>>>Specifically, humans have a maximum aural range that begins as low as 12 Hz under ideal laboratory conditions,[2] to 20,000 Hz in most children and some adults, but the range shrinks during life, <<<<

craigthom wrote:I wish Woot! had included pictures of the headphones so you could see what they look like.

"Like"

FallenAnjel wrote:I beg to differ:


From Wikipedia:
>>>Specifically, humans have a maximum aural range that begins as low as 12 Hz under ideal laboratory conditions,[2] to 20,000 Hz in most children and some adults, but the range shrinks during life, <<<<

So in ideal lab conditions you can hear 12 Hz, but since we generally don't use our buds in ideal lab conditions 20 Hz is probably a more "real world" limit.

pflats wrote:I've had some serious issues with a number of these. Although they rocked at first, a few died way too early. (For some reason, though the right side of my Def Leppard one still works.)

Even weirder, one set (Elvis) swelled up to be almost unrecognizable.

Devo and Kiss are mostly unchanged from when I first tried them, for better or for worse.

Hmmm. Interesting. Only the drums dropping out on the left?

Also, soaking the swelled ones in ex-lax appears to help.

pflats wrote:I've had some serious issues with a number of these. Although they rocked at first, a few died way too early.

sucks.
btw 40 years this year since jimbo died (July 3, 1971)

craigthom wrote:I wish Woot! had included pictures of the headphones so you could see what they look like.

they did, when u scroll down on the woot.com page its at the bottom listed as " additional photos"

craigthom wrote:There's so much crap flying around here about frequency response. Here's the real story.

You can't hear lower than about 20Hz or higher than 20KHz (at the most; there are few adults who hear higher than 14KHz).

If you want the things to vibrate, then, sure, get lower response. You won't hear it, but it will make your ears tickle.

The problem with cheap stuff like this claiming a frequency response of 20Hz to 20KHz is that they don't give you a tolerance. Sure, they might reproduce sounds at all those frequencies, but if 440Hz is a thousand times quieter than 2000Hz, then you won't hear it.

Unless frequency response is listed as 20Hz to 20KHz +/- 3db, then it is useless marketing crap. If it's +/- 10db, it is useless marketing crap. If it's +/- 1db, then they are lying, because ear buds don't move enough are to produce bass that low.

If someone tells you that you want 14Hz from ear buds, they are either trying to take your money or justify spending far too much themselves.

had to quote for truth

hz figures without any other info is useless, almost inaudible bass at low frequencies exist but that is just the partial truth...and that is all marketing requires. anyways super low bass on earbud headphones tends to be lies regardless.

I realize that its kinda cool to get these to "try them out" or try to re-sell them, but if you look at the close up pic they just look too damn crappy. Kind of disrespectful to the ears themselves. Then you also have to spend $5 for shipping. I feel bad simply out of principle that crappy headphones cost less than the shipping.

You know if you check Walgreens or Amazon dot com there will be those widely common earphones by Sony? Those that can lose the padding foam easily? They usually cost no more than $7, so buying from walgreens will cost you about $7. Those Sony actually sound good.

Not gonna lie, I hate this type of earbud, the kind that squeezes into your ear. If you've never used this type before think hard before you buy these, I know many people who strongly dislike the feeling of this type of bud.