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I have had my Dr. Dre beats for a longg time... and I highly reccomend them, just dont get apple i have gone through 5 pairs and each of them just short out and stop playing.

Sennheiser is the main low priced high quality kind, different respected manufacturers Shure, Grado, Denon, AKG, Bowers & Wilkins, Etymotic, Beyerdynamic and Audio-Technica are slightly extra high priced (and a few of those manufacturers do no longer even make earbuds, basically headphones, yet a minimum of Sennheiser makes the two).

Beats Tour delivers sound so big; you would think you had speakers in your ears. Newly developed in-ear speaker technologies reproduce clear natural vocals, detailed highs, and deep powerful bass without distortion. Wired with high-performance Monster Cable, Beats Tour delivers sound performance never before achieved in any earphone. Beats Tour also features the world's first tangle-free earphone cable. While earphones are convenient, taking the time to untangle them is not.Most in-ear headphones simply cut off the low end of your music because they simply can't reproduce low audio frequencies.

Andrea Electronics Superbeam Headsets are very good for the iPhone because they have both amazing Hi-Def sound and bass expansion along with a built in microphone with 3D recording technology - good for noise reduction while on the phone. They are $129.95.

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these are killer... use em all the time. (link in reference)