I've probably thrown away $60 worth of ear buds over the years (3
pairs, $20 a pop). The foam wears out, you can't get replacements, or
they hurt my ears so I stopped using them. I've used the over the ear
type, the ear hugger around the ear type, and some no-name brands. I
actually use the ER6.

The ER6 is $90 on the street. Expensive, but not really obscene. Since
they have isolation, I wear them at air shows so I can hear the scanner
over the aircraft noise.

James Douglas wrote:
$139.00 or earBuds, you guy's are way too rich..................

wrote:
I have the SR-60 and the SR-125. Nice headphones, but expect to spend
some money on replacement foam.

Lately I use the Etymotic ER-6
http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/er6.aspx
They are the only buds I can stand. Though the look delicate, I haven't
broken them in 2 years of use.

If you want phones to copy hard to hear signals, then an old pair of
David Clarks does the trick. The fidelity isn't there, the David Clarks
seem to make voice more intelligible.

I don't know if Grado has the bucks to display at CES, but if they are,
those headphones are sold very cheap at the show. If you know someone
who is going, maybe they can get you some. The same with the Etymotics.
David Clarks are about $50 used. They use the same seal as off the
shelf noise isolators, so I replace my seals periodically by buying
throw away noise isolators at Harbor Freight, just to get the seals.

For extreme audio isolation, I use the ER-6 and Peltor noise isolators,
the kind they sell for the shooting range.

David wrote:
On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 09:19:07 -0600, wrote:

How about Bose earphones? I dont own a Bose anything,so I am not an
expert on earphones or earbuds.I do own an old pair of World War Two
Army Air Force earphones though.
cuhulin

http://www.gradolabs.com/product_pages/sr60.htm