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Hello, I am new to here.

I recently decided to purchase a pair of earbuds under $100, and I am asking for recommendations. I am not an audio guy, so I do not care so much about sound quality. I am just looking for something that looks good, durable, and do not sound horrible. I've made three choices:

urBeats

-I like the style of this earbuds.

-Has microphone and volume switch.

Tangle-free cables

-Many people say it breaks easily (don't know if this is true or not, any owners?)

Razer HammerHead Pro

-Doesn't look so bad

-Has Microphone and volume switch.

-Cheaper

-Does not have tangle-free cables.

Razer Adaro In-Ear

-Looks great.

-Tangle-free cables.

-Does not have microphone or volume switch.

I will be traveling a lot with those earbuds, so durability is something important to me. Please leave any suggestions below, thank you. :)

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SE215s, the only down side is that if you want an inline mic/controls you have to pat $150. 

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Hello, I am new to here.

I recently decided to purchase a pair of earbuds under $100, and I am asking for recommendations. I am not an audio guy, so I do not care so much about sound quality. I am just looking for something that looks good, durable, and do not sound horrible. I've made three choices:

urBeats

-I like the style of this earbuds.

-Has microphone and volume switch.

Tangle-free cables

-Many people say it breaks easily (don't know if this is true or not, any owners?)

Razer HammerHead Pro

-Doesn't look so bad

-Has Microphone and volume switch.

-Cheaper

-Does not have tangle-free cables.

Razer Adaro In-Ear

-Looks great.

-Tangle-free cables.

-Does not have microphone or volume switch.

I will be traveling a lot with those earbuds, so durability is something important to me. Please leave any suggestions below, thank you. :)

Sennheiser MOMENTUM In-Ear

 

http://en-us.sennheiser.com/momentum-headphones-in-ear

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SE215s, the only down side is that if you want an inline mic/controls you have to pat $150.

I've heard that they sound really good. The thing is that I don't really like how it looks, and how you need to pay $50 for the mic and controls.
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I've heard that they sound really good. The thing is that I don't really like how it looks, and how you need to pay $50 for the mic and controls.

They like fine in your ears, plus how IEMs look really don't matter. Not to mention, they'll literally never fall out of your ears. 

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Thanks for the link. :D

Linus made a review about it ^_^

 

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I really love Audio-Technica's new line of IEMs.  If you don't need an absurd amount of base, the IM50 is very good. The cable is nice and chunky, and the mechanism for connecting the earbuds to it's earguides is really robust.

 

Unfortunately doesn't have any controls though so...I guess if you really want those no go.

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I think I will just buy the Razer HammerHead Pro, since it's 50% off right now.

I personally have some Razer Hammerhead Pros. They're pretty decent and carry some nice bass (which I like).

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I ended up ordering two HammerHead Pros which costs the same as one without promoting.

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I really love Audio-Technica's new line of IEMs.  If you don't need an absurd amount of base, the IM50 is very good. The cable is nice and chunky, and the mechanism for connecting the earbuds to it's earguides is really robust.

 

Unfortunately doesn't have any controls though so...I guess if you really want those no go.

i was thinking of buying an im50 myself but i've heared that people have been having some issues with the build quality and mabe even some fake im50s , can you please rate your experience and tell me where you bought yours from?

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i was thinking of buying an im50 myself but i've heared that people have been having some issues with the build quality and mabe even some fake im50s , can you please rate your experience and tell me where you bought yours from?

Bought mine off Amazon.  Good build quality so I don't know where you heard that.  Personally I think it's much more worth it to splurge on the balanced armature versions (ex IM02) but those are approaching $150+ so quite an expensive endeavor.

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I'd recommend SE215 LE. For cable, go to lunashops

Do you have any experience with them? Are there cables decent?

 

http://www.lunashops.com/goods.php?id=5081 

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