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474 of 475 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Sounding to Date!, February 12, 2009
Length:: 9:59 Mins
Things you should know about these in-ear monitors.
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69 of 70 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Earphones with a lesser known addition, December 5, 2008
Firstly let me say that these are rebranded Ultimate Ears Super.F1 3 Studio earphones. Altec Lansing took the technology from Ultimate Ears and put their name on them. The first thing you need to know about in-ear earphones is you need to build a proper seal between your ear canal and the earphones. If that is not done properly they will not sound good at all.
I've had these for almost a year now and was initially quite frustrated with them with the uncomfortable eartips that kept falling out at the slightest movement of the head. A few months back I saw on the internet that you can use the Shure triple flange eartips with small modification on these. That helped with the falling out part but was again not the most comfortable option.
Then on the Ultimate Ears website I found these foam eartips from Comply Foam. I decided to give these a shot before dumping these in the trash. Once I put on the Comply Foam eartips, these earphones went through a complete transformation. The fit was perfect and very comfortable. They don't fall out anymore and the sound isolation is incredible. And because the seal is proper, the bass is also much better (If you prefer higher bass, you could also use the equalizers on your mp3 player). Now I actually enjoy these earphones and yes, you can hear stuff that you never heard before on songs you thought you knew like the back of your hand.
The price that amazon or [...] are selling them for now is a steal and I would definitely suggest getting these and the comply foam eartips.
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28 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Incredibly Natural Sound, September 15, 2008
The objective for this purchase was to upgrade my cheap Koss KEB24 in-ear headphones, that I bought to replace the original Ipod classic' ones. That was a major upgrade then. Koss have rich bass, good vocals, but no highs.
My research was targeted originally to a $100 budget. I purchased Bose Tri Port and Creative Labs Zen, but, to be honest, the sound was awful. Bose lacks everything (very poor sound, I prefer the original earbuds that come with the Ipod) and Creative has no highs. I return them both to the store, frustrated.
Then, I decided to expand my budget a little more, now around $130-150 (at this time, Altec's at Amazon cost 40% less than the price I paid a few months ago at other store). I bought the 336's and my surprise was that the highs, instruments and vocal sounded incredibly natural. The bass was a little soft, but, because the superb sound at highs and mids, I decided to keep them. Then I did the experiment (this is recommended for other types of headphones and speakers, bigger ones) to have them connected for four days at a high power headphone output from my receiver at high volume, with a loop of Shakira's song "Hips don't lie" (you know this song is rich in percussions, bass, vocal), and I did not touch or hear the headphones during these days. Then I connected them to my Ipod, and my big surprise was that the bass, now is as natural as I want it to be. Big sound change.
Now I have everything, very comfortable headphones with excellent sound. The price that is now published at Amazon is a real bargain, I really will not hesitate to purchase them, because compared to others that cost as 200% more, this will, by far, sound better.
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