Customer Reviews

Maximo iM-290 Earbud Earphones 2.5MM 2FT Alloy Metal + Pouch

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These metal alloy earphones look unique and help you to stand out from the crowd. However, they are no better than the Coby earphones that came with my player. The stems are very thin and slippery making it unnatural feeling when trying to put them on. Once you get them on you will be startled by the chilly sensation from the metal (depending on the ambient temperature of course). Sound quality is on the low side and thin sounding. Bass was not warm or punchy, and highs not soaring and sparkling. An unfortunate example of form over function.

I picked up a pair of these recently for very cheap. Not from Amazon, but I'm going to post here because I think the reviews for this on here don't do it any justice.

Upon initial listening, I was unimpressed with how they sounded. The mids and highs were very clear, but the bass left a lot to be desired. However, I tried a little experiment by putting on foam covers from other earbuds I had, since I knew that those things make a huge difference in the bass response for earbuds. WOW! What a difference. These earbuds now have deep, strong bass and they sound excellent. Why there weren't foam things included with these earbuds, I don't know. They certainly gave a lot of other accessories.

With the accessories they are easily worth $25, if you can find some foam things (not sure what to call them, haha). I do generally prefer this open style to the in-ear style.

PS I've tried many earbuds before, including the Shure E2c, E3c, Entymotic ER-6 and ER-6i, various Sony ones, stock earbuds from mp3 players, etc.

I can't do the in-ear headphones so I searched for something in this style. There aren't too many choices so I was willing to settle a little. These headphones surprised me. They sound very crisp and detailed and seem very well made. The bass response is a little restrained even with the iPod EQ adjusted but that is my only complaint. The accessories are a nice bonus at this price.

I bought these headphones because i thought they were a 2.5mm headphones that i could use with my cellphone. It's a 3.5 mm headphone that comes with a 2.5mm adaptor.

When I tried it out with my cellphone, music only came out of one ear since it isn't a "stero" adaptor.

The sound was good, but it didn't fit well in my ears.

It did come with a lot of accessories, but I'm dissapointed that it doesn't really work it a cellphone. Whenever I plugged it in, my phone recognized it as a microphone/earphone headset and went to voice command each time - even though there is no microphone on this since they are earphones.

So, if you're looking to buy this as regular headphones, they're decent.. But if you want them for your cellphone... look elsewhere.

Eeeee... Kindda-ok. But naaa... shouldn't recommend them.

Ever wanted to look cool but be hurting and pretend like your just feeling suave?

Well these earphones do exactly that. You'll look cool but your ears will hurt like if you'd be wearing new shinny shoes 2 sizes smaller than your feet.

Could they have not put a little cushion to these very heavy earphones?
I mean, so you don't have to feel like "metal tubes" are sticking and hanging out of your ears.

Although the sound is ok; I don't think the engineers had any "comfort factor" considered in the equation. The ear pieces are very hard and heavy (dudes it's just hard metal all around.) That black ring you see in the picture is super hard rubber heck it could almost be ceramic for all I care, and your ears don't appreciate the intruding material in your outer ear canal.

I just wouldn't recommend them... Wait! You can put duct tape around the black ring for a little extra comfort! AND it would look even cooler!

Finding ear bud type headphones that are a value and of some quallity seems harder and harder, as the "in ear" craze goes. I personally cant enjoy those, they always fall out of my ears, and it always sounds like im underwater.

These on the other hand are great headphones. The sound is good, they are stylish, they come with a headphone cord extender (which could run you 10-15 on its on on some sites), as well as a case, which i doubt i'll ever use but hey, its free. The one down side would be that they are a tad bit heavier due to the fact that they are made out of metal, not plastic painted to look like metal. The cord also seems a bit cheap, but overall, if these last me 6 months (2 months perfect so far) i will have gotten my 20 bucks worth.

Very surprised by the superb sound by this little metal earphones, especially at this price. Have to try to believe it. Again, I am thrilled.

The sound and fit are fine and I do like the cable length. However, after four months the left bud fell apart. The rubber gasket came loose then finally fell off and I can't get it to stay on. Sure, I can replace them because of the warranty but do I really want to bother with another of these? I'm going back to the Apple buds.

I am not sure I like the sound out of these headphones. The base is a bit weak and they have a very high piched treble that hurts my head/ears.

I was looking for a pair of inexpensive, good sounding ear buds. I read an online review of different varieties of ear devices. These came in under the budget category with a good review. I agree. These are as good, if not better than the standard ear buds that come with Apple products.