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I'm going to expose my feelings right from the get go: I am madly in love with these headphones. In the past 10 years, I've probably purchased 7 pairs. They have never disappointed me, and they continue to make me happy with every use. This review is going to be a lot of well-deserved praise for these headphones.
1. Comfort/Fit
The fit on these is superb. Just pop them in your ear, and the rest of the world disappears. No, they are not noise canceling, but they're very effective at blocking the outside world. I can wear these buds for 4-6 hours and not think twice about it (4.5 hours when I ran a marathon). They are insanely comfortable. No effort getting them in. Just pop them in, and that's it. Moreover, I've used these to sleep on buses, trains, and planes when traveling. As we all know, one of the go-to sleeping positions is to rest the side of your head against a window or something like that. You can do that without the earbud causing any discomfort. This simply is not an option with a lot of other headphones (like noise canceling models). So, in addition to being comfortable, these are practical.
A note on noise leaking. If you use Apple's prepackaged headphones, then you're a kind and sharing individual, because, not only do you like listening to your music, you like sharing it with others. (Yes I'm being sarcastic). Apple earbuds have the WORST sound leaking. If you've only ever used Apple's earbuds, you owe it to yourself to try these. With these headphones, if I play my music at max volume, it blows out my ears, but if I take out the buds, I can barely hear a little hissing coming from the headphones. These headphones have very little to no noise leaking--a very nice feature for those of us who like to respect others.
When working out, the buds hold nicely in my ear as I move about. This includes running, even when things get sweaty. Very little adjustment needed. A nice solid seal through my whole workout. As I said, these babies joined me for a marathon, and it was lovely.
2. Size and Weight
I haven't weighed these, but they can't be more than an ounce or two, and they crumple up in to nothing. If you're looking to pack them for a trip, they're not going to take up any space in your bag.
3. Sound Quality
I guess it makes sense that I say a thing or two about sound quality. I listen to a lot of music, and I listen to a lot of musicals when I run and workout. These produce a very nice sound. A solid bass, with good trebles. Sometimes I'll listen to a song one these, and I'll pick up one something new I haven't heard before in a song. They meet and exceed every expectation of a guy who is not an insane audiophile. Plus, it's important to keep in mind that you're likely listening to these on a simple iPod with a 256 bitrate (at best). Spending additional money for better sounding headphones will likely do nothing, because the source of the sound will be your limiting factor at this point.
4. Cost
At this price, these things are darn-near disposable. I eventually break mine doing something dumb, or after a year and a half of dutiful service (daily workouts/running). I'm not sure if it's sweat that eventually kills them, or just degradation. Usually just one side goes dead, and it's at that point that I get a new pair. Every time I buy a new pair, I'm more than happy to pay the price. (Seriously, think about it, something like $20 for a year of awesome service. That's just dirt cheap).
5. Competitors
Noise-canceling headphones. I've owned a pair of super-duper nice and expensive noise canceling headphones before. They didn't impress me that much. I can't say the listening experience was that much better. Admittedly, they will block a bit more noise compared to these headphones if you're using them just to block out noise (on a plane, for example). But past that, the noise-canceling phones: cost a lot, they are bulky and heavy to pack, and if you're trying to sleep and rest your head against something, they're uncomfortable and awkward. I take these headphones over some Bose noise-canceling headphones every day of the week.
Expensive earbuds. You could go buy some $200 earbuds if you like. I'm sure the sound is probably a little better, but it's not worth it to me. I'd feel like I have to baby the super expensive headphones. Moreover, I can't imagine the headphones are going to provide too substantial of a difference unless you're listening to a very high bitrate track or a lossless encoded track. In short, while those buds may provide a little better sound, and you'd probably be able to sleep or rest your head with them in, I can't justify paying 10 times the price for these beauties.
You CANNOT go wrong with these headphones. They are an incredible value, and perfect for just about everyone.
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Product Description
CREATIVE EP-630
Noise-isolating in-ear headphones
The Creative EP-630 in ear earphones are designed with ergonomic soft silicone in-ear ear buds for superb noise-isolation. Powered by a high quality and specially engineered 9mm Neodymium magnet transducer, specially designed to deliver optimum performance regardless of the musical genre.
The EP-630 offers fantastic audio reproduction with extraordinary bass that is perfect for digital music playback and hours of enjoyment. 1.2m Oxygen-Free Copper cable to provide uninterrupted transmission of your music from player to earphones, so you can enjoy the clearest audio possible.
CLEAR TRANSMISSION AND PRISTINE AUDIO QUALITY
Designed to deliver deep bass with balanced tones for all music playback, listen to your audio in greater clarity from the 9mm Neodymium magnet drivers.
The EP-630 earphones' fantastic audio reproduction makes them an ideal pick for digital music playback and fatigue-free, long-term listening.
NOISE-ISOLATION CAPABILITY
Indulge in all your favorite tunes without the noise.
Helping to ensure a crisp, pure audio experience wherever you are, the EP-630's ergonomic in-ear design reduces background noise and sound leakage significantly.
PERFECT FIT
Because comfort is so essential to enjoying high-quality audio, each pair of earphones comes with three sets of soft silicone tips, so you can select the size that fits best.
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My 1st ever IEM was from Creative back to iPhone 2...I swim almost every day. After getting so sick with those poor sound quality, but the most popular so call 'waterproof earbud' from Amazon, I used my Shure SE535 for a while before I bough a new Shure SE215 (photo 3) as my every day swimming earbud, which all work PERFECT underwater with much much better sound quality.As many people wouldn't spend that much money for a pair of earbud for swimming, so I order a pair of Creative EP-630 (Phone 1, $15.99) and Panasonic ErgoFit RP-HJE120-S (Silver, Photo 2, $7.84) from Amazon to took them for swim. As I expect they ALL work prefect with swimming!With those 4 earbud, the sound quality in this order: SE535 > SE215 > EP-630 > RP-HJE120-SCreative EP-630 is the BEST cheap IEM for the land & underwater!
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