The Best Bud Headphones
- Ear bud headphones have become popular with MP3 players.ear buds 02 image by Darrell Sharpe from Fotolia.com
Finding the best bud headphones have been a problem for a while for many users. The advent of the Ipod and MP3 players have made the market and the search for the best bud headphones extremely hard for some users to figure out what to get. Bud headphones typically are inserted into your ear. The problem many people find is getting them to stay in their ear and getting as good a sound out of them as you would with some of the bigger headphones. Many people like bud headphones because they offer some noise isolation from the outside without having to completely cover your ear with headphone and mess up your hair at the same time. The best bud headphones are small, comfortable and discreet, allowing the user to wear them whenever they want for as long as they want. - The best bud headphones usually come at a price. The Shure SE350, priced at $300, can cost more than the MP3 player you want to listen to, but they are worth the cost if the quality and sound is important to you. The Shure SE350 is Shure's top-of-the-line bud headphones, featuring dedicated tweeters that balance the highs and mid tones very accurately. What sets it apart from the others in the line is the dedicated dual woofers that help to balance out the bass as well and a Push-To-Hear Control that helps to control the level of external sound. They fit comfortably in the ear canal thanks to Shure's flexible sleeves that come in different sizes. If those don't fit, you can always buy foam sleeves from Shure instead.
- An alternative to the high price of the Shure bud headphones ($100) are the more reasonably priced Sennheiser CX-400 II bud headphones. It comes with additional ear adapters similar to the Shure's sleeves that help to adjust the bud headphone to your ear canal size and comfort. The CX-400 features an integrated volume control and a cable clip that helps to secure the wire to you while you are jogging or running errands. Sennheiser is a recognizable name in the audio industry, and it does not fail to deliver with the CX-400. The CX-400 features a frequency range up to 22K Hz, which helps to let you hear percussion and high frequency instruments better.
- For those looking for economically bud headphones, one that stands out from the rest is the V-Moda Bass Freq bud headphones. Priced at $50, V-Moda sets itself apart by having colored ear buds and cables that come in eight different colors. Like those by Shure and Sennheiser, it comes with different size earpieces to provide maximum comfort. The V-Moda Bass Freq headphones offer good low-end sound provided they are securely in your ear. While it features a good bass sound, it does not overpower the mid and low tones, making for pleasant enjoyment. The V-Moda Bass Freq also comes with the Modawrap that allows the users to wrap the cable around it to keep it from tangling, or for storage.
