Sony EPEX10A/WHI Hybrid Replacement Earbuds (White)
by Sony
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Manufacturer: SonyModel: EPEX10A/WHI
Color: White
Product features:
- Replacement Earbuds
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Customer Review: A little holiday bonus courtesy of Japan
Summary: 5 Stars
If you're familiar with high-end IEM earphones (i.e. "in ear monitor" headphones), you know that size has little to do with price and performance. Even when it comes to the tips that are so crucial to finding your "right" size, there's a requirement of time, experimentation and expense. And it's not unusual to find that the mere tips--not the earphones themselves--can go for five or more bucks a pair, especially if you're one of those fastidious listeners who insists on the foam tips made by Comply.
Sony claims that they're IEM phones sound best with genuine Sony tips--the hybrid silicon variety (which means they're made of a more rubbery quality than foam, and are two-layered--an outer soft layer for sealing the space around the ear, and an inner stiffer layer for conducting the sound directly to the ear canal). Presently, J&R is pricing these tips as low as I've ever seen them (tou can do a little better only if you move to the color black and order directly from Amazon).
Even though I now do most of my listening using these miniature marvels, they can be a bit tricky getting used to. If they're too big, they''l constantly fall out of your ear; too small, on the other hand, and you run the risk of losing one in your ear canal and potentially requiring the services of an eye-ear-nose specialist for removal. As a result, I prefer wearing them in the somewhat larger size and not insisting on an absolutely air-tight seal (admittedly, they pop loose from time to time).
If your preference is for larger IEM buds that don't penetrate the canal yet remain in your ear even while running, etc., you may very well find the Comply Tips more to your liking. They expand in the ear, practically ensuring a close, tight fit at all times. But they do wear out within a month or two and, consequently, soon become rather pricey. Your assurance that the pictured tips are genuine Sony tips (I see a lot of interchangeable, generic tips going for approximately the same price) is the colored area inside the tip, each color representing a different size. (Sony makes approximately 8 different-sized tips for each earphone, though this 4-tip package should provide enough of a range of sizes to permit the user to determine what what size will, or is likely to, fit best.
(If you plan to use this type of earphone while working out with one of those spinal decompression machines that turns the user upside-down, I definitely recommend using the Comply tips.)
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