I used to have Monster beats in ear headphones (iBeats), but to be frank, they never really felt quite as good as my older much cheaper senheiser CX300's. The CX300's were much lighter and much more comfortable and offered very similar sound quality. Then I found the Bose IE2's. These really were like a breath of fresh air. The sound quality from these in ear headphones is like nothing I've heard before. Public Service Announcements 'Spitfire' made me duck as the sound of the spitfire flies through the middle of your ears. Bass is well produced, detail is incredible, the sound is both wide and open. They sound more like listening to a hi-fi than in ear headphones. They don't isolate noise, they are not advertised as, nor do they, eliminate noise. Considering that they're about the same price as the iBeats, they blow theym away in every respect. The 'stayhear' earbuds, take a bit of getting used to, but they do hold the earphones in place exceptionally well and they're so comfortable that you can genuinely forget that they're in place. I've had the misfortune of pulling on the cords a couple of times, snagging it on bike handlebars once, but they've taken the beating well. I've had these a good six months and they're easily the best I've ever owned. I'll never go back to in ear headphones these are simply in a different league. Bose have moved the world of in ear sound quality up a level or three.
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