These days, they're around 110-120EUR there, but on Singapore Airlines inflight duty-free, they cost less than 100EUR I got my first pair in Korea, and it was around 90-100EUR back then. still coming back for more, though!), except to say that they cost around 130-140USD new in the US right now, from most B&O dealers as far as I know. Not much to add (I'm an avid user myself, but less lucky with the build quality and had to buy it again several times. The only thing I'd bear in mind is as a frequent flyer you may benefit from buying from buying a noise cancelling pair of earphones such as Shure or any others recommended on here. You mention the price as being expensive but I genuinely believe they are superb earphones and I've used them for 3hrs per day on average over the space of the last three years so they have certainly paid for themselves.
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With frequent use the wires may well fray.
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The problem I find with them is the supplied pouch means the long cord has to be wrapped around the pouch itself.
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#Smartwrap earphones portable
The sound quality is second to none, I've been listening to everything portable on either the A8's or QC2's onboard and for the hell of it I dug out my old Sony supplied earphones and was shocked at the difference. I had to buy some from HMV and they were more abrasive on the inside of the ear. I've been very happy with mine, the only problem being that the pads on the ears wear out fast and B&O don't sell (or give) you new ones. He apologised for them going wrong and refreshed the 2yr warranty on them. I took them back to the store and the guy swapped them for new without even testing them. I used mine extensively and after a year the left earphone started to malfunction. I've got the A8's and have had then almost 3yrs now. I am willing to spend, especially seeing as I can carry them over to newer model iPods. So has anyone else invested in these earplugs? Or have recommendations for other good earplugs? Most important is durability, but sound quality of course comes a very close second. I inherited a CD player that is about 15-17 years old and still does a better job than most newer players, including expensive ones. My only complaints are the price (IIRC 195 euros) and the very long cord (a good 1.5m or so).īut experience with B&O products tells me they not only are top quality (maybe the best even) but that they are durable and reliable as well. They seemed to have superb sound quality and felt very comfortable in my ears (without slipping or falling out). They have earplugs that seem to be very good quality, although the dealer only let me listen very briefly from another B&O device. I was thinking of complimenting the best portable music player with proper quality earphones and so went straight to the B&O dealer.
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But the problem with bass/loudness and noise has unfortunately returned. On my second pair, I was much more careful playing at loud volumes (I rarely did) and actually successfully avoided major problems with the insulation. Personal issues are that the plugs especially slip out of ears, especially in cold/wet weather. Some problems include 1) sheering/loss of insulation material especially at joints, 2) seeming loss of contact as evidenced by changes in sound quality as wires manipulated, and worst of all 3) reduced sound quality over time and lots of noise especially at louder volumes and/or high bass. While the iPod itself is absolutely perfect with virtually zero complaint, Apple really seems to have skimped on quality when it comes to the earphones, at least as far as durability goes (as well as functionality IMHO). I am already on my second pair of iPod earphones.