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Klipsch Custom-3 In-Ear Headphones
|Late in 2007 the venerable speaker manufacturer Klipsch entered the high-performance earbud fray, introducing three Custom-series in-ear headphones (the -1, -2, and -3, in ascending order of performance and price), plus the distinctive, top-of-the line ...read more -
Klipsch Image In-Ear Headphones
|If you are in the “bigger is better” camp, then Klipsch’s Image in-ear headphone will come as quite a surprise. The Images, you see, are not only the firm’s flagship earbuds, but also—by a significant ...read more -
Shure SE-110 In-Ear Headphones
|Although the SE-110 is lowest-priced in-ear headphone in Shure’s SE-series lineup, it also enjoys the distinction of being a product that many big-box retailers treat as the top-shelf offering displayed in their stores. So, from ...read more -
Skullcandy FMJ In-Ear Headphones
|The FMJ has long been Skullcandy’s top-of-the-line in-ear headphone. Once offered in two sizes, the FMJs are now sold only in the larger 11mm size ($70 per pair). The bigger FMJs produce a big, bold ...read more -
Skullcandy Titan In-Ear Headphones
|The Titans ($50 per pair) are Skullcandy’s newest in-ear headphones and are designed to slot into the firm’s lineup above the entry-level Smokin’ Buds and below the more expensive FMJs (or Full Metal Jackets, also ...read more -
Monster Announces “Beats by Dr. Dre Tour” In-Ear Headphones
|Hot on the heels of its widely publicized Beats by Dr. Dre over-the-ear headphones (as reviewed in Playback 14), Monster Cable has announced its new Beats Tour in-ear headphones. According to a company press release, ...read more -
Sennheiser IE 7 In-Ear Headphones
|The German firm Sennheiser has long been known for producing excellent lower-cost earbuds such as the CX300 covered in our first “Killer Earbud” survey, but at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show the firm announced its ...read more -
Denon AH-C551 Earbuds
|The Denon AH-C551 is the little brother of Denon’s sweet-sounding AH-C700 (reviewed in our first “Killer Earbud” survey). Like the AH-C700s (which have now been updated to become the AH-C751s), the AH-C551s feature machined aluminum ...read more -
Shure SE420 In-Ear Headphones
|In just about any product line other than Shure’s, the SE420 in-ear headphones would be a flagship product (and then some). But as things stand, the SE420s are Shure’s next to the top-of-the-line models, slotted ...read more -
Ultimate Ear triple.fi 10 Pro Earbuds
|You could argue the Ultimate Ear’s triple.fi 10 Pro offers the most technically advanced design of any earbud in this (or any) survey, since it is the only three-way in-ear headphones in this group. That’s ...read more