Initially I was very impressed with the improvement over the iPod's stock earbuds. However, after a month I began to notice quite a bit of static. This has become increasingly worse and is extremely irritating. Cleaning helps, but does not solve the problem. I would not buy these again.

far and away best value for the money among all in-ear headphones i researched. sound is great, feel is comfortable, and design is unique

I ride a motorcycle and use the in canal headphones to fit under my helmet and as ear plugs to block out wind noise. I have a couple different models. I play all of them on my 30g zune. I listen to the music just loud enough to hear make out the words fairly clearly.

Philips SHE9500 sounded good when in positioned perfectly. THe bass sounded good. They have more bass but not as sharp and clean. Like comparing a car stereo to a home theatre. The rubber surrounding were the wire goes in to the speaker is stiff and can irritate your ears if they are pointed up witch is nessisary when wearing a helmet. They aren't very secure when active either. The tredmill will knock them loose. My zune had to be turned up to 16 out of 20 on the volume.

My sony MDR-AS40EX were very secure but at the expense of sound quality. The sound is not for audiophiles but they don't buy 30-40 dollar head phones. They do a good job of block out background noise. The zune volume is at 12 of 20 for these.

My Sennheiser CX300 sound great. The very efficent speakers with the excellent background suppression is means a listening volume of 9 under my helmet. If you ride a bike you know this isn't bad. I finally get off my bike with out ringing ears after a 30 min ride. They seem to stay in place pretty well. If you need it to stay in place for sure. You can turn the head phones up and use the wire coming from the speaker to secure it by pushing it in the ridge in your outter ear. THis doesn't irritate the skin or cardilige as they are soft. The only complaint that I have is the left wire is rather short. So when wearing a arm banded Mp3 player it is hard to get the correct length of wire so you don't turn your head and pull out the left head phone and not have an abundance of wire bouncing around trying to dislodge your head phones. THis is why it doesn't get 5 stars. Still an excellent set of speakers but there may be better choices if you are getting them for the gym.

Came in less than a week.
Perfect shape and in original packaging.
Works great for my son!
Janet

The earbuds are good, fit really nicely but the only problem I have which is a big NO-NO for me is that there appears to be a buildup of static electricity and the buds will shock me every once in a while right in the ear canal. This is a very unpleasant and annoying experience.