Apple In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic
Hear every detail of your music every time you tune in with the Apple In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic. They offer pro audio performance and impressive sound isolation, and convenient buttons let you adjust the volume, control music and video playback and even answer or end calls on your iPhone.
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Overview
Rediscover your music.
Put on the Apple In-Ear Headphones, select your favorite track, and hear musical details you never knew existed. It's almost like you're experiencing your music for the first time.
Two drivers in each earpiece.
Each earpiece contains two separate high-performance drivers — a woofer and a tweeter — resulting in rich, detailed, and accurate sound reproduction and amazing bass response for all types of music.
Impressive sound isolation.
Choose from three sizes of soft, silicone ear tips for a comfortable, stable fit. When inserted in your ear, they create a seal that blocks outside noise so you can get the most from your music.
Take control.
The control capsule located on the cable of the right earpiece includes a microphone and three buttons. Here's what you can do with this convenient remote:*
- Adjust volume by pressing the + and - buttons.
- Control music and video playback — including play/pause and next/previous — by pressing the center button.
- Record voice memos on supported devices.
- Answer and end calls.
Steel mesh caps for protection.
Stainless steel mesh caps protect the precision acoustic components from dust and debris. You can remove the caps for cleaning or replace them with an extra set that's included in the box.
This accessory is compatible with the following:
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iPod classic 120GB
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iPod nano 4th generation (video)
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iPod touch 2nd generation
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iPod shuffle 3rd generation
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iPhone 3GS
Most Recent Reviews
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Apple In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic
Glad I got them on sale
Written by MZ from Littleton
Jun 29, 2009
To start off I HATE the apple buds that come with an iPod, I think the sound is fine, not great but fine; what i can't stand is th…Read moreey just hurt my ears!
That being said I find these buds a huge improvement. I can't tell much differense in sound quality but it's certainly richer and the seal is great. I think the silicon is great! Much more comfortable (though not perfect, I still prefer on ear phones) the only problem is they star to slip out when you sweat. Because of this I have held on to my old sennheiser phones but for regular use I much prefer these.
The remote control and mic features are awesome! I recently got a touch and while it's less useful on other versions it's a life saver on the touch! It would be nice to have A back and a forward button but wat is there is still great. The mic is great too, sound quality is great and it is inteligently placed near enough to your head for no adjustment to be necessary when speaking. It also is nice the mic enables the use of apps such as icall and skype.
One problem I did have is they kept shocking my ears at first, highly annoying, startling, and painful! Luckily this went away but I'd like to not ever have to worry about it.
Overall I'm happy to have these buds :-) but I don't think they're worth an $80 upgrade so I'm glad to have gotten them cheaper on eBay.(13 of 13 people found this review useful)
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Apple In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic
Good and bad
Written by JG from Rancho Santa Margarita
Jun 29, 2009
I bought these headphones prior to deployment and use them everyday while working out both in gyms and in the desert sun on runs. …Read moreThe most important thing is that you have to use a the proper size silicone fitting for your ears otherwise you will not get the proper bass and they will fall off.
Yes the silicone + heavy sweat causes some issues but not too bad for me. A little annoying at times but 75% of the time they're fine.
Noise cancellation is superb
Audio quality is awesome. Best headphones as far as sound that I have heard. great detail and I get great bass out of them.
Overall quality is good. These get beat up alot out here in the middle east. The have survived countless sand storms and many sweaty workouts. The controller still works as well as everything else.
Bad stuff is that they do tend to fall off when running but with proper placement (i run the wires inside my shirt and come out from the back) you can avoid it.
I have lost 2 of the silicone ear pieces as they tend to fall off the headphone completely. This has happened during travel or moving from mission to mission while they were in a bag not while listening.(8 of 8 people found this review useful)
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Apple In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic
DO NOT BUY IF YOU PLAN TO WORKOUT WITH THEM!
Written by BG from North Royalton
Jun 29, 2009
If you plan to workout with these headphones you are throwing your money away. I used the headphones for 1 week before the control…Read mores stopped working. Literally, 1 drop of sweat on the control switches can cause them to start changing songs, volume, playlists. It's terrible and apple needs to do something about it asap.
(8 of 14 people found this review useful)
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Most Useful Reviews
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Apple In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic
Simply amazing!
Written by MB
Dec 17, 2008
I'm an audio engineer with 18 years experience, well trained hearing, and I know my way around an IEC 711 coupler. Among other t…Read morehings, I've had extensive experience with high-end in-ear headphone design. So, I feel like I can offer some objective comments about the Apple In-Ear Headphones.
Tone quality is nearly neutral - music comes through basically as it was recorded. The reproduction is brutally honest, and you will find that low bit-rates and bad recordings sound like what they are. The bass is definitely rock solid, and goes far below 20 Hz - but it is extremely tight and controlled. Those of you who expect unnaturally heavy, boomy bass may be disappointed. Mids are clean, transparent and smooth. The highs are amazingly extended, open and effortless. Audible distortion is vanishingly low, and dynamic range is excellent.
Price/performance is simply unbeatable. These phones are absolutely capable of outperforming competitive models 4x the cost. That Apple is able to provide true 2-way dual balanced-armature phones, with this level of audio performance, at this price point, boggles the mind.
Since these are in-ear phones, they must be inserted correctly to work. ANY air leak will kill bass performance and shift tone quality harshly toward the midrange. You must use the right eartips, your ear canals have to be reasonably close to a round shape, and clean (ie no tufts of hair, dried skin or earwax, etc.... ewwww, sorry) for a good, air-tight seal. If they are inserted too deep, or not deep enough, response will change and sound quality will suffer.
Also because they are in-ear phones, some sound can be conducted through the cable and may become audible. Conductive sounds your body makes will be louder as well - chewing, breathing, swallowing and so forth are sometimes audible. For most people this is not a serious issue. Hearing aids and earplugs do this too.
Yes, they're not compatible with everything, and that is a valid issue for those who would like to use their 3G iPhone with them. This is a known issue, and Apple details what products are fully compatible with these headphones. It could be that a software update will solve this problem - and even if it doesn't, you knew about it..... Quit griping.
A stunning achievement, Apple. I am very impressed.
(4212 of 4588 people found this review useful)
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Apple In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic
Better than Sonys
Written by JM from GREENVILLE
Dec 23, 2008
I've been using a set of Sony MDR EX70LPs for about 5 years. Great product, once you get used to having a speaker jammed in your …Read moreear. I usually wound up fiddling with them a bit after 30 minutes of so, they seem to slightly irritate my ear.But the bass is so much better than conventional buds or phones (I've tried countless Sony, Yamaha, every brand under the sun). A few months ago, I wondered if Sony had improved the product any and bought a set of MDR-EX81LPs. Slightly better phones, but more awkward to wear.
So when I heard I was getting an iPod touch for Christmas, I figured I would order a set of these and give them a shot. Got the phones two days before Christmas, decided to try them out on my 5g iPod. Plugged them in and turned on iTunes, awaiting sonic nirvana.
But...no bass. None, zip, zilch, nada.
OK, so, something isn't right. The medium rubber pieces seem a little loose, maybe I need to try the other ones. I open the capsule with the others...but they look smaller. Then I notice the label on the capsule, and pull open the other side, marked L, swap in the bigger rubber pieces, pop the phones back in, and...
Oooooooooooh yeeeeeeaaaaaaah. That's what I was looking for. Some hip hop. Yep, plenty of bass. Norah Jones - perfect female vocals. Guns'n'Roses - guitar works.
As is the case with all in-ears I've tried, they telegraph a lot of noise from wire movement, but that's controllable somewhat depending on how you wear them. And as another review pointed out, wearing them while eating will sound horrible.
These are the best-sounding headphones I have ever owned. I haven't compared them to the Etymotic Research, but they are much more comfortable than either of the Sonys - I've had them in for an hour and haven't touched them.
If you try these and can't stand in-ears, or if you have odd-sized or shaped ears, that's a shame. If you try them and think they don't have any bass, you need to try the larger pads - when they seal to your ear, these things go as low as any speaker I have ever heard, and I can't even begin to turn my iPod up all the way (though admittedly I don't have any hearing damage, as some other 35-year-olds do).(1521 of 1829 people found this review useful)
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Apple In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic
Sweet music to my ears...
Written by SG from Lakewood
Dec 12, 2008
These are best earphones I've ever had. I've had sonys, the stock iPod buds, the previous generation of apple in-ear buds, and so…Read moreme others and by far these are purely AWESOME.
On the first listen, I thought they were just OK, but after a while I truly got to experience all the different sounds and how well these earphones produced them. Bass is amazing (although, it seemed to need just a bit more boom - but that might just be me :) Treble is great too. These do seriously sound like several-hundred-dollar earbuds. Also, these are the MOST COMFORTABLE earphones ever. I almost don't even notice them in my ears - they are that amazing - while they still provide a firm fit so movement doesn't dislodge them.
Packaging is beautiful, the additional silicone tips are a huge plus, and the added mesh caps are a nice touch.
My only issue is the lack of volume control for iPhone. Hopefully that'll come at some point?
(1268 of 1543 people found this review useful)
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