Of course, budget is everything, but the best I’ve found for the money are Mee Audio M6 Pro, or even better their Pinnacle P1’s, which have a die-cast zinc housing. Very detailed, plenty of bass but quite neutral overall. https://www.amazon.co.uk/MEE-Earphone-Replaceable-Universal-Microphone/dp/B00SLVB71Q
£30; with replaceable cables, much better than the Shure SE215’s, which have given me no end of trouble, expensive replacement cables, and now one earpiece has gone on the fritz. https://www.amazon.co.uk/MEE-Isolating-Earphones-Replaceable-Microphone/dp/B01A60I4P6
The Pinnacles are £139, but are really very good, and the cables are excellent, very solid construction.
I have RHA 750i’S, sound quality is superb and as mentioned the after sales support is second to none. My only minor complaint is they fall out my ears quite often…I have tiny ears though so probably not a design issue!
Shure SE215, stunning sound and comfort at an ok price
Ugh, hated mine, glad when they died.
Consider Bluetooth, they sound worse, have to be charged but when you’re out and about it’s great to be free from cables and. I note that RHA have finally released some Bluetooth 750’s – adds to wishlist.
My SE215 are also used for training nowadays and I have a pair of SE315 for good use, my budget wouldn’t go to the SE535s.
Surprised to hear Bimbler’s comments about the Shures, maybe it’s a ear shape/fit thing. Over the years I’ve tried Sony, Bose, JVC and more recently tried the latest wireless Jaybirds. All of these were terrible, especially the Jaybirds, returned them next day!
What are your priorities? Sound quality? Wired? Wireless? Budget?
I can highly recommend Apple’s AirPods, but comfort, convenience, battery life, wireless and Siri integration may not be important to you compared with sound quality.
I have a pair of Sure SE215’s that I’d be happy to move on. I just didn’t get on with the fit so they’ve had little use. Also have a set of the leave with the phone controls. Email in profile if you’re interested.
Shure SE215, stunning sound and comfort at an ok price.
Except their remote cable is utter crap, and expensive, the Mee M6 Pro’s are cheaper than the Shure cable, and come with two cables, with and without remote, and one earpiece of my SE215’s has now given up after causing intermittent drop-outs for some time causing me to buy two replacement UE 900 cables at £40 a time, thinking it was the cable at fault.
I’ve got several different sets of Mee earphones and I’ve yet to have a problem with any of them, I actually bought a Shure cable with a Lightning connector to fit my Pinnacle P1’s, cost me £80, and I had to have it replaced after a month!
I’ll never buy Shure stuff again, that’s for certain.
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– Has to be wireless because I want to use them at the gym and on the turbo and when I’m out and about and can’t carry my Sennheiser Momentums around with me 🙂
– Sound quality is important.
– Budget. Well, under £100 would be nice.
I bought the Bose QC30 wireless NC ones and really liked the comfort of the earbuds and the noise cancelling thing but I tok them back for a refund as the plastic “collar” thins was so hideously uncomfortable :-9
For wireless sports use, it is down to the bose soundsport or jaybird x3 IMO, the x3’s have the edge audio wise, but the bose are much better for comfort. I have no trouble with using the bose for hours, whereas the the x3’s get a little uncomfortable after a while (but not a lot)
Very, very happy with my RHA 750 Wireless. Wear them a lot, hours every day, comfortable, sound great.
Downsides, no app yet(?) but that’s being picky, there are only 7 volume levels – too few so the gaps are too large and the voice, bings and bongs are annoying and seem to be of an absurdly low bit rate.
What about using them in the gym? Maine reason I can’t use my over ear headphones is because they slide off my head when lying down and get uncomfortable when you’re hot.
My Sennheiser cx 175s have been faultless, cheap and reasonable sound. I have had them for years and they have been left lying around at home/ in the car, I even dropped one in a cup of tea so they are robust.
