So given that the stock Apple earbuds just don't work worth a damn, I'm going to buy some replacements today.
It's not that they don't work per se, it's just that they absolutely, positively won't stay in one's ears. Not unless they are glued in. I actually wrote to Apple and complained. To my mind, they aren't up to their usual high standards for performance/quality. There is no way on God's green Earth that one could do the gyrations the dancers do in the iPod adds and have the buds stay in.
They lack the adapters that earbuds like the Koss Plug or Etymotic Research 6is have. So there is nothing to keep them in the ear channel at all. So while they sound superb (to my moderately educated ear) turning the head ten degrees will cause one or both to drop out (just from cord drag).
Absolutely infuriating.
So today I'm using my Sony behind-the-head earphones to listen at work. This serves the dual purpose of allowing me access to my music and not pissing off management.
Posted by artandscience at February 13, 2005 08:51 AM