The Best in-ear Headphones - Under 20$ & Under 100$
- Avichai Elimelech
- Jun 17, 2017
- 2 min read
The in-ear headphone market is vast, there are a lot of options, a huge price range - from 8$ to 1200$ and more. Some of us are fine with the headphones supplied with our smartphone - but some look for something more. In this segment I will give 3 examples of great headphones with reasonable price (for what you're getting). I'll do a quick overview of my favorite headphones, the PROs and CONs
On a separate segment I reviewed the ear-tips designed for the in-ear headphones,
Under 20$ - Panasonic RP-HJE120
PROs
The best sounding in-ear headphones for around 15$ or less (depends if you want a mic or not).
Comfortable fit.
Good color variety.
Long cable - 1.1m.
CONs
There are better sounding headphones (although not in this price range).
Other than that, for that price you can't go wrong
Under 100$ - Audiophile choice - SHURE SE215
PROs
A detachable cable makes them last longer, less likely to totally break - you can just replace the cable.
Great clarity, you can hear thing you've never heard before.
Comfortable fit, but they are a bit big - so mind that if you have small ears.
Good ear-tip variety - foam & silicon at all sizes.
Long Y shaped cable - 1.6m.
Has a microphone wire version (Although low quality and prone to break...)
Long listening sessions are a breeze.
CONs
Weak bass - although a Special Edition (SE) version available with stronger bass emphasis, it's still is relatively weak.
The fit with large in-ear headphones isn't for everyone.
Not a lot of color options - Black, clear or white... and blue for the SE version.
No tangle free flat cable.
Under 100$ - All round - Sennheiser Momentum M2 IEi
PROs
Great clarity and great bass - punchy and just right.
Comfortable fit, they are small but long so they tend to stick out.
Good ear-tip variety - silicon at all sizes and medium size foam.
Looks great.
Long Y shaped cable - 1.3m.
The noted version has a microphone and volume buttons for iOS (There is a different version for Android).
CONs
Only 2 (although amazing) colors - red/black & silver/black.
Really really hard to find CONs... I guess the price.