E10 Wired Earbuds, No Mic, Premium Hi-Fi, 3.5mm Jack, Gunmetal | Powerful bass, Balanced HiFi sound, All-metal build, Tangle-free cable, Passive noise isolation, Ergonomic comfortable fit

Excellent headphones for a budget price,very clear sound with good depth and plenty of base and they look great in red which is an added bonus.

After my Klipsch S4i headphones snuffed it I was looking for a set of earphones that wouldn't cost the world but would provide a lovely sound. Initially I had passed over these earphones because I hadn't heard much about them. What a mistake that turned out to be. After reading a couple reviews I was impressed by the praise and decided that even if they were half as good as they were supposed to be, for £30 that's no real loss! The first thing I noticed was how well they were packaged. Upon opening them I realised that you are also provided with a little carrying case + a clip to secure them, which is actually a nice touch. You are also provided with an abundance of earphone tips to choose from (I counted 7 pairs in total) So finding a perfect fit is almost certain! The cable, whilst a little skinny, feels like it is wrapped in a tough plastic and is not the soft usual plastic you get on earphones like Apple's. I like it, others might not. The headphones are milled from aluminium and have a nice sturdy weight to them but don't feel unstable in my ears either. But now for the big one - the sound. I am by no means an expert so my judgement is merely what I feel. To me the bass is tight and powerful, but not overwhelming like the JVC Xtremes or Beats. The midrange generally felt quite distinct, although sometimes floundered when the tracks became heavy in both higher and lower frequencies, albeit, I would say that this is potentially due to my DAC which is noted for a less than excellence midrange reproduction. The treble doesn't really sparkle but is crisp and not harsh, which makes listening to the higher frequency a nice experience and not one of flinching. The overall reproduction is actually quite impressive, especially considering the price tag. The soundstage feels vastly wide and not small like some headphones reproduce. That being said, you don't get volume control or buttons on the cord. Personally I never use them so this isn't really a loss to me, but it might be to others so be warned! So overall. The sound produced is actually a pleasure to listen to! The soundstage feels a lot larger than what it is and sound feels very natural. The refined sound and construction really screams that this was cleverly engineered. At £30 this is an absolute steal and easily justifies why this set of earphones has won so many awards. I would recommend without hesitating, even if they were double the price!

First, I'm not a big user of earphones, so bear that in mind with my comments. I'm also a very late adopter of mobile technology. I eventually realised that I needed earphones to make better use of my recently acquired smart phone and I've always thought the 'speakers' on my iPad mini were tinny beyond belief. So I searched for recommendations on the web and these earphones were praised everywhere. Some reviews even suggested you'd have to spend 3-figure sums to get better sound. So I took the plunge. APPEARANCE: They do look good. I know that shouldn't be a major factor, but the packaging, presentation and the 'phones themselves all contributed to a value-for-money feeling. Here they're described as 'silver/black', but there's no silver visible anywhere - they're a gray/black combination. Personally I find it attractive. CONTENT: At this price I think I expected to receive a pair of earphones and nothing else. I was surprised, pleasantly so, to see what else was provided. There's a really tidy hard-shell storage case. It's about 2.5" square - jet-black with a bright red zip closure all the way round the middle. Inside, each half-shell has a mesh net pocket extending full-width and about half-way up its open height. Looks well constructed and very useful. In one of the mesh pockets was a small SoundMAGIC spring-clip, presumably for attaching the earphone cable to a collar or other item of clothing. In the other was a plastic bag with the writing "SoundMAGIC Ear hook Comfortable rubber earhooks for cable back to ear" Through the plastic I could see what turned out to be 6 different pairs of rubber tips for the earphones (different sizes and shapes) and what looked like a small pair of bent plastic rods. I assumed they were the 'earhooks'. Surprise! When I emptied the bag, I got rubber tips, but it turned out the earhooks were actually an image printed on the clear plastic bag. Very strange. I still can't explain this. Nevertheless the different sized tips have provided me with a really comfortable fit, and I don't feel like I need any hooks or clips to keep them in place. SOUND: The earphones themselves are surprisingly, to me, very good indeed. Since I got them I have listened to classical and jazz music, solo instruments and large ensembles, and the 'phones are genuinely very pleasing and satisfying. However, the cable is incredibly noisy! I don't know if this is a characteristic of all earphones of this type or only these. When I move around, or even just turn my head, the cable brushing against my clothes or head generates thumps and rumbles that are incredibly distracting. To get some idea of what I'm talking about and see if your own 'phones have the same issue try this test: pinch the cable at any point really tightly with one hand, using your thumb and one or two forefingers; now, using the other hand, flick the cable with your forefinger above where you've pinched it and again below where you've pinched it. I find these two conditions massively different. The 'below' flick causes no problems - all the cable vibrations and noise get trapped and damped out by my pinched thumb and fingers. But the 'above' flick produces a massive thump in my ears as all the cable noise is transmitted straight to me ears. It's as if the cables were acting as a microphone. It may be, but it's not clear, that this is exactly why the spring-clip is provided - to anchor the cable as close to your head as possible. SUMMARY: Build, appearance, extras, basic sound quality, all seem 'good' verging on the 'excellent'. But until I've resolved this cable noise I can't say this will be my preferred method of listening. I'm happy to persevere because the positive impressions of everything else in this purchase make me feel there has to be a way around it.

These are awesome!! I like to wait a while before reviewing things....especially headphones. I bought these two years ago (wired - no mic), and have used them virtually every day since. I mainly use them at night in bed, as I suffer tinnitus and need help getting off to sleep. (I'm getting to the relevant part). Therefore, I have these in my ears most of the night and this results in the cables being pulled/twisted/bent....and they've survived totally unscathed. The plastic coating is very well made and is showing no wear and tear, and the input jack is very well made and again, unscathed. I really didn't expect them to last this long given how I was going to be using them. I did have a slightly more expensive pair from another maker, but they only lasted 12 months. The sound is crisp, even with deep bass. When I'm not in bed with them, I like listening to heavy metal music (mostly Iron Maiden) so that gives you an idea of what kind of paces I'm putting these bad boys through. They pick up both high and low end frequencies and no sound is missed. You can tell there has been an awful lot of effort put into these headphones, as the drivers give off an amazing sound for something in this price bracket. The design is great and the comfort is very good! I actually had to look at the description again as I thought they were noise cancelling headphones when I tried them. They really do block out an awful lot of sound, even when there's no music being played. ( I have even slept through my alarm with them on and no sound playing!!). Importantly too, when you're playing music, no one else can hear it, as the sound waves are kept inside by the well designed ear buds. I'm not going to lie and say that there is no noise transference from the cable. However, as stated above, these are almost in the budget headphone category compared to some. As I like to describe it, it's like shopping for a ford and coming home with a Ferrari! There are ways around limiting noise transference though, so you should look into that and buy these. You will NOT regret it.....awesome product at an unbelievable price!

These are so good and have a reputation for being so. Brilliant price as well.

I purchased these earphones in September 2012 and today, in Nov 2014, the right-side (red-coloured) ear-piece suddenly failed, if you move the wire around it crackles a bit but really it's done for. So the earphones have lasted for 2 years 2 months which is a lot better than other people have had but i hoped them to last a little longer. They were used most weekdays at work so a good constant use. They failed when being used normally with no extreme forces on them, in fact i thought it was a radio problem at first not the 'phones. As for their functionality: - At first the sound quality had far too much bass for my liking and i had to use the "bass reducer" EQ setting on my iPod to make it more of what i preferred but recently i haven't had to so i suppose the 'phones had settled-in and the sound quality was fairly good overall across the range of frequencies and was bright & clear. - I don't like the cable. It's kind of a little stiff so doesn't hang limply so always wavy, never straight, thus easy to accidently catch as well as the cable's insulation is very rubbery & therefore grips very well to itself, that, and it's comparitive stiffness means that the cable is always easily becoming tangled-up no matter how you store it which is very frustrating! Also the cable transmits the knocking and rubbing of itself to your ear if you're moving about with them in. - The cable clip is useful. - The cable splitter is nice and chunky so looks strong, but really it seems more like just an added weight. - It was nice to have seven different sizes of rubber ear-caps but the left-side always seemed to want to jump out, but that's probably just my ear size/shape the issue here maybe. The sound-isolation was very good though and was easily the best thing about these 'phones so in that respect were perfect for my job where loud noises happen often! Comfortable enough to use all day. - 'L' & 'R' works better than blue & red. These earphones have been useful to me but i never really warmed to them and were often frustrating and I always wanted to obtain better ones. Some people say "what do you expect for 30 quid", but for some of us £30 is not a drop in the ocean. I'd rather not buy this make/model again and try to find something better, but is there...

I'm not really one for writing reviews and such, so I'll keep this as short as I can. I recently decided to start gathering my entire music collection into FLAC files, as the hit & miss nature of a lot of mp3's was getting on my wick a little during playback. Then, I bought a new phone, an LG G2, which has the capability to play 24bit 192khz audio files, so using a Meenova OTG device I started to load all my FLAC files for playback. I plugged in my trusty old Sennheiser CX300's, and noticed the sound was rather 'muddy', nothing was very clear. I was a bit disappointed as these are perfectly nice earphones, but a goof few years old and maybe on their way out. So, I tried the LG Quadbeat 2 earphones that came with my G2. Immediately the sound was better, crisp, plenty of detail, but maybe lacking in bass and sounding a little bright I guess, but that is something I usually quite like. For a pair of free bundled in box earphones, they are brilliant. However the cable noise was irritating, and I couldn't help but think I was missing out on some detail and sharpness to the tracks. I researched and read reviews on independent hi-fi sites, and amazon etc, and decided that as I wasn't made of money sadly, I could either buy the Sennheiser CX300 II, or the Soundmagic E10. Having already had Sennheisers before, and wanting something with a different look, I opted for the Soundmagic E10. And I know I made the right decision! They look nice, the aluminium body feels nice, the connector feels quality and the 'twisted' cable is a bit different in styling terms too, but in a good way. They came with a nice small zip around pouch for storage and for storing the multiple ear tip selections it comes with. I went for the double flange option, ran the cable over my ear and pushed them in 'upside down' as that works best for me for fitting. Sound isolation is excellent without leaving you completely oblivious to things like traffic etc. And finally, the sound. As soon as I plugged them into my G2 and hit play, it all made sense. The sound was rounded, more complete than it had been before. The bass sounds precise, but isn't intrusive. The recordings sound more detailed than I frankly expected, especially for this price. If you are still using the bundled ipod earphones or some tat like that, then upgrading to these will be the best thing you can do for your music and your ears. Ridiculously cheap for the quality, both of build and sound . . . at double the price they would still be excellent value.

Given the popularity of these earphones, the attractively low price, and the hundreds of 5 star reviews I was expecting great things. I tested these using a Oneplus One smartphone, and deployed the PA Tone oscillator to test frequencies. My reference budget in ear cans are the JVC HA-FX67, which currently retail as low as £15. I tested using a variety of compressed files at VBR or 320kHz sample rate. On first listening I was less than impressed with the E-10s. The sound seemed flat and un-engaging. Brian Johnson sounded distant and boxy on Stiff Upper Lip, and the double Young guitars had been rendered crunch-less. The beautiful vocals of Lily and Madeleine fared better, but again the instrumentation seemed to lack detail. Normally, I would do a lot more listening before turning to the test oscillator, but my curiosity was already tweaked! A sweeping test tone proceeding from subsonics up to supersonics (above 10kHz for me these days!) revealed a very smooth response with no peaks or troughs, with only a slight emphasis at 5kHz. Some reviews had criticised the bass response, so I turned to my standard bass test album, Public Image Limited's This is PiL. Sure enough, the bass appeared to be somewhat reduced at least subjectively. Returning to the oscillator test, I paid more attention to the bass and was able to discern no deficit, with the low bass especially well conveyed. Curious! I did notice that the stereo image was a little inconsistent, which is when the light began to dawn. I had fitted the standard ear buds that came with the earphones, choosing sizes that were equivalent to those I've been using for years (large for my right ear and medium for the left, yes, I have different sized ears!) But I hadn't got the fitting quite right! The biggest bud that these cans are supplied with doesn't completely fill my right ear, so I resorted to some old buds from another set of cans and the problem was solved. Turning to the infamous Gangnam Style I was able to confirm that the soundstage was now very accurate. Stiff Upper Lip still lacked some bite, but the bass was now well balanced. And Lily and Madeleine were surrounded by articulate instrumentation. Further listening revealed more details in the original signal, including some hitherto unheard amplifier noise on The Groundhogs’ Soldier. The more I listened the more I heard. In summary, the E 10s are technically very accurate, with few identifiable weaknesses in terms of end to end faithful reproduction of the sound signal. As ever with in ear cans getting an accurate fit with the ear buds is essential. The soundstage from left to right is astonishingly well presented and much more precise than my reference cans, which sound brash and splashy by comparison. At first hearing the E 10s may sound bass light, but that probably has more to do with the way most cans over emphasis the lower frequencies, often to the detriment of the overall signal. The E 10s are amongst the most accurate earphones I have ever tested, but that doesn’t mean they will sound good to all tastes. Accuracy isn’t what most people want. But the listener who is prepared to spend some time with them may learn to appreciate their honesty. UPDATE: After several years of excellent service and comfortable listening the cabling on these old friends finally gave way. I thought I'd "upgrade" to the SoundMAGIC E50s, which turned out to be a horrible mistake. They were too trebly, regardless of what I did. So, I ordered a new pair of the E10s, and I can confirm that they remain the best IEM I have ever used, and they are a great bargain, even if they do cost almost the same as the E50s.

Good quality in such price

Ich habe die Kopfhoerer Mittwochnacht bestellt und bereits Freitagmorgen erhalten - mit dem Standardversand. Schnelle und unkomplizierte Lieferung, top ! Nun zum Produkt selber. Die Verpackung ist sehr schoen und wertig gestaltet, die Kopfhoerer erhalten maximale Sicherheit beim Transport. Im Lieferumfang enthalten sind 3 verschiedene Silikonaufsaetze fuer die Hoerer in klein, mittel und groß. Weiterhin gibt es ein robustes Etui, mit dem sich die Kopfhoerer auch unterwegs sicher und platzsparend transportieren lassen. Zu guter Letzt ist auch ein Kabel Clip dabei, der es dem Kunden ermoeglicht, die Kopfhoerer am T-Shirtkragen zu befestigen. Fuer mich sehr wichtig ! Beim ersten Einsetzen der Kopfhoerer ( Aufsaetze Größe M) war ich sofort positiv ueberrascht von dem Tragekomfort. Sie passen sich wirklich sehr gut ans Ohr an, ohne wirklich als Fremdkoerper wahrgenommen zu werden und ich wage die Prognose, dass selbst stundenlanges Hoeren mit dem Soundmagic E10 keinerlei Problem sein duerfte ! Neben dem Tragegefuehl ist aber natuerlich auch der Sound bei Kopfhoerern existenziell und was soll ich sagen? Umwerfend ! Der SME10 ist ein wahrer Alleskoenner, der sich weder vor den Hoehen der Klassik noch vor den Baessen des Rock und Metals verstecken muss. Gekonnt schafft er ein nie zuvor dagewesenes Klangbild und macht Musikhoeren wieder zum Genuß - vor allem durch die exzellente Isolation und Ausblendung aller Umgebungsgeraeusche ! Ob der schwatzende Sitznachbar im Bus oder die Hupe ungeduldiger Autofahrer, waehrend sie durch die Stadt laufen. Mit diesen Kopfhoerern koennen sie getrost dem Motto folgen : Musik an, Welt aus ! Alles in allem ein absolutes Schnaeppchen fuer den Preis und ein Muß fuer alle Musikfreunde mit limitierten Geldvorraeten. Wuerde ich immer wieder kaufen !

petit review apres quelques semaines d'utilisation quotidienne, et franchement je suis bluffé de la qualité du produit, a la fois sonore mais aussi materiaux/finitions. Je vais commencer par là, la finition est parfait (du moins pour ceux que j'ai reçu) et les materiaux semble de tres bonnes qualités (l'usage l'a confirmé, étant pas super soigneux avec, ils n'ont pas bougé). Pour ce qui 'est du confort, le nombre d'embouts est assez important pour trouver celui qui ira parfaitement a sa morphologie, moi meme étant assez difficile a ce sujet, j'ai reussi a trouver qui tiennent bien sans gener ou faire mal. Pour ce qui est de la qualité sonore, elle est tres bonne, c'est sur on est pas au meme niveau qu'un casque de grande marque qui coute 10 fois plus cher, mais franchement, pour des ecouteurs intra entre 30/40€, le rapport qualité prix est plus qu'excellent! On est meme surpris au debut en se disant que ça ne va pas durer mais finalement si, la finition est là (le corps des oreillettes est en alu, comme l'embout support de la prise jack et non en plastique, contrairement a certains modeles de grandes marques!). Le son est équilibré et de qualité, l'isolation des bruits exterieurs est presque parfaites quand on a trouvés les embouts qui nous vont comme un gants. Petit plus, un coque de rangement est fourni avec, pour permettre de stocker correctement ses ecouteurs, les embouts supplementaires (ou une paire de rechange) voir une carte micro sd dans le cadre d'un baladeur mp3. Le tout dans des materiaux qui semble de bonne factures (je ne me prononcerais pas car je ne l'es pas utilisé) Pour finir je recommande vraiment ces ecouteurs, c'est un tres bon compromis pour avoir un son de qualité a un prix raisonnable pour une utilisation au quotidien, dans tout types d'activités, qu'on aura pas peur de perdre ou d'endommager.

Feels a bit flimsy and at the price range there are better options. not too bad though

Build Quality: The new models come with twisted pair wires and helps improve the durability of the cable. The covering for the wires are plastic rather than rubber and lasts longer and is more durable. The IEM body, Y-junction and connecter are made from metal and is very strong. The Stress reliefs on the buds are color coded. Red (right) Blue (left) When you are spending this sort of money for IEMs, you expect them to last at-least 6 months; These will last you 18 months at-least and with company warranty of 12 months. Performance: The Earphones have a very neutral sound. The IEMs (In Ear Monitors) have good and quick hitting bass, but don't expect Ooodles of Bass though. The high end is also well refined and the mid-range really comes out especially in Vocals. You can consider them to be HiFi, so well worth the price. Reasonable clarity and separation for Hindi music, English pop and English rock. Good For: Vocals (Male & Female), Pop music, Piano solos, U-tube music videos Now the Cons, The buds on the IEMs are very below par and play spoil sport....you should save $5 a month and buy Comply Foam buds( $15) to rectify this problem. The default buds are not comfortable, does not isolate well and spoils the sound-stage. (there is also a double flange bud which I have not used yet)