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Title: disappointing sound, and mediocre comfort level
Review: This is my fourth set of inner ear headphones. I've previously owned the standard Apple (good sound, but let in too much environmental noise), Sony (good sound & very comfortable, but the cord turned to mush w/in 2 months), and a cheap brand whose buds felt like they were made from a old tire. The JBuds' rubber tips are made of a soft and flexible rubber material, but I find the shape and depth unpleasant. They don't block environmental sound as well as the Sony, and, unlike any headphones I've previously owned, the sound is muffled and flat. It's remarkably uncrisp, even for mp3's encoded at 312kbps. Electronica is tinny, classical loses it's richness, and lyrical music and audiobooks sound like they've been encoded at a low bit rate.
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