Best Earphones for Riding?

vinehanger

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Anyone know of a specific model of earphones that fit well with a motorcycle helmet? I've used standard iPhone earphones and they seem to slide off each time I turn my neck. Quality matters, but I don't want to spend $100 on earphones.
 
Anyone know of a specific model of earphones that fit well with a motorcycle helmet? I've used standard iPhone earphones and they seem to slide off each time I turn my neck. Quality matters, but I don't want to spend $100 on earphones.

I have skull candy ear buds I bought for like $20 off ebay. They are very good noise cancelling earphones and would suspect that it would work well with wind as well.
Being a new rider, I haven't had the chance to start listening to music and riding as I need to concentrate :P
 
The best ones, are the the kind that go around your ear, dont know what their called though.my iPhone ones keep falling out, I bought them from shoppers for 20 bucks and they work really good
 
Using some cheap $20 skull candy earbuds. Only wear them for highway riding, where it is either wind noise or music. In town it is not a good idea to listen to music.
 
Hey I use Panasonic SLIMZ ergo fit they are $40 at best buy. I also have skull candy inked but they don't fit as well under my helmet.
 
You guys must have some weird shaped ears lol, iPod headphones work well for me...
 
I use ultimate ears 700's with comply foam tips. Just the right amount of ambient noise reduction with awesome sound quality for music. These are hands down the best sounding buds I've ever owned, they are well worth the money.
 
iPhone earbuds start to slip out as soon as the helmet goes on. I've heard someone on here mention that they had earplugs that are also earphones. Sounds interesting. I'm just planning on getting an intercom and wearing earplugs to reduce road noise. This one apparently is loud enough to hear with earplugs in.
 
I picked up a blu tooth ear piece. i can listen to music on my android phone. if call comes in it ends. when call is done music picks right up again.

its not a bad set up.
but no one ever calls me except my girlfriend. lol
 
Shure SE215's. Amazing sound quality, and up to 37dB of sound attenuation. You don't have to blast your music full volume and kill your hearing. They also sit totally flush in your ear as they are proper in-ear-monitors.. Don't bother my ears with a helmet on.

http://www.shurecanada.com/PersonalAudio_NEW/EN/earphones/SE215.html

I grabbed mine from futureshop, but you can get them cheaper online.
 
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Shure SE215's. Amazing sound quality, and up to 37dB of sound attenuation. You don't have to blast your music full volume and kill your hearing. They also sit totally flush in your ear as they are proper in-ear-monitors.. Don't bother my ears with a helmet on.

http://www.shurecanada.com/PersonalAudio_NEW/EN/earphones/SE215.html

I grabbed mine from futureshop, but you can get them cheaper online.

I have those with some extra foam tips but I don't think I get anywhere near 37dB of reduction with them on as the orange foam earplugs are 33dB reduction and they work well. Maybe I need to play around with the tips a little more.

If you look on redflagdeals occasionally you'll see a thread on earphones pop up for a brand that costs around $20-30 and apparently is fantastic (according to the HeadFi people). I think they are called MeElec or something. Most importantly remember this...without any hearing protection constantly riding your bike will lead to loss of hearing. If you do wear headphones don't defeat the purpose of passive noise isolation (from the in canal buds) and turn your music way way up.
 
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http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/prod...spx?path=948f3d4faf2edb9074cf371f6db0deb2en02

Not the best, but better than any skull candy for $27. They have a very nice low profile shape. My helmet doesn't push them out when I slide it on.
 
I got a pair of the Sony active line. They wrap around my ears with soft rubber and the speaker sit just inside my ears. Great sound.
 
I bought these and really like them. http://earfuze.com/store.html I used to have issues with earphones falling out when I put my helmet on or pressing against a point for so long it started to hurt but all was solved with these.
 
My favourite cheapie earphones are the Creative EP-630, decent sound quality and dirt cheap. I pair them with Comply eartips (basically foam earplugs with a hole in the middle) for better sound isolation.
 
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