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V-MODA Vibe Earbuds (Gunmetal Black) Reviews

Customer Rating:
Summary: Don't last very long
Comment: After getting frustrated with the long thick cord on my Shure E2c earphones, I found the V-MODA Vibes to be much easier to manage. The cord is a better length for me and is soft, thin and lightweight. However, the first pair lost sound on one side after a few months of light use. I vowed to be more careful with the second pair, but to no avail. I'm back to my Shures. :(

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Customer Rating:
Summary: V-MODA Vibe Earbuds
Comment: These are great earbuds. The short of it...

1. They do sound great. Excellent bass.
2. Make a tight seal with the earbud inserts for best results. I use the largest one provided, with a clear one for the right side (light = right) and the dark one for the left ear. Easy to tell them apart this way if that's important to you.
3. The connector to your player will come loose, exposing the innards. No worries, it still works fine, just remove with care.
4. You can't really run with these in, they will come loose. But for sitting around, they are just fine.
5. You can't eat with them in, as you'll hear your own munching too loudly due to the tight seal of the buds. So what!! Take them out at lunch.
6. Don't listen too long or loud. The seal that makes them sound so good also will make your ears ring if used too long, so listen responsibly!!!

Recommended, worth the bid dollars$$$.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Sounds great, but too many other drawbacks
Comment: The sound of these headphones is great. I have to grant them that. The sound is incredibly clear and I've noticed some things in my music that I wasn't able to before as a result.

However, I would not recommend gunmetal black for one specific reason. The cord is made of a rubber material and it catches, yanks, and holds on to _everything_. As a result, the cord on the headphones wore out a lot quicker than they would have if it were a simple plastic that wasn't as tacky (in texture).

Further, their customer service is glacially slow and they've worn my patience out. 16 business days (2008-08-09 to 2007-08-30) to open an envelope, verify a defective item, grab a replacement and pop it in the mail? I hope they don't sprain anything. On top of that, they stated "tracking is not currently provided by USPS". Oh really? It sure was when I sent it to them... insurance too.

I was highly tempted to buy the vibe duo to control my iphone, but not now.

If you aren't thwarted by my review, I'd suggest getting one of the colored versions, as their cords seem to be wrapped with a woven metal. As long as it doesn't fray, it won't catch and yank on nearly as much stuff as the rubber cord.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Greatest buds I have used
Comment: These are without a doubt a great value and sharp looking too. Bass is fabulous, I don't have to use bass boost on my Ipod Touch. I use them at a very reduced volume and find I miss nothing in the way of sound reproduction.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Not quite what I had expected.
Comment: I was eyeing these buds eversince they showed up on the shelves of Cos***. They recently had a coupon sale and offered $10 off which I thought was good enough although shelling out $69 for earbuds still seemed high for me, but I thought "ehhh these are probably very good ones".

As a semi-pro musician on the side, I am very particular in sound quality and have access to studio quality equipment. I must admit that I was very impressed with the appearance and total packaging of the vmoda. My wife saw them and immediately wanted one for herself. I read somewhere that you have to break-in the buds and let it play for atleast a week to get the sound right which I did... I set my mp3 player at a comfortable listening level and left it alone playing thru the buds. After about 30 hours of continuous playing, I picked it up, filled with excitement and started to try enjoying them. This is when I noticed that no matter what I did, the bass although powerful, sounded muddy, boomy and kinda drowned out the rest of the ranges. I tried adjusting the sound setting on my mp3 player and even messed with the equalizer setting to no avail... and yes this is a high end mp3 player with quality mp3 files the lowest quality files ripped at 192kbps. My wife's ipod earphones although lacking the bass sounded better than the vmoda. I just couldn't get the mid and high range I mean I could hear them but it was like I was listening from outside of someone elses car like one reviewer mentioned. This even when I had turned off all the bass options on the mp3 player.

Anyway, I was going to continue hoping that it gets better during the "break-in" period (which I thought I had done already) but then I got an email from Cos*** which had a link to another vmoda lookalike that they were having a special on (the lenntek sonix). So I ordered those and returned the vmoda. I couldn't have made a better decision! Read my other review on the Sonix. You too might like that a lot better not to mention they cost less than half!

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