Skull Candy Earbuds you would reccomend?

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#1  Edited By mikemcn

I'm looking for a nice pair of skull candy in-ear headphones. I currently have the ink'd buds. Which are nice in that they really cut down on external noise, making them ideal for listening to them in a vehicle or crowded room. However they lack the attached remote with mic that I absolutely love on my apple brand headphones, they like to fall out..... all of the time, and the coating on the wires is very cheap and has a tendency to grip to anything that it rubs up against, which leads to the annoying falling out issue.
 
From what I can see the 50/50s, Asyms, Smoking buds  (I have tried a friends and they seem kinda weak on the noise cancelling department) and the Titans all have the features I'd like. The reviews are all fairly positive so i doubt I can go wrong, but I was wondering if the GB community had any recommendations?

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#2  Edited By TheLawnWrangler

I had smoking buds, but like most skull candies, they work decently but are really fragile. If anything, I'd go with the most expensive ones 
 
I still want to get Beats by Dre :P

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#3  Edited By Romination

My ink'd have almost none of those problems. They DID fall out so I swapped the little in-ear parts and it stays in. 
 
But I do miss the built-in mic...

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#4  Edited By Ineedaname

Why only Skull Candy ?

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#5  Edited By arkasai

A nice pair of Skull Candy headphones is an oxymoron.  Sorry if that's harsh but it's very true, they're much more about style than performance.  I've had the Smoking Buds earbuds (mostly for the red/yellow/green) and they were pretty terrible.  They also broke within two weeks : /  Whats the budget for these new headphones?  That will greatly narrow my suggestions.

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#6  Edited By thatfrood

don't buy skull candy it's crap

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#7  Edited By SumDeus

My Smoking Buds have good sound, but don't fit that well.

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#8  Edited By Th3_James
@ThatFrood said:
" don't buy skull candy it's crap "
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#9  Edited By damnboyadvance

I currently own the Ink'd, and I don't have any problems with. I think it's a pretty decent brand for the price. I'm looking into getting the Hesh pair.
 
Other than that, I haven't really tried any other pairs.

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#10  Edited By End_Boss

Unless you also happen to have a clueless music store in your town selling them for nine bucks a pop, don't buy 'em.

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#11  Edited By Three0neFive

Skull Candy is the Hot Topic of the audio world. Mediocre quality, yet extremely overpriced because you're paying for a popular brand.

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#12  Edited By TheLawnWrangler

actually, my friend has a pair of working ink'ds, so... those are cool

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#13  Edited By Matfei90
@nofx4208 said:
" actually, my friend has a pair of working ink'ds, so... those are cool "
Operative word being 'working' amirite?
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NuForce NE-6, they're the same at the NE-7 but without a mic which is just there for a cell. NE-8 is more rounded but the bass has less punch to it and it's also $30 more.

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#15  Edited By Korone

don't get any
 
wtf is wrong with you

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#16  Edited By arkasai

If you're willing to pay ~$50 for Skull Candy earbuds, I would honestly recommend these Klipsch earbuds.  They're up there in price but they offer sound quality you'd pay easily 4 times more to get.  Other good brands would be Etymotic, Audio Technica, Sennheiser, and Grado.

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#17  Edited By voodooterror

smoking buds, by far the most comfortable but also the most fragile

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#18  Edited By TheLawnWrangler
@Matfei90: basically XD
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#19  Edited By n00d13z

My skull candy earbuds broke within two weeks. 
First the left one went dead. Then the right busted open when I dropped em. 
D:

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#20  Edited By emkeighcameron
@nofx4208 said:
" I had smoking buds, but like most skull candies, they work decently but are really fragile. If anything, I'd go with the most expensive ones  I still want to get Beats by Dre :P "
@SumDeus said:
" My Smoking Buds have good sound, but don't fit that well. "
@VoodooTerror said:
" smoking buds, by far the most comfortable but also the most fragile "
Smokin a bud is always comfortable amirite
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#21  Edited By TheLawnWrangler
@emkeighcameron: ...I did enjoy my listening experience... 
 
if anything, sir, you'll want to go with smoking buds, i suppose... or ink'ds... whatever your preference is :P
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#22  Edited By ThePhantomnaut

I just used cheap ass Sony earbuds which lasted for a while.

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#23  Edited By Defias

Several of my friends had skull candys. The audio was pretty poor and all of my friends headphones broke. As for earbuds I don't expect much more from skull candy in terms of quality.

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#24  Edited By roofy
@Arkasai said:

" If you're willing to pay ~$50 for Skull Candy earbuds, I would honestly recommend these Klipsch earbuds.  They're up there in price but they offer sound quality you'd pay easily 4 times more to get.  Other good brands would be Etymotic, Audio Technica, Sennheiser, and Grado. "

seriously please take his advice. anything but skullcandy.
 
fuck, you can get a cheap pair of Koss PortaPro's or Sennheisser CX-300 that will blow it away for half the price
 
EDIT: I mean seriously, look at my avatar. Im wearing Grado's for fucks sakes!
 
please dont buy skullcandy
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#25  Edited By voodooterror
@emkeighcameron: nope, i hate that shit
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#26  Edited By Yit
@Th3_James said:
" @ThatFrood said:
" don't buy skull candy it's crap "
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#27  Edited By TwilitEnd656

Mmmm, no. But that's just me.

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#29  Edited By MikkaQ

Eh Skull Candy kinda sucks, they're waaay overpriced for the quality, and they're just cheap headphones with flashy colors for the kids. I've seen my friends have their Skull Candys break quickly on them, and I bought a pair of the buds once cause mine broke mid-vacation, and those didn't last 2 months. Sound quality sucks too. Loudness and bass does not equal quality.

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#30  Edited By Jeffery

 
My buds broke,but i used to have Skullcandy Lowriders.

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Highly reccomended.
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#31  Edited By Th3_James
@emkeighcameron said:
" @nofx4208 said:
" I had smoking buds, but like most skull candies, they work decently but are really fragile. If anything, I'd go with the most expensive ones  I still want to get Beats by Dre :P "
@SumDeus said:
" My Smoking Buds have good sound, but don't fit that well. "
@VoodooTerror said:
" smoking buds, by far the most comfortable but also the most fragile "
Smokin a bud is always comfortable amirite "
I am borrowing my friends Dre Beats Studio for about a month now. I am getting mine soon, he's just gotta get his hook up. I would highly reccomend them, they are fucking awesome. I am only paying $190 canadian with no taxes :D
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#32  Edited By Myrmidon

I recommend not buying them, and cutting your hair.

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#33  Edited By JarenFace

When I was in the states, I found a few pairs of their Full Metal Jackets for $20 at Marshalls, where they usually go for $80 here. Really great pair. I would say they were worth it if they still offered lifetime guarantees and sent you a new pair free of charge when yours crapped out on you, which I don't think they do anymore sadly.
 
If you can find them on the cheaper side, I would say go for it.

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#34  Edited By EVO

Skull Candy = style over substance.
 
And I use the word style loosely.

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#35  Edited By End_Boss
@Th3_James: Those headphones are mad expensive, and not what the average consumer is looking to get. Just out of curiosity, are you a recording artist yourself?
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#36  Edited By ArchScabby

I own a cheap pari of skull candy earbuds that I bought at Best Buy for 20 bucks and they sound great.

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#37  Edited By subject2change
@Three0neFive said:
" Skull Candy is the Hot Topic of the audio world. Mediocre quality, yet extremely overpriced because you're paying for a popular brand. "
That analogy makes absolutely no sense. Hot Topic is a "specialty" store and not really over priced unless you are talking about their "goth" pants and junk. Also "Bose" is more of an expensive brand with mediocre quality, way more so than Skull Candy. Skull Candy just appeals to younger audiences due to their style.
 
Go Sennheiser.
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#38  Edited By arkasai
@Subject2Change: Word.  Bose has the worst performance/dollar of any audio hardware company.  Spend half the money and get something twice as good from Polk.
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#39  Edited By Th3_James
@End_Boss said:
" @Th3_James: Those headphones are mad expensive, and not what the average consumer is looking to get. Just out of curiosity, are you a recording artist yourself? "
No I am not, but I listen to a lot of music, and need my low frequency bass and crisp highs. I am paying $190 Canadian cash. They are $350 american retail, so I'm getting a good deal from a friend. I have used the Dre Studio Beats over 150 hours in less than a month of borrowing them from my friend. They sound great through my laptop, Iphone, and 5.1 receiver listening to anything; bombcasts, Endurance Runs, Lossless audio, DTS audio.  
 
I listen to a variety of genres to, and they performed better than the Bose Quiet Comfort 3 IMO. I tested them out listening to rap, rock, jazz, metal, industrial, hip hop, reggae, techno, classical, and some pop songs I like.  
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#40  Edited By bjorno

skull candies suck ass get some SENNHEISERS or SHURES or AUDIOTECHNICAS

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never tryed the any skullcandy buds lowriders and Hesh if the sound one them is anything to go by i say got some