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Creative Headphones EP-630

Creative Headphones EP-630

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Brand: Creative Labs
Category: CE

List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $13.89
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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 142 reviews

Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 3.2 x 1.2
Warranty: 1 year warranty

MPN: 51MZ0085AA002
Model: 51MZ0085AA002
UPC: 054651088030
EAN: 0054651088030
ASIN: B000EGJZ2O

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:
  • Soft Silicone Earbuds - excellent isolation from ambient noise
  • Powerful 9mm neodymium magnet transducers providing subsonic bass & crystal clear highs
  • Gold-plated plug and Oxygen-Free Copper (OFC) cable - excellent electrical contact for clear audio transmission
  • Frequency Response - 6Hz ~ 23kHz
  • Impedance - 16ohms

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
The noise-isolating EP-630 headphones offer high-quality audio with exceptional bass and crystal clear highs. Soft, silicone earbuds provide a stable but comfortable fit. Includes 3 different earbud sizes for the perfect fit.


Customer Reviews:   Read 137 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars Excellent (you just have to know how to use them)   September 25, 2008
J. Villanueva (USA)
Several of the one and two star reviews state that these headphones do not produce good bass, but after using them I have to say these have much better bass than most of the regular ear buds that I have used. The problem I believe is that many of the low-raters do not understand the difference between the design of these headphones and regular ear buds. These are not designed to just sit on the surface of your ear or sit loosely just inside your ear, these are designed to actually go inside your ear canal so the rubber creates a tight seal. I can see how some people would be hesitant or uncomfortable pushing a headphone into their ear like that but that is the design of this kind of headphone and if used properly, these puppies produce a quality sound that is very pleasant to listen to.

These do block out most of the background noise in a room and deliver the pure sound of whatever you are playing. I use these with my Creative Zen Vision MP3 player and they are superb.



3 out of 5 stars Mediocre, and I'm no audiophile   September 23, 2008
Stephanie Adams (Garfield, New Jersey, USA)
Maybe it's my fault that I didn't move down to a smaller bud (I've never needed to do that before), but I couldn't get ANY bass on these things. I'm not an audiophile and I'm no fan of heavy bass, but I had to turn my Zen's bass boost on, crank the low end of the EQ almost to the max, and turn the treble almost all the way down before I could listen to music. As they slowly got "broken in", though, I found I could adjust the EQ a lot closer to normal - bass just a little elevated and treble just a little lower.

It's too late to go back and try other covers, though, because the sound completely gave out on me last week, with almost no warning. One day I heard a little bit of a crackle on the left and thought, "I'm going to have to replace these soon." A couple days later, suddenly, BOTH sides quit simultaneously. Only if I get the cord in JUST the right spot can I get any sound at all. That happened about two blocks into my walk, and now they're unusable. I've had them for about 4.5 months, so it's not the worst as far as durability.

These headphones also give a lot of "stethoscope effect". I had to hold the cord carefully the couple times I took them jogging; walking or even wind was enough to channel annoying thumping sounds into my ears. Did they design these things for stationary use only??

I didn't love the tackiness of the cord, either. It made them difficult to untangle, and on at least one occasion, I had the buds yanked from my ears when the cord simply stuck to a smooth surface I walked past (be careful on escalators!).

The buds were very comfortable, and 4.5 months of moderate use isn't too bad (used them mostly while walking/sitting, several hours a week). I'd give them 2 stars, but I'll do 3 since apparently a smaller cover may have solved the bass problem. I ordered two different brands as replacements, though, because I didn't want to mess with these again.



2 out of 5 stars Decent sound, poor construction   September 19, 2008
tmsfma (Southern California)
2.5 stars: for the price, the sound quality is good, the fit is good. Construction? Poor. Maybe I got a bad set but mine tend to fall apart quite often (each bud likes to split in half). Not too bad if you're in the house, at work, but try finding some of the pieces when it breaks apart at the beach. In hindsight, I wouldn't buy these again.


1 out of 5 stars Don't bother   September 8, 2008
valbabe (San Francisco, CA)
I couldn't get any of the ear piece sizes to seal in my ear, so I never got the sound cancelling a good pair of in-ear buds is supposed to give. And they stopped working in 3 months. A waste of money.


4 out of 5 stars very very good for the $   July 18, 2008
vic cannon (san rafael, ca)
I replaced my Shure E2Cs with these a few weeks ago. These were about 1/2 the price and they sound every bit as good. These are fine in most instances, but the Shures fit a bit better, and stayed in better while i walked, etc.

i have found that the cable frays in most (even high priced) headphones near the connector. At this price you get very good sound...and you won't feel too bad when they wear-out after a year.


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