Quote (Derkaderk @ Jul 16 2012 01:51pm)
well yeah but you're paying for brand not necessarily quality
i recommend going to head-fi.org and sifting through the pretentious corksniffery and figuring out specifically what your tastes are then buy a pair accordingly. it's hard to make recommendations without knowledge of preferences IE closed vs open, bass vs mids vs highs dominance, etc
I find Sennheiser has some really good quality stuff.
I bought a pair of $70 ear buds from them recently and they sound amazing, really great bass.
I also have a pair of HD280s by them, I can tell they lack a good bass sound though. But for $100 they are really nice for tracking when I record music because they lock practically all the sound in.
I've heard the 380s are really nice though with awesome bass.