MEE audio M6 Sport Wired Earbuds, Noise Isolating In Ear Headphones, Sweatproof Earphones for Running/Gym/Workouts with Dynamic Enhanced Bass Sound, Memory Wire Earhooks, 3.5mm Jack Plug (Black)

Summary: Over a year and a half of abuse: stuffed in pockets, backpacks, purses, jackets, and used daily in school, home, and physical outdoor summer work. Still work perfectly and the sound is just right for everyday use. If you want audiophile quality, by a pair of over ear phones and stay home. These, on the other hand, are perfect for real life. Detailed Review: I have been using these headphones nearly everyday since I got them in November of 2011. I used them at school whenever I was in the computer lab, which meant using and abusing the jack and wrapping/unwrapping them 5 or 6 times a day. Still in perfect working order. The clip I broke my stepping on it, but it worked great till then. I use them for on the computer at home for music, YouTube, or gaming. This isn't over-ear headphone quality sound, but with the proper fitting ear pieces, I can pick up fine nuances in the music and have just enough bass to fill out the sound, all while blocking out white background noise. The sound quality has greatly improved over time. They are very clear too; I can easily hear when a song is low bit rate. The volume doesn't have to be up very loud either to get nice sound. These are by no means ear protection, but I can wear ear muffs comfortably over top of these when using power sanders at work. I use them for work in the summer, 3 or 4 days a week for 5 months in the Midwestern humidity. I work outside and had to drink 2 gallons of water a day just to keep up with the sweat. Trust me, sweat won't hurt these. I haven't had one problem with them in the entire time I've owned and used them. I lost a couple of the ear pieces just because I never used the case to transport them, but there are enough of varying sizes that I can just use a different pair. These are BY FAR the MOST COMFORTABLE earphones I've ever used. I can even fall asleep with them in and my ears aren't sore when I wake up. They NEVER have fallen out of my ears in the year and a half I've used them. The over ear design is genius because it takes a lot of stress off of your ear's cartilage in holding up normal ear buds. My ears never get sore anymore. I haven't found the angled plug to be a problem as it fits both of my iPod touch cases, one an otterbox commuter and the other a griffin survivor, my home PC, tablet, and every school computer I've used. The fit only takes a day or so to get used to. As long as you read the instructions, you'll be golden. Also, the cost to value ratio is unbelievable. I can use these at school and work and not worry about being out two weeks pay if I lose them or they get broken. Buy them.

I really love these earbuds, and highly recommend them to anyone tired of going through pair after pair after pair of headphones that die months after purchase. Though to be fair I have owned these for just about a year, and this review will need an update soon. Previous earbuds: various apple and skullcandy brands (rarely do these ever last a year), Klipsch s4i (owned 3 pairs, first lasted 6 months, both replacements lasted less than two weeks. something about the conection between the earbud and the cord is easy to break with normal use), Shure SE215 (received one pair nearly DOA, they worked for about 5 hours. something about the base of the cord by the plug is poorly constructed, and for me broke during a bus ride. Certainly not the most stressful of circumstances). All of these died on me within weeks or months of purchase. I've also owned the Sony MDR-7506 and Shure SRH 840 headphones, which are both really excellent, but too big to wear around the city. But as for the MEElectronics, I've owned them since September 2013. Not only have they lasted this long with no failures, but they actually survived an accidental trip through the washing machine and dryer. Never have I even heard of that happening with a pair of headphones. After this ordeal the cord is a bit kinky and likes to tangle up more than it used to, but that's a small price to pay. They sound pretty nice, bass is good (when you have a good seal) and they have a clearer sound than the apple and skullcandy earbuds i've experienced. They don't sound as good as the klipsch s4is, but then again there is a $40 dollar price gap here. I would recommend getting some Comply T-500 tip replacements, as I think the memory foam tips provide a better seal and tighter hold in the ear than the silicone tips that come with the M6 earbuds. This is personal preference of course, and with 6 different pairs of tips you might have something you like without having to get the Complys. Negative issues: As others have mentioned, these can tend to slide out of your ears, and the memory wire isn't rigid enough to permanently solve this problem. It doesn't happen so much that it bothers me, but YMMV. The biggest problem I've had is that the base to stick the earbud tip to was a slightly different width between the two earbuds. So, a tip that would fit securely on the left earbud would easily slide off of the right earbud. I tragically lost half a set of Complys on the subway when the rip on the right earbud abandoned ship and dove under the train. I have since fixed this issue by putting a couple layers of scotch tape on the base of the earbud to get the tips to stay on more securely. Overall, these are solid earbuds, and my few negative experiences are quite petty.

After the left channel of my Bose in-ear earphones finally conked out, I decided to get some new earphones. The old Bose earphones had a lot going for them, especially their fantastic sound quality. Uto Ughi's rendition of the Ciacccona from JS Bach's Violin Partita No. 2 never sounded better than it did coming out of the old Bose phones. But they were never designed for noise isolation, and my daily commutes on the NYC subways confirmed this. On the newer and quieter trains, the Bose phones were tolerable but ultimately unsatisfactory because of their lack of noise isolation. On the older and louder trains, they were utterly unusable even at the highest music volumes. Therefore, I decided that my next earphones had to be ones with noise cancelling function. Since the new version of Bose in-ear phones cost about $90 here, I decided to make that my maximum price point. The Audio Technica ATH-ANC23 looked promising: it was a compact earphone design, and it had active noise cancelling, and it cost only about $50. But the build quality issues of the Audio Technicas worried me. I didn't feel like paying $50 for earphones and having them fall apart on me a couple of months later, so I crossed them off my list. The Etymotic Research MC5 intrigued me. It first introduced me to the concept of "noise isolation", or passive noise cancelling, and that this could be as effective as active noise cancelling in some situations. Now I didn't have to pay a premium for active noise cancelling earphones, and I also didn't have to settle for cheap and of dubious quality ones either. The pros for these earphones looked good: they seemed durable and well-made, their sound quality was described as fantastic for classical music, and their sound isolation seemed to be excellent. I was very close to buying it, but one of the reviewers described its pop music sound as mediocre and unexciting. That and its somewhat steep price of $60 stopped me from going for the Eymotic Research phones. I finally settled on the MEElectronics M6 earphones because it seemed to give me the all-around performance I needed at a decent price. I didn't know what to expect from this company that I had never heard of. But they did put in enough effort into designing a flashy and informative product description, and the build quality of the phones appeared to be more than acceptable. And because they were only $20, I decided to take the plunge and buy these earphones. After receiving them a few days later, I tried out all of the ear tips that were included in the package. Luckily for me, the large triple flange tips fit perfectly into my rather large ears and provided a good sound seal (none of the other tips fit satisfactorily into my ears at all). With the triple flange tips in, the ambient noise around my house and from outside was cut out almost completely. Very nice so far. The sound quality was decent at first, but clearly not in the league of my Bose phones. But then again, what do you really expect out of $20 earphones? Then came the true test: listening to my iPod on a NYC subway. I was hoping for a drastic improvement in background noise reduction over my old Bose phones, but I didn't expect this. Before, I had to turn up the volume to deafening levels to listen to podcasts through my old Bose phones. And even then, I still had to strain to hear them clearly, and was usually unsuccessful. But now, I was able to cut the volume down to about half of those deafening levels and hear my podcasts clearly and without straining my listening capabilities. The noise isolation function worked far better than expected, and I was giddy. I also didn't expect the M6's sound quality to be as good as it is. It do a very good job of making pop music sound exciting and danceable (my sample here is New Order's "True Faith"). But I was surprised at how well the M6 performed in producing a crisp full-ranged sound for jazz music (my sample here is Miles Davis' "Round About Midnight" album). That said, the M6 will never be as good as the Bose phones were in producing a sublime sound for Bach or other classical music. There are other cons besides the less-than-stellar classical music sound. In the beginning, the stiff cord does produce a lot of noise whenever it brushes against your shirt or pants. While good for hooking around your ears, the curved memory-wire design will also hook itself around the cord in frustrating patterns if you don't store your earphones away properly (by that, I mean properly bundled up in a circle and stored inside the included carrying case). It's only been about 2.5 months since I owned the M6, and I have already lost one of the triple flange tips. This is because the tips are rather loosely connected to the actual earphones through a slippery cylindrical surface. So unless you're very careful with your earphones, you will easily lose one or both ear tips as they slip off. This will definitely happen if you're untangling the M6 phones because the memory-wires have hooked themselves onto just about every other part of the cord. It's as if MEElectronics purposely designed the earphones this way to force you to buy extra ear tip sets. If so, it worked in my case after I ordered 6 new triple flange tip sets for $10.50, or about half of what the new M6 cost me. And finally, although I raved about the sound isolation above, there are definitely limits to how well it works. First off, you need a very good seal for optimal sound isolation. That means you better clean out your ears and get rid of all that excess earwax. And excessively loud background noise will simply overwhelm the sound isolation no matter how good the seal is. That's when you learn that noise-isolation does not not work quite as well as true active noise-cancelling earphones in noisier environments. That said, I still have not tried these earphones out on an airplane, so I cannot comment about how well the M6 will perform there. But for my purposes, good noise-isolation beats out little or no noise isolation any day. Therefore, I prefer the reasonably-priced M6 over the mighty Bose in-ear earphones.

Note: they seemed to have updated this model a little bit since I purchased mine (I recently picked up some for my wife), but the changes seem to be for the better (little bit nicer case & more flexibility in the wires closest to the earpieces). Durability: I purchased these headphones in December of 2011 (1 year and 8 months ago) and only recently did I start to have issues with them (although the first ones I was shipped had a cracked earpiece, but Amazon replaced them quickly and expedited the shipping at no cost to me). Over the past week or two I noticed that the wire on the left earpiece side had begun breaking (the sleeve covering the wire split) and I lost signal in my left earpiece. These things have been through lots of travel use, pulled in and out of the case and wrapped/unwrapped over and over, used for IEM's with our church praise & worship band on a weekly basis, yanked back and forth through my shirt for performances, left in hot car in Arizona summers (110+), used for running on the treadmill, and many other occasions/situations, so I'm not surprised that after close to 2 years of beating them up they have begun to break. Even so, the right side still works perfect. (Note: the little shirt clip broke after about 3-6 months of use, but you can expect that from a cheap plastic piece that gets bent around a lot). Sound Quality: These headphones definitely bring out the lows in your sound (as is the case with most noise isolating headphones because of their design), but after a bit of burning in they seem to have a decently well rounded sound quality. The noise cancelling ability if great with these. I use them weekly with our band and they work great for our in-ear monitor system (never had a problem getting a good sound of our live band and vocalists in these), and I usually have to take one side out to hear the drums more acoustically even though I'm right next to them! These definitely far surpass anything I've ever seen or used in this $ category. Features: As I noted, the shirt clip will likely break after a few months of continual use, but no big deal there. The myriad of earpiece sizes these come with makes it really easy to have some that fit you, and work for your using situation. You get regular, double flanged, and even triple flanged fittings with it. The little carrying case is quite hand in keeping track of all the extra pieces (granted I keep them in the plastic bag they came in too), and has helped my headphones survive almost 2 years of getting squished in my backpack, thrown around on stage, and tossing around in my car. Bottom line is that if you're looking for good headphones, or even IEM's for live performance, there's no better headphones that I know of for $20! And you can jsut spend and extra $5 on something and get free Amazon shipping (or maybe convince a friend to buy a pair too!). As I said, I've bought another pair for my wife, also bought an extra pair for our band members since I got mine, and I plan to buy another for myself any moment here! I hope this helps!

I write this review with some trepidation. It seems when I write about how good a pair of headphones is, they never fail to go out soon thereafter. So we'll see. Please also note: I do have a suspicion that several reviews for this product may have been solicited. Those are the reviews where the person gushes about the headphones and writes a very professional sounding review, but upon inspection, it is their only review. I am currently in the top 600 reviewers and though I often acquire free items in exchange for an unbiased review, this review is based off a purchase with my own money. I was replacing my Sony MDR-AS40EX Active Style Headphones Earbud Style (Black) after the left earpiece finally fizzled out. First negative point: the cord is far too long. It borders on ridiculous. I have taken to clipping my iPod on the waist of my shorts and then pushing my shirt in between the iPod and my skin to prevent chaffing. It is too long to use an armband or to clip the iPod to my collar (which is what I am used to). The one good aspect of the Sony and a few other brands was that the cord had two sections, so you could use the headphones and the first bit of cord comfortably for a sleeve or collar clip and then add extra cord for length if needed. Clipping to the collar leaves a good four feet of cord to dangle either in front of your shirt or underneath, not the most comfortable if you are an efficient runner trying to keep from having dangling cords catching your hands or elbows. But that's my one star knock. The pros are all very good. First, these earbuds come with a variety of rubber earpieces. I found that the medium sized, double style worked best for me. The triple kept pushing the earbuds out, or pushed in too far, the sound wouldn't come through. But they stay in place pretty well while running. Even with a good amount of sweat, they were in no danger of slipping out, though they did come loose a couple of times. The over ear hooks actually work (which is a surprise since most don't). They can be shaped to a certain extent, and seem to hold shape pretty well. Since they are pretty stiff, I was able to shape them a bit to help 'push' the earbuds towards my ear for a more secure fit. The sound is good, but not great. The Sony pair blew it away. I don't expect a lot of bass, but the other three or four pairs I've had some better lows and more depth resulting in a richer tone. I listen to a lot of variety when running: Interpol, Franz Ferdinand, Muse, Ladytron, etc... and lots of Jpop and Jrock. The lack of depth on the low range is more noticeable when listening to the more electronically infused bands like Muse. But overall for the price, I can't really quibble. These set me back about $20. They do fit nicely in the ear which is my most pressing need with a pair of sport headphones. And since they aren't $100 top brand headphones, I am willing to sacrifice a little sound compared to my Sennheiser headphones I use at home. I still haven't found the best sub $50 running headphones. These come close, but the long cord is a major detractor. Otherwise they are quite good. ******************************************** Update: I am no longer happy with these earbuds. After using them for a few weeks I began to notice that there were four issues. 1. The cord is just a major pain in the arse. I began clipping the iPod on my collar again and just threading the extra cord down my shirt. It was still dangling almost to my waist. It wouldn't catch on anything, but I couldn't have it outside my shirt or it would flop all around if outside the shirt, then catching on everything. The Sony headphones have a point where you can separate the cord into two. Would have liked that feature here. 2. The large piece that sits just outside the ear is a major pain. It's a bit heavier than the components in other headphones, and has an odd shape. You have to twist it just perfectly to get the earpiece in the ear while having the larger component sit so that it does not irritate your ear. I have tried it with the various rubber inserts, but it is just a awkward feeling, even if positioned just right. And after running for a bit, it tends to slightly move, sitting against the inside of the anti-helix (for those who know the parts of the ear). It is VERY uncomfortable when this happens. So I have to fidget to get the piece positioned correctly again. No amount of tinkering with the over ear loops helps either. 3. The changeable rubber in-ear pieces are all pretty lackluster. They are cheap rubber and slide out easily when sweating. If you try and use the longer pieces to get them pushed a little into the ear canal, they tend to scrunch together and then there is no sound. 4. Finally, even after letting them 'burn-in' the sound is so-so. I popped in two other pairs of headphones that had better sound. Looking at the other reviews, MME tends to just reply: it's your iPod settings... But then why would two other brands of headphones sound substantially better? I am going back to the Sony: Sony MDR-AS40EX Active Style Headphones Earbud Style (Black) . I will also try some other brands in the $20 - $40 range and post the recommendations here. All in all, not really terrible earbuds, just several issues that I feel might be more user specific (shape of ear and whatnot), and a few issues which I believe do warrant the 2 star deduction: namely the long cord and the lower quality sound compared to the Sony and others that I listened to. Update: Bought Polk earbuds. They are nearly perfect in every way. I bought the orange (direct from Amazon $29 & Prime eligible) Polk Audio UltraFit 500 Headphones - White/Orange (ULTRAFIT 500ORG) Polk Audio UltraFit 500 Headphones - Black (ULTRAFIT 500BLK) Polk Audio UltraFit 500 Headphones - White (ULTRAFIT 500WHT)

I am a fan! I am a runner. I run 4-5 days a week for 5-20+ miles each day while training for a marathon. These earbuds are the best purchase I've made in a long time! I am going to be purchasing more of these to have on hand in case I lose them or the dog eats them. These come with several options to choose from for the ear piece. I have the large triple flange ear pieces on mine right now and they fit deep in the ear canal. Once placed, they do not budge! The over-the-ear wire piece makes these such a secure fit that I don't have any problem with them while running. I run anywhere from 7min/mile to 9+ minute mile depending on what the training calendar has scheduled and so far, no amount of movement has given me a problem with these earbuds. Using these for running, I am more concerned with the way they fit than the sound they produce but to me, these sound great, too! They are such a secure fit that they actually act like earplugs and block out all other sound.You definitely get the full sound produced. I have a pair of Bose earbuds and I personally don't notice much difference in sound quality but I do have a lot of trouble getting the Bose earbuds to actually stay in my ears even if I'm just sitting in my house. These MEElectronics ear buds do not cause pain to my ears either like a lot of other earbuds have in the past. For safety reasons, I only put the Left one in my ear while running because they block so much outside sound. I tuck the Right one in my bra so that I can hear traffic. Another reason that I like these is that the cord is just the right length to reach to my phone in an armband. It isn't too long and doesn't get in the way. The wire also seems sturdy and doesn't get tangled in knots like some other brands I have used. They have a handy little zipper case for storage as well. For the price, I think these are great value!

MEElectronics M6-CL Sport Sound-Isolating In-Ear Headphones for iPod, iPhone, MP3/CD/DVD Players - Clear I'll keep my review direct and relative to my experience. Looks and Built: The looks of the M6 immediately caught my eye when I first saw them on here, and impressed me even more in person. The cable is more robust than any earphone I've ever purchased. The plastic that they used seems to be top-quality; you don't usually expect quality like this on low-costing earphones. Furthermore, the clear housing and cable is also extremely attractive and give a bit of a premium look to it. I would also like to add that these earphones came in a small plastic rectangular box which also included: a hard-case, instructions, and multiple tips, which were all useful and a great compliment to the overall package. Comfort & Fit: I admit, I was a bit intimidated by the shape of the housing(these were my first over-ear earphones). So I made sure I carefully read instructions and then, surprisingly enough, had a fairly easy time getting a secure fit. But, it did took a bit twisting-testing to find a good and even sound. After the fitting, I kept them on for the next two hours to test the comfort. For the first thirty-minutes, I felt a slight itch in my ears(used the triple "flanges" tips) but, after taking it off and than refitting them, I experienced no other issues with the comfort. In fact, there was a few times where I completely forgot they were even on. Sound Coming from various entry-level earphones ranging from ten dollars to around thirty dollars, I expected these to be on their level as far as sound; and honestly, they were, at first. These sounded a bit generic in my initial listen. But then, I decided to listen with more effort and completely envelope my eardrums with no distractions, so I closed my eyes and turned them up a little bit more. As seconds ticked away, I began to distinguish the differences between these and the multiple store bought earphones I've tried before. The vocals were extremely present, the instruments played pleasantly in the background(still crisp and clear) but, not to distant, and the bass was full of impact but not too boastful and prominent over the other sounds. I was in 'awe' the whole time and found myself in a position I've never been before with earphones, utterly immersed in music. From Sara Bareilles to Nas, these earphones took every genre I had in my collection and spewed out gold to my eardrums. I am thoroughly pleased at the sound from these earphones and it exceeded my every expectation. The only blemish that I can even conceive, which may steer a person away from these earphones, is a sense of distance from certain instruments that is played in the background. If you want something with everything upfront, than these earphones might not be for you. All in all, I am satisfied with my purchase. Personally, for me, I consider these earphones a huge step towards the right direction in the world of quality earphones and headphones. I will no longer buy from various electronic stores blindly and waste money on random "bass boost" earphones. My experience with these, first and foremost, taught me, with a little research and an open-mind for something different, you can find gold from where you least expect it.....and also to not judge books by there covers, I had no idea a company with the name MeElectronics would be an excellent earphone company.

I am a musician and I also workout at a gym. A bought these after reading several reviews because people said they would actually fit into tiny ears like mine. I've tried a number of in-ear monitors over the years, and none fit into my very small ear canals. The only in-ear monitors I've ever been able to use were custom-fit from Starky. Unfortunately, one of those monitors was broken in an accident, and I don't have another $500 to get custom-fit again. So I bought these. I'm giving this 4-stars. The only way I'd give it a 5-star is if the sound quality exceeded the cost. These are simple $20 noise-cancelling in-ear monitors. I feel you get a great value for the price. Ear Size These monitors are great for tiny ears. One of the fittings works really well for my small ears. In fact, the current fitting I use is so small that with the sweat I work up from shows or the gym, occasionally the monitors slip out of my ear canal a tiny bit and I have to continuously push them back in. I'm going to try one of the other fittings to see if I can't get a slightly more snug fit. Considering I've never been able to buy cheap in-ear monitors and have them fit, I was really pleased with the fit size. Noise-Cancelling I use these primarily for shows. I am a guitar player, I play in a rock cover band, and I use these with my Shure PSM600. Bands are loud, and I need the earbuds to cancel the external noise. These do the trick. They're not as good as custom-fit in the noise cancelling department, but nothing is. However, they are very effective at cancelling and I need that. When I put these on and our band starts playing, I'd guess that 80% or more of what I am hearing is what is coming through the in-ear monitors, and the rest is pretty easy to ignore. Sound Quality They're $20 in-ear monitors. I don't know what people expect with these when I read some of the overly critical reviews. For $20 you get noise-cancelling in-ear monitors. Yes, they don't sound like earbuds that are $100 or more. They're $20. I found the sound adequate for what I use them for: gigs and the gym. Cord Length Some reviews here whine about the cord being too long. If you use these for music, as an in-ear monitor, like I do, you will love the cord length. It's not too long - it's just right. I also find the cord to be just the right length for gym use. I plug my in-ear monitors into my phone or iPod, and then put the iPod in the pocket in my shorts. I have tried using arm-bands and such, but the arm bands always slip down and I spend half my time dealing with that. So I prefer to just put my music device in my pocket. The cord is long enough to accomplish this. Honestly, I don't know why people whine about the cord length. Anything shorter would be useless. Drawbacks I do notice, from time to time, some sound quality issues that I believe are related to the quality of the cable that is used. At times, I have noticed sound cutting-in and cutting-out very quickly when the cord is in movement. This happens in all scenarios - not just with the PSM600 (most of my cut-in/cut-out from the PSM600 is due to radio transmission of the signal; this is not what I am referring to in this review). At the gym, for instance, if the cord twists a certain way, for a split second I'll lose the signal and then it comes back. If you're just walking down the street then it's fine, but if you're exerting yourself at the gym or a show, moving around a lot, the cord does seem to affect sound quality a bit. However, I look at the price point - $20 - and still think these are a bargain for what you get. Conclusion If you don't have the money for great noise-cancelling in-ear monitors, these do the trick. And if you have tiny ears, these are great (since so few in-ear monitors can handle tiny ears). If I had more money I'd probably look for a higher-quality monitor that hopefully used a more stable cable. But honestly, considering how much work I have put these through this past summer, I feel like I have definitely got my money's worth out of them. They're still in good shape and continue to function well.