Apple In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic
Hear every detail of your music every time you tune in with the Apple In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic. They offer pro audio performance and impressive sound isolation, and convenient buttons let you adjust the volume and control music and video playback.
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Overview
Rediscover your music.
Put on the Apple In-Ear Headphones, select your favorite track, and hear musical details you never knew existed. It's almost like you're experiencing your music for the first time.
Two drivers in each earpiece.
Each earpiece contains two separate high-performance drivers — a woofer and a tweeter — resulting in rich, detailed, and accurate sound reproduction and amazing bass response for all types of music.
Impressive sound isolation.
Choose from three sizes of soft, silicone ear tips for a comfortable, stable fit. When inserted in your ear, they create a seal that blocks outside noise so you can get the most from your music.
Control your iPod.
The control capsule located on the cable of the right earpiece includes a microphone and three buttons. Here's what you can do with this convenient remote:*
- Adjust volume by pressing the + and - buttons.
- Control music and video playback — including play/pause and next/previous — by pressing the center button.
- Record voice memos on supported iPod models.
Steel mesh caps for protection.
Stainless steel mesh caps protect the precision acoustic components from dust and debris. You can remove the caps for cleaning or replace them with an extra set that's included in the box.
This accessory is compatible with the following:
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iPod classic 120GB
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iPod nano 4th generation (video)
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iPod touch 2nd generation
Most Recent Reviews
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Apple In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic
Bad Fit
Written by CK from Los Angeles
27-Feb-2009
Good decent sound, horrible fit, couldn't get it to stay in my ear if my life depended on it. I much prefer the regular earphones …Read morethat come stuck with the iPods.
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Apple In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic
Amazing(minus one)
Written by RT from Columbus
27-Feb-2009
Altogether, these headphones are the best I have ever owned. I was a little skeptical at first because all of the in-ear headphone…Read mores I have tried that belonged to other people kept falling out of my ears and were just uncomfortable. I think this was partially because I have a phobia with putting things in my ear canals. Once I got past that fear and found the right sizes for my ears, I was hearing some of the best quality music I have ever listened to.
One bad, kind of fixable, thing is that my right ear canal has a jacked up shape. My left ear perfectly took the headphone with a small tip on it. But my right ear, because of its misshapenness, wouldnt work properly with the small tip and it almost seemed to push the medium one out. I then tried the big one, which is much too big to jam into the canal without serious discomfort. I simply didn't push it in all the way, but because it's so big it gets almost the same effect as the small tip would if my ear wasn't misshappen.
One other thing; I read a few reviews about these headphones not being all they're cracked up to be. To be honest, they don't take you to the magical land where fairies go inside your head and sing to your eardrum itself. You get basically the same quality music as you would if you were listening to your ipod on a good set of logitech speakers with a subwoofer, set to a reasonable amout of bass of course; But this is MUCH better than the headphones that come with the ipod or the 90s style walkman headphones.
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Apple In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic
It's a good headset for the iPhone too!
Written by WI from Honolulu
26-Feb-2009
I bought these for my wife because she misplaced the original headset that came with her iPhone. I compared it to the Shure e2c in…Read more-ear headset I use on my iPhone 3G. I think they''re pretty close to the Shure. Getting a good fitting seal is important to the isolation and the sound quality, just as it is for the Shure, and Apple provides three sizes of soft silicone ear plugs so you should be able to find a good fit. They also provide an extra set of shields, and it comes with a very compact protective case.
The sound is comparable to the Shure, with a clear midrange and treble and a solid, well-balanced bass. This does not have the exaggerated bass you get with some models, but as a result, it's adaptable to a wider range of music and voices sound natural. The volume control doesn't work with the iPhone, but maybe Apple will fix that someday. The cables are a bit thin compared to the Shure, but they'll probably be OK.
Of course, it's an advantage to have the microphone/switch, which the Shure doesn't have. Plus, the plug fits both the original and 3G iPhone. I thought the price was fair considering it's performance. It's definitely better than the original headset that comes with the iPhone. I'd buy a set for myself.(5 of 5 people found this review useful)
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Most Useful Reviews
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Apple In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic
Simply amazing!
Written by MB
17-Dec-2008
I'm an audio engineer with 18 years experience, well trained hearing, and I know my way around an IEC 711 coupler. Among other t…Read morehings, I've had extensive experience with high-end in-ear headphone design. So, I feel like I can offer some objective comments about the Apple In-Ear Headphones.
Tone quality is nearly neutral - music comes through basically as it was recorded. The reproduction is brutally honest, and you will find that low bit-rates and bad recordings sound like what they are. The bass is definitely rock solid, and goes far below 20 Hz - but it is extremely tight and controlled. Those of you who expect unnaturally heavy, boomy bass may be disappointed. Mids are clean, transparent and smooth. The highs are amazingly extended, open and effortless. Audible distortion is vanishingly low, and dynamic range is excellent.
Price/performance is simply unbeatable. These phones are absolutely capable of outperforming competitive models 4x the cost. That Apple is able to provide true 2-way dual balanced-armature phones, with this level of audio performance, at this price point, boggles the mind.
Since these are in-ear phones, they must be inserted correctly to work. ANY air leak will kill bass performance and shift tone quality harshly toward the midrange. You must use the right eartips, your ear canals have to be reasonably close to a round shape, and clean (ie no tufts of hair, dried skin or earwax, etc.... ewwww, sorry) for a good, air-tight seal. If they are inserted too deep, or not deep enough, response will change and sound quality will suffer.
Also because they are in-ear phones, some sound can be conducted through the cable and may become audible. Conductive sounds your body makes will be louder as well - chewing, breathing, swallowing and so forth are sometimes audible. For most people this is not a serious issue. Hearing aids and earplugs do this too.
Yes, they're not compatible with everything, and that is a valid issue for those who would like to use their 3G iPhone with them. This is a known issue, and Apple details what products are fully compatible with these headphones. It could be that a software update will solve this problem - and even if it doesn't, you knew about it..... Quit griping.
A stunning achievement, Apple. I am very impressed.
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Apple In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic
Better than Sonys
Written by JM from GREENVILLE
23-Dec-2008
I've been using a set of Sony MDR EX70LPs for about 5 years. Great product, once you get used to having a speaker jammed in your …Read moreear. I usually wound up fiddling with them a bit after 30 minutes of so, they seem to slightly irritate my ear.But the bass is so much better than conventional buds or phones (I've tried countless Sony, Yamaha, every brand under the sun). A few months ago, I wondered if Sony had improved the product any and bought a set of MDR-EX81LPs. Slightly better phones, but more awkward to wear.
So when I heard I was getting an iPod touch for Christmas, I figured I would order a set of these and give them a shot. Got the phones two days before Christmas, decided to try them out on my 5g iPod. Plugged them in and turned on iTunes, awaiting sonic nirvana.
But...no bass. None, zip, zilch, nada.
OK, so, something isn't right. The medium rubber pieces seem a little loose, maybe I need to try the other ones. I open the capsule with the others...but they look smaller. Then I notice the label on the capsule, and pull open the other side, marked L, swap in the bigger rubber pieces, pop the phones back in, and...
Oooooooooooh yeeeeeeaaaaaaah. That's what I was looking for. Some hip hop. Yep, plenty of bass. Norah Jones - perfect female vocals. Guns'n'Roses - guitar works.
As is the case with all in-ears I've tried, they telegraph a lot of noise from wire movement, but that's controllable somewhat depending on how you wear them. And as another review pointed out, wearing them while eating will sound horrible.
These are the best-sounding headphones I have ever owned. I haven't compared them to the Etymotic Research, but they are much more comfortable than either of the Sonys - I've had them in for an hour and haven't touched them.
If you try these and can't stand in-ears, or if you have odd-sized or shaped ears, that's a shame. If you try them and think they don't have any bass, you need to try the larger pads - when they seal to your ear, these things go as low as any speaker I have ever heard, and I can't even begin to turn my iPod up all the way (though admittedly I don't have any hearing damage, as some other 35-year-olds do).(774 of 918 people found this review useful)
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Apple In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic
Sweet music to my ears...
Written by SG from Lakewood
12-Dec-2008
These are best earphones I've ever had. I've had sonys, the stock iPod buds, the previous generation of apple in-ear buds, and so…Read moreme others and by far these are purely AWESOME.
On the first listen, I thought they were just OK, but after a while I truly got to experience all the different sounds and how well these earphones produced them. Bass is amazing (although, it seemed to need just a bit more boom - but that might just be me :) Treble is great too. These do seriously sound like several-hundred-dollar earbuds. Also, these are the MOST COMFORTABLE earphones ever. I almost don't even notice them in my ears - they are that amazing - while they still provide a firm fit so movement doesn't dislodge them.
Packaging is beautiful, the additional silicone tips are a huge plus, and the added mesh caps are a nice touch.
My only issue is the lack of volume control for iPhone. Hopefully that'll come at some point?
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