02-06-2007, 05:28 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Win a Pair of Ultiate Ears super.fi 3 Studio Headphones
Here's a contest for regular Zune Thoughts readers: I've got a pair of black Ultimate Ears super.fi 3 Studio earphones, courtesy of the fine people at Ultimate Ears, and they're looking for a good home. These are the same type of headphones that I reviewed last year, and although the bundled headphones with the Zune are surprisingly decent, these blow them away.
To win this pair of headphones here's all you have to do: post a message telling me about the worst sounding headphones you've ever used, and what device/product they came with (or if you were unfortunate enough to buy them yourself). Remember I said this a contest for regular Zune Thoughts readers? That's because I'm going to close off this contest at some random point in time later today (don't worry, it will be near the end of the day). If you haven't posted here before, your first post needs to be approve by us, but rest assured I'll approve all the posts before I do the random drawing. Get to it!
UPDATE: I closed the contest today at 5:52 pm my local time. The winner is yoda16. Congratulations, and thanks for participating everyone. I had a good chuckle reading some of your comments - it really is amazing what a difference earphones can make! If you're looking to buy your own Ultimate Ears headphones, take a browse through our Amazon.com affiliate store (your purchases help support Zune Thoughts).
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02-06-2007, 05:45 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 5
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Glad I am a regular user (or visitor rather).
But to contribute, The worst pair of headphones I have ever had were those crappy white Apple headphones from an ipod mini that a friend had that i BOUGHT for my mobiBLU back before it died in the washing machine. They were bad, and I suspect the design has not got much better since that pair two years ago.
UE rocks!!
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02-06-2007, 05:54 PM
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Contributing Editor
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 137
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The worst pair of headphones I have ever used came with my T-Mobile SDA. The mic was great, but the sound from the headphones was completely flat. Horrible listening experience.
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02-06-2007, 05:52 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 25
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The worst pair of headphones that I have experienced were some that my wife and I purchased on an Amtrak train ride that we took for the experience from Birmingham, AL to New Orleans about 10 years ago. We shared the pair since they cost $15 or something like that for a couple of the small foam covered earphones that everyone remembers from 1980. You had to have them in order to watch the movie (unless you had your own). The sound quality was very poor. I remember buying a AM/FM Sony radio for running the same year and I think I paid $19 for it because it was really small (it was about the size of the Zune) and the headphones on it were so much better. We still have the Amtrak headphones in a box somewhere.
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02-06-2007, 06:00 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 2
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The worst headphones I must have ever owned that came bundled with something was the black earbuds that came with my old school Nintendo Game Boy. They were awesome back then (when it was the only pair of earbuds I owned), but looking back and compared with today's headphones, they're pretty mediocre.
Although the sound through the headphone jack was in stereo, I enjoyed blasting Game Boy games through the one built in speaker.
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02-06-2007, 06:26 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 12
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Worst = bud that came with my (now ebay'd) Creative Zen Jukebox. They were a bit worse than the stock Zune buds. Both are just are not good enough for listening to real music.
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02-06-2007, 06:30 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 52
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In terms of value-for-money it has to be my old Sony EX-71s. They broke very quickly and the sound wasn't all that great for $50.
The out-right worst I've used are the ones that come with the older iPods. They don't sit in my ears very well at all and that has a dramatic effect on the quality of the sound.
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02-06-2007, 06:33 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 5
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The worst pair of headphones that I've used were the pair that came with my Archos Jukebox Recoder 20. Not only did they have poor sound, but they hurt like hell to wear.
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02-06-2007, 07:37 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 2
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The absolute worst pair of earphones I have ever used were a pair of cheap KOSE earphones that I bought from Walmart. My previous earphones had just broken and I was desperate for some earphones, ANY earphones, so I went to Walmart and picked up the KOSE earphones, which looked pretty nice in the packaging. The many 'used and returned' packages for the same said earphones strewn about the counter should have been a blatant hint that I shouldn't have bought them, but I blindly ignored them and plunked down my $10. No sooner than I walked out the store did I realize just how horrible the earbuds were. The darned things just wouldn't stay in my ear! As much as I tried, they were just too loose, too slippery to stay inside my ears, and when I did manage to get them to stay in there, they started to hurt big time. Needless to say, I was pretty dismayed at my purchase, and instead of returning it for some other poor sap to experience my misery, I trashed it barely 10 minutes after purchasing it.
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02-06-2007, 08:05 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 2
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The worst headphones that I ever used was a pair of Sony earbuds that I picked up in an airport gift shop. This was because I lost my almost equally bad iPod earbuds while getting off of a plane in Chicago.
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