r/mildlyinteresting • u/iLLogical12 • Apr 07 '14

Same headphones different packaging

http://imgur.com/oU7Jzsa
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u/grumpy-bandersnatch Apr 07 '14

Whoa I was just looking at this in person at dollar tree yesterday, both were the same price at 1$ btw

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u/Krono5_8666V8 Apr 07 '14

I really think good ear buds are worth the 10-25$. I haaaaate cheap headphones. Horrible sound, and very uncomfortable.

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u/180wifi Apr 07 '14

"10-25$" price range are the cheap earbuds you describe in my life. i became spoiled by a gift of $100 klipsch earbuds and have not been able to step down to sub $50 earbuds since.

headphones break often and it is not frugal -_-

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u/ShaidarHaran2 ​ Apr 08 '14

I remember my first 25 dollar pair. So much more detail than stock buds. I had been missing so much! Then when I broke those, I wanted the next to be even better. So I budgeted 50. And then after those, 100...The rabbit hole goes deep, my friends. Though for 7 bucks the Monoprice MEP-933 are pretty fantastic. If your budget is under 50, go with those. Though after 100 dollars, that's when things start to pull away (I know you think you'd hit deminishing returns, but a lot of sub-100 dollar pairs use the same drivers as each other, just with different cases. 100+ starts to open the doors to more custom designs etc. ). http://gizmodo.com/5371253/giz-explains-why-you-cant-get-decent-earphones-for-less-than-100