Comments on: Quick Take: Ultimate Buds Apple / Future Sonics FS1 in-ear headphones

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:37:48 +0000

Richard,

Thanks for a great comment!

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:21:08 +0000

I switched to a pair of these FS1s after my beloved Future Sonic EM3s died (had em’ since 2005) and believe me I soldered those suckers at least 5 times.

The first thing I noticed was the actual size of the cylinder that protrudes into your ear was shorter and the diameter was smaller than the EM3s. Sound wise, the EM3s were better, not to say the FS1s are bad, they are great. So I miss the EM3s, they are no longer made, but I needed something with a mic for my iphone.

I have basically had the FS1s since Feb 09 and the cable is totally trashed now so I’ll be returning them for a new cable to be fitted – I’m a runner and use them all the time.

I also have a great tip in order to keep the silicone rubber tips from sliding off as they will over time and you’ll lose the buggers. Wrap a thin layer or pipe sealing teflon tape (about 99c) around the shaft of the headphone, works great and you’ll notice you can barely pull off the silicone rubber ends.

By: Miguel Marcos

Miguel Marcos — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:57:55 +0000

BTW, this is probably a good a place as any to link this which I think is a fabulous way to keep earphone cables handy yet untangled using a badge clip. Very cheap, too. See here:

http://lifehacker.com/5476627/.....badge-clip

By: Miguel Marcos

Miguel Marcos — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:52:20 +0000

I did order a pair.

I used to have a pair of Etymotics I splurged on years ago when I had an iPod 5g, the hard drive version. Man those sounded great but they were a pita to clean. They did seal sound really well.

I ordered the FS1s, we’ll see what they’re like.

In any case I’ll be able to do my T-Pain singing in higher fidelity!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:03:49 +0000

Sorry, Miguel! I think you’ll love them if you do pick up a pair.