While we are on the topic, I need a low cost replacement for my MP3 player, a Creative Zen 5GB. All my music is MP3 at 256 kHz so not bad but it's still compressed and I mostly just use it at work and when traveling so I don't really want to invest in a $250 plus set of audiophile earphones.
Any recommendations for under 100$. I'm not a fan of noise canceling via ambient noise but I would like to avoid listening to the crazy people I tend to always get put beside on planes.
Any suggestions in that price range or are they all about the same quality around there as long as I avoid obvious duds.
I tried spending some time at headfi.org but they seem to concentrate on only the high end products.
