Samsung Electronics EO-IA500 3.5mm Earphone, Black - EO-IA500BBEGUS

WARNING — READ THIS FIRST: Before anything else, it is important to note that at this extremely low price point, quality control is likely the main limiting factor. Some users report channel imbalance, which can severely compromise the listening experience. However, under ideal conditions, meaning a properly balanced unit and a good seal with quality ear-tips, there is no reason that these should fail to perform as described below. If you aren't blown away, you likely received a unit with bad QC, have a poor seal, or are using low-quality source material. Okay, on with my review... Some context: It's been about a month now, and since I'm currently unemployed, I obviously have A LOT of free time to listen. I knew nothing about this product before stumbling onto a YouTube video titled "The Best IEMs In The World Are Just $8," claiming that these were the best IEMs available (quite a statement, I know). I didn't know about the reviewer’s supposed reputation (and honestly, I still don't) so I was completely unbiased in that regard. I just heard him out, thought he seemed sincere, and decided to take the $10 gamble. It was totally happenstance, but I can tell you he is not even slightly exaggerating. I literally have barely been able to keep them out of my ears. I cannot stop obsessively listening to music. I have owned Sennheiser HD598 headphones for 15 years and 1MORE Quad Driver IEMs for about 5 years, both of which cost me almost twenty times more (although I recognize that neither are elite level). In comparison, they are practically junk. I haven't even used a parametric EQ yet (just a desktop graphic EQ to approximate the EQ guidelines), and even plugged straight into my iPod, they sound unbelievable. I can still barely believe this is happening out of a $10 earbud. It feels like a gift from the universe. I haven't done anything to measure them, but I must have received a perfect unit. I can't think of a single thing I would change about them. The Sound: The clarity is something that I cannot even imagine being better. The bass is punchy, deep, and well-defined without muddiness. The highs are heavenly. It feels like jumping out of Pac-Man straight into a high-end virtual reality video game. Everything sounds literally real. It no longer sounds like I'm listening to an audio track. Each isolated instrument sounds like its own entity occupying it's own location in space. I can almost feel the texture of the strings of a violin as the bow is moving across it due to the micro-details that are now audible. It seriously sounds like a live violin, as if I'm in the room with my ear next to it. I cannot even begin to fully express how other-worldly these sound. The transients are practically instantaneous. It literally sounds "real." I just don't know how else to say it other than to state that plainly. My experience: This has elevated my enjoyment of music tenfold. I have been spending hours going through my entire catalog, exploring YouTube rabbit holes of classic albums, and even revisiting played-out radio hits that I used to dismiss as background noise, and I'm finding them incredibly fascinating now. Incredibly fascinating. It’s honestly been life-changing. As I'm going back and listening to songs I've known my whole life and realizing they sound nothing like what I remember, it feels almost existential. I have to question my own perception of reality. I know I'm not the only one. I've read many reviews and anecdotes from people who are having similar experiences as me, so I know it's not just a fluke and I'm not hallucinating. The sound quality is WAY too extreme to be placebo. Here's a comment I found on the aforementioned YouTube video: "@joel-dorne So I just did a shootout between these and a bunch of $500+ IEM's all EQed to the same target. I'd maybe go as far as saying this is the best IEM I've ever heard. I honestly thought you was trolling. The speed of the driver and the transients is insane. The amount of detail is on another level. You hear reverb tails perfectly. It's not just a bit better than other IEM's it's a lot. Even the bass it's so tight and punchy and real. It makes all other IEM's seem masked and blurred." I've read plenty of others describing similar experiences. From what I've experienced, what he's saying makes perfect sense to me. A note on acclimation: One caveat I will add is on fit and acclimation. You need ear tips that are comfortable but seated deep enough to form a proper seal for good bass. I do not recommend the stock tips. Also, while I liked them immediately, it wasn't until about an hour of listening that my ears fully acclimated and I realized how incredible they truly were. So if they do not sound profound within 30 seconds, give them time. Over this month of listening, my perception of the sound has gone from "wow, these sound really, really good," to "OH MY GOD, MY MIND IS F'ING BLOWN." Your brain might go through a sort of calibration process of getting accustomed to the new auditory information these reveal, and you get "better" at listening and perceiving the incredible resolution jump these can provide, allowing you to more easily perceive the 3-dimensionality. Conclusion: I am not an "audiophile" in the sense of being someone who spends thousands of dollars on audio gear as a hobby, but I am a serious music-lover and musician who has spent years listening to high-information music at a deeply critical level, and I would be completely satisfied if music never sounds better than this. Yes, it sounds absolutely crazy, but these earbuds are genuinely godlike to me. Anyone doubting has to suspend their disbelief and realize that price is not always directly correlated to performance. I'm very excited to see what last little bit of improvement I can squeeze out of these with parametric EQ once I get the Qudelix 5k, but like I said, they are already so mind-blowing to me as it is. I hope some will appreciate my review. I've never made a review to this extent for any product in my life (never felt so compelled to), so I hope I did alright. This review applies only to the specific product listed here. I cannot vouch for any other variation or source. I imagine that in the months and years to come, we'll be seeing more and more reviews detailing similar experiences. Thanks for reading. Also, thanks to Sharur on YouTube for his video titled “The Best IEMs in the World Are Just $8.” I was fortunate enough to stumble upon it and was intrigued. I took the ten dollar gamble and won far bigger than I ever could have imagined.

It works fine , sound clear , no issues so far. It worth the price

Excelente sonido, se nota la resistencia en lo grueso del cable y no se enreda para nada, debido al modelo un poco más grande de los habituales, puede en ocasiones desacomodarse de la oreja al correr.

Ótimo produto. Graves, médios e agudos, muito bons. É o melhor fone intra-auricular que já tive com uma excelente resposta no grave (profundo)

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