What are the alternatives for the earbuds that come packed with your smartphones? If you are looking for inexpensive earbuds that fit well, feature an inline-remote, and blow out good sound quality somewhat to your taste, there are many best earbuds choices out there that are fairly inexpensive. They cost less than $30, which I find to be an affordable price. Your purpose may simply be keeping them in your travel bag for occasional use when you normally forget or dont’ want to bring your favorite expensive earbuds. Other folks could be interested in a stylish design since cheap earbuds are available in various colors and even crafted with metalic body. If you’ve adready owned earbuds supplied with your smarphones, you may want to try out these budget eabuds for better music experience. Some people still like to experience dozen pairs of earbuds from many brands rather than just stick to an expensive one. Lastly, it’s quite annoying that your earbuds get tangled each time you pull them out of your pant pocket to use. You will have to solve the mess, so why not try zipbuds or Bluetooth earbuds, the free-tangle earbuds?
Here is our list of the 10 best cheap earbuds to buy in 2017 – the list was made mostly based on reviews from verified customers from Amazon, Bestbuy and newegg and websites of product reviews such as Cnet, Thewirecutter, Wired, TechCrunch, What HiFi, Good Gear Guide, PC Mag, Engadge, innerfidelity. They come from different brands, and some of them are engineered with sound signatures. For example, JVC HA-FX101 is for bass head. You also see the variety of earbuds tips and cord design among these earbuds. Finally, you will be able to choose the earbuds that best suits your activities of choice. For instance, like working out and running require earbuds that fit securely. If you are the owner of high-end earbuds or seriously looking for very high sound quality, these earbuds are certainly not for you. But for the entry-level or for casual listening, these cheap earbuds are truly worth it.
1. Panasonic RP-TCM125 Ergo Fit
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2. Xiaomi Piston 2 Earbuds
3. Sennheiser CX 300 II Precision Enhanced Bass Earbuds
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4. LyreBeats-S1 Wireless Sport Earbuds
5. Brainwavz Delta–in ear monitor(IEM) earphones, the budget earbuds for audiophiles
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Constructed by aluminum housing, the build quality of the Delta is overall better than Panasonic Ergo Fit. The cable with Y-joint is very durable. For every kind of music you play on Spotify, Brainwavz Delta is just great with crisp bass, detailed highs and nice mids. DISCOUNT PRICE |
6. Yurbuds Inspire Sport Earphones – Women’s
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Best cheap earbuds for sports. If you workout every day and don’t want to invest much, these are the best option. They’re very comfortable for running and rarely falls out of your ears. The bass may not satisfy you, but I like the cute design of these earbuds, and they have a very secure fit. Overall it’s worth for workout enthusiast. DISCOUNT PRICE |
7. TaoTronics Bluetooth Headphones, Wireless 4.1
8. Auglamour RX-1 Unsealed Earbuds
9. Klipsch Image S3 Noise-isolating Earphones with Patented Oval Ear-tips (Galaxy Green)
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10. JLAB JBuds J6M-SLV-FOIL High Fidelity Ergonomic
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Best budget earbuds for headbass
4. Zipbuds JUICED 2.0 Never Tangle Zipper Earbuds Featuring ComfortFit2 Technology
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Looking, like a very tiny grenade the JVC HA-FX101 offers the prominence of bass with lowest price under $10. If you always wants sound dancing in your ears with a little strong bass, the JVC HA-FX101 is surely the starting point. The downside of these earbuds are the treble is not very clear and it’s distorted a bit at high volume. Meanwhile if you only listen to dance and don’t play other types of music, they’re fine.
These are a great choice if you want try something new on the market.
Because Amazon offers smartphones, they now make earbuds for their phones as well. If you are interested in Amazon earphones, Amazon Premium Earbuds come with the new Fire phone of Amazon. They also are sold separately at Amazon. They are currently sold with the price tag of $24.99. The design overall is very impressive.
The earbuds that are listed here may seem cheap, but their sound isn’t cheap and you’ll want to purchase them over and over again because they’re so satisfying at such a good price. Some people think of new models are actually equiped with the same components from previous version and they’ve just changed the design. Personally, I agree. The manufacturers change the design and sizes of earbud housing to optimize the sound. And users may experience the same sound quality in different shape and color of more polished earbuds. On the other hand, the built quality may be improved in term of material and construction; for example, they come with lighter weight, they’re more comfortable to wear and they’re more durable. For a newbie to the world of sound, this doesn’t really matter much.
Panasonic RP-TCM125 Ergo Fit with in-line remote and mic–the upgrade of Panasonic RPHJE120S, The in-ear headphones seems to keep their position as the best earbuds under $20, Panasonic has not changed the design from the previous model, which comes up on a lot of reviews as being buyers’ favorite. These very rare headphones offers a fairly good sound quality with the cheapest price, though Panasonic has been developing many models for sport, which turns out to be durablity or sound quaity issues.
As you can see the prices of earbuds are dropping year after year, because the new technologies applied are cutting down the cost for manufacturing. Meanwhile some high-end headphones are more expensive, that’s because the high-end is more customed to audiophile and indeed, they are not popular. Getting a standard earbud is not tough, you can get one with $20 you can get one. For the cheap earbuds, the design and comfort will be the factor most people consider, because you will notice a little difference among these earbuds in this category.
Drop out of the list:
# Skullcandy S2IKDZ-010 Ink’d 2.0 Earbud – the fashion – life style – music in ear headphones
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#Soundpeats Qy7 Mini bluetooth Earbuds for sports
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Nice try for Bluetooth category! Aside from flat cord, Soundpeats offers sercure and comfortable fit with earhooks. You can use them for working out or cycling up to 6 hours for streaming music. While the sound quality is not as good as Panasonic Ergo Fit, the Soundpeats Qy7 can connect wirelessly to your devices. |
#Sennheiser CX200 Twist-to-Fit Earbuds replaced by Soundpeats Qy7
# Sony MDREX58V/BLK EX Series Earbuds replaced by Brainwavz Delta
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Updated on 11/13/2016 by contributor
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