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[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 6 points 4 days ago (3 children)

VE Monk in-ear headphones. Easily the best audio value in the world. Prepare to have your mind blown by the sound. Look up reviews

[–] flubba86@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I concur. VE Monk and it's successor Monk Plus are the best $5 earphones you'll ever use. They compete against earphones in the $100-$150 category. Don't let their appearance fool you, they look like a cheap crappy plastic pair you'd get for free with a discman. But their audio quality is phenomenal.

I'll note here, the VE Monk success has spawned a bunch of competitors in the very-cheap-but-shockingly-good category, notably look at the Faaeal Snow Lotus and Faaeal Iris, I have both and they are great.

[–] Letsdothis@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

like a cheap crappy plastic pair you'd get for free with a discman.

You must be matured around my age talking about discmans like that. Although, The last "discman" i bought was a portable CD player, and wireless earbuds didn't exist.

This is crazy, according to wiki: "The Sony brand name for Discman changed to CD Walkman, initially for Japanese lineups launched between October 1997 and March 1998,[1] and then entirely in 2000. Discman and CD Walkman players were discontinued at the beginning of the 2010s when they lost popularity with the general public."

Makes me feel a little old...

[–] flubba86@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

You must be matured around my age talking about discmans like that. Although, The last "discman" i bought was a portable CD player, and wireless earbuds didn't exist.

Yes, that's what I'm referring to. All of the earphones listed above are wired earphones, and look like the kind included for free from a old portable cd player.

[–] spidermonkey23@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They are good but do they still make them find it hard to find them

[–] flubba86@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I got a new pair of VE Monk Plus about 10 months ago, from AliExpress, but I haven't looked recently.

[–] boomzilla@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Not going back to cables. Hated it when I yanked them out accidentally.

These ones were my best buy for an item around 20€:

https://www.amazon.de/Xiaomi-Earbuds-Basic-Freisprechfunktion-Aufbewahrungsbox/dp/B08GSQ7B9Z

Pretty sturdy. Much bass. Very good connectivity and fit.