Comments on: Review: v-moda vibe duo In-Ear Headphones w/ Mic

By: Markham

Markham — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:35:22 +0000

I can attest to this problem (original post below). I have sent my pair in TWICE to Vibe people and they were replaced. However, each time takes like 10 days! And, last night, the left earbud crapped out for the THIRD time. I would avoid these headphones with the iPhone! Sorry, my experience has been pretty disappointing.

I was looking into these a few months ago. I heard something either about a defect that caused the left ear bud to stop working. It was actually at an elecontics store in the Atlanta Hatsfield airport. In any event they said they were great head phones. Not sure if this was and or is still a problem, but at the time I forgot my head phones and was in transit. Didnt want to take a chance on a $100.00 Defect at 30,000 Feet in the middle of watching a movie.

By: siko

siko — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:52:04 +0000

I sent three pair back over the last 11 months - they lasted between 3 weeks and 3 months. They suck. Stay away!

As for the audio quality, great...when they worked.

I only use these to walk to work 1 mile in each direction and they can't hold up. Absolutely ridiculous.

At least they honor their 1-year warranty, however once that is over I will need to buy from a different company.

By: James O'Brien

James O'Brien — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:42:23 +0000

Purchased in January 08 and the left ear went dead 3 times. Seemed to happen during the 3rd month each time. V-Moda replaced each pair but the minute I was out of warranty V-Moda said I was S.O.L. I'm back with the original iPhone earbuds that still work since summer 07.

WHEN they worked the sound was great. But not worth the $100 headache.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:12:32 +0000

Sennheiser are my #1 choice for headphones, work very well with the Iphone.

By: Mark Homer

Mark Homer — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:44:22 +0000

These were a nice Christmas present from 'Santa' to me. I love the in-ear noise isolation as I bet I listen to the volume at almost half of what I used to. The sound is great. I also occasionally have the issue where the cable rubbing against clothing or something travels up into the ear and is a bit annoying. The mic/button is larger than I expected but the clicker/mic on my apple earphones that came with my iPhone doesn't work half the time now. These are my go-to earphones and I use the black case all the time.

By: Koro

Koro — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:33:37 +0000

I had a similar experience. I sent three back -- they lasted somewhere between 2 weeks and 4 months. Even the redesign sucks. Stay away from these.

As for the audio quality, I found the bass to be a little too intense. Distorted guitar rock could often sound messy.

By: Ellis

Ellis — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:46:30 +0000

I had to send three pairs of these back to the manufacturer because the sound went out in one or both of the earpieces in each case. The sound went out in the fourth pair within a couple weeks and by then the warranty had expired. Obviously I wouldn't recommend these.

By: heyheyhey11

heyheyhey11 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:40:10 +0000

I have this and I had the apple's inear and the differences become quite clear.

Apple's hp doesn't produce big bass like vibe.

Spend the extra 20 and get the vibr

By: JodiZ

JodiZ — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:29:11 +0000

I just got these too. Love the noise isolation. Makes my music sound more full, and for calls they work great. I hope they last.

By: BrickLayer

BrickLayer — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:20:17 +0000

How do these compare to the apple in-ear headphones?

By: Dy-lan

Dy-lan — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:36:28 +0000

I've owned these now for over a year and I don't leave home without 'um!! I, personally, love the fit & convienence. I'd recommend them to everyone!!

By: Jeffdc5

Jeffdc5 — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:05:12 +0000

My gf got me a set of these yesterday from the apple store i love them very nice not the best sounding but for day to day use they are amazing very clear highs and bass they sound better than the bose in my opinion

By: Glenn

Glenn — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:04:44 +0000

I need some nice heaphones for the phone!!!

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:01:49 +0000

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:09:09 +0000

Hmm, I have the rubber ones too. I think I would have much preferred fabric. Can't exactly justify spending another $100 bucks for a minor gripe though... Oh well.

By: Loz

Loz — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:18:07 +0000

I have a pair of these and they're excellent. Two annoyances though... The pair I picked up in the Apple store didn't have the fabric cable, just rubber. I didn't realize there was a fabric type. The reason this is important is that you get a lot of cable noise when you move with the plastic cable as the phones fit so snugly in your ears.. I also find they don't stay in all that well unless you stay quite still! Apart from those small gripes, they are excellent.

By: j

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:04:05 +0000

i had these, but i never really liked them. the sound travled from the wire, so if anything would rub against it, you would hear it.