I own a Philips GoGear 1GB, which I bought about 3 years ago. It can be charged only via USB and acts as a pendrive with pathetic data transfer speeds (not more than 895kb/s).
The sound quality in the player is what one may choose to call somewhere above average and less than good. I have never used quality earphones with the player. The bundled Philips ones died about 6 months after I bought the player. After that it has always been cheapo earphones. By far, the Philips bundled earphones were the best.
Mostly I have used Kingfisher earphones. :ashamed: They are pretty bad as all would know, but had taken about 10 or so from various flight trips, so killed them all (don't last more than a month and a half anyway). All suffered the same problem: one ear died and I did away with the earphone.
So, my basic preference is non-in-ear types. The bundled Ipod ones are fine, but not the ones like EP-630. Primarily I would like to have something like the Kingfisher earphones, the ones which clamp your ear. They should also be long lasting. I am tired of doing away with earphones within two months. These earphones should last at least a year or so.
If anyone can spare some time, then please give me some much needed advice on how to take care of earphones.
Regarding my budget, it is not high at all, nothing above 1k, better if lower. Kindly suggest the ear/headphones which would suit me. If it is costlier, then also suggest, as I may end up saving for a month or two before buying.
TIA.
The sound quality in the player is what one may choose to call somewhere above average and less than good. I have never used quality earphones with the player. The bundled Philips ones died about 6 months after I bought the player. After that it has always been cheapo earphones. By far, the Philips bundled earphones were the best.
Mostly I have used Kingfisher earphones. :ashamed: They are pretty bad as all would know, but had taken about 10 or so from various flight trips, so killed them all (don't last more than a month and a half anyway). All suffered the same problem: one ear died and I did away with the earphone.
So, my basic preference is non-in-ear types. The bundled Ipod ones are fine, but not the ones like EP-630. Primarily I would like to have something like the Kingfisher earphones, the ones which clamp your ear. They should also be long lasting. I am tired of doing away with earphones within two months. These earphones should last at least a year or so.
If anyone can spare some time, then please give me some much needed advice on how to take care of earphones.
Regarding my budget, it is not high at all, nothing above 1k, better if lower. Kindly suggest the ear/headphones which would suit me. If it is costlier, then also suggest, as I may end up saving for a month or two before buying.
TIA.
