Sony's in-ear headset for Lieutenant Uhura

[Taro Toporific]

[floatl][/floatl]Sony Hi-Fi EX90SL In-Ear Headphones
Digital-Lifestyles.info -- 05 Apr 2006
---Fans of Star Trek keen to feel like their communicating with the Xyrillians when they're hoverbooting walking down the street may be interested in Sony's new EX90SL in-ear headphones.
Looking like a slimmed down version of the shiny chunk of metal that resided in Lieutenant Uhura's lughole, the 'bud' style phones have encapsulated, inner-ear-speakers attached to a space-age shiny metal casing. To ensure that the sound gets right down yer earhole, the EX90 sports an articulated design that swivels to get in deep and dirty amongst the ear wax....more...

[Charles]

I just got some Etymotic ER6i in-ear phones, and aside from the disconcerting feeling of shoving the earplugs halfway up into your brain, they sound great. I can listen to my iPod at much lower volumes and I get much better audio quality than the standard earbuds. I highly endorse in-ear phones. But Sony will have a lot of work to do, to beat Etymotic, they are the standard against which all others are judged.