I finally got a new headset for my iPhone. I have been checking the apple store and online off and on to try and find a good quality, relatively inexpensive solution to the iPhone headset need. There are a few bit players on the market but nothing high quality from any of the major manufacturers. I had hope for the Bose Earbuds, but they didn’t release those with the phone headset feature.

Until last week my only option seemed to be to get some kind of headset extension (adds a mic) which you then plug your headphones into. Users report that it works well but because you are plugging a normal headphone cable into what is essentially a headphone extension cord you end up with a cord that is really really long.

An audiophile coworker suggested that if I end up having to do a headset extension then I should get Shure earbuds because they are better (he has both the new Bose as well as several pairs of Shure).

When I went to go look though I got totally lucky and found an iPhone specific Shure headset. Wooo!

When I first got them I thought that I had gotten an inferior quality product ($99 is a lot cheaper than the top of the line $500 Shure earbuds), but in reality I just needed to learn how to wear them. They wear a little odd and once you get them seated just right they are… amazing.