About three years ago I bought a pair of urBeats while I was in college, selling off the iPad my college gave me to get them. It was actually, in view of what happened later, one of my better decisions. They were expensive, though, and cost over $100.
These days, they don't hold volume - the volume will randomly go up and down when I use them, and so I have to correct the slider. This problem seems localized to the left earbud - the right one always plays at a lower volume than the left one, no matter what, while the left one randomly goes up. I cannot abide this forever without damaging my ears.
And I did check my computer and iPod already using another set of earbuds (the cheap ones that came with said iPod that are even more ancient XP) - they both aren't to blame. I also know about the balancing levels in both devices, which I have fiddled with. The Beats have better sound quality than the cheapies despite their volume issues.
So I'm wondering if:
1) This is the normal behavior for earbuds? Should I just go get another set of Beats?
2) Is there a way to repair the problem earbuds to fix them?
3) If 1 and 2 are both false, what earbuds should I get to replace the defective ones?
I don't want any of those huge headphones with noise-canceling. I need to be able to hear some of my surroundings (parents yelling, etc) while listening. Plus those get hot and sweaty. And I want something less than $200.
Eventually I just hope to pipe my music through speakers and forget all this earphone business, but that's still a ways away.
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