After alot of looking around I was tempted to go for some of the more expensive options around the £100 region. However, I settled on these and have no complaints. Whilst more expensive options will have better technical performance this is pretty much totally undetectable in the real world out on the street, in the train or down the gym where there is significant ambient noise. These earphones are a definite improvement over my old earphones that came with the Ipod, and the "In ear" design also blocks out much of the distracting ambient noise which adds to the sound quality. The in ear buds are good for down the gym and feel far more secure in the ear than my old ones did. A good earphone so look no further.