Comments on: Where to trade headphone ear buds?

Question: Where to trade headphone ear buds?

jaimev — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:00:44 -0800

I have a set of Sony MDR-EX71SL Fontopia in-ear headphones. Where can I trade my extra sets of earbuds for a set of large ones?

The headphones came with 3 sets of rubber earbuds for large, medium and small sized ear canals. I use the large pair of buds and just lost one of them. Can anyone suggest web sites or forums where I can try trading the other smaller sets of earbuds I stll have for a pair of large ones with someone who's in a similar situation?

By: roomwithaview

roomwithaview — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:03:30 -0800

Perhaps you can try the iLounge forums and the Headfi headphone forums.

By: rossination

rossination — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:07:21 -0800

Yeah, both of those forums have "official EX71 Earbud Trade" Threads. But, I can warn you, the large ones are in high demand.

IIRC, I may have a spare pair of those somewhere from back when I used these buds. If I find mine, I'll email you.

By: jaimev

jaimev — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:15:18 -0800

Awesome...thanks for the iLounge tip where I saw a dedicated thread. rossination: advanced thanks for the offer!

By: holgate

holgate — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 00:36:23 -0800

They look similar to the earbud attachments in Griffin's EarJams, so if you can't get EX71 buds, they might be an alternative.

By: Skyanth

Skyanth — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 00:57:39 -0800

I keep losing the little buggers.

There's also some chinese people on eBay that I bought mine from. Very cheap and good replacements but they charged $3 per bag for shipping which left me with a bitter taste as I got a tiny very light envelope with all three sets in it. Still.