Where to trade headphone ear buds?

December 8, 2006 9:00 PM

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?

posted by jaimev to Grab Bag (5 answers total)

Best answer: Perhaps you can try the iLounge forums and the Headfi headphone forums.
posted by roomwithaview at 9:03 PM on December 8, 2006

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.
posted by rossination at 9:07 PM on December 8, 2006

Response by poster: Awesome...thanks for the iLounge tip where I saw a dedicated thread. rossination: advanced thanks for the offer!
posted by jaimev at 9:15 PM on December 8, 2006

They look similar to the earbud attachments in Griffin's EarJams, so if you can't get EX71 buds, they might be an alternative.
posted by holgate at 12:36 AM on December 9, 2006

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.
posted by Skyanth at 12:57 AM on December 9, 2006