V-Moda's Vibe II, platform shoes not included

There must be a fashion-forward young man or woman out there brave enough to sport V-Moda's new Vibe II with Microphone. These stainless steel alloy headphones follow in the footsteps of the popular (and much better looking) Vibe Duo and feature the noise-isolation, in-line handsfree microphone, call and music controls that we expect from the line. In addition, the 'phones possess "solid and tactual sensation comparable to the finest jewelry and watches." Right. If you'd like to see for yourself, these beauts are available for $128, exclusively at the Apple Store.

[Lowest Ranked @ Nov 11th 2008 4:21PM]

His iPhone is huge.

[Valicore @ Nov 11th 2008 4:31PM]

My first thought too. Either that, or he's really tiny.

[Killian @ Nov 11th 2008 4:41PM]

you know what they say about the black iphone

[phanbouy @ Nov 11th 2008 4:44PM]

...it gets bigger bars of reception?

[StalematE @ Nov 11th 2008 4:55PM]

it never goes back?

[Lowest Ranked @ Nov 11th 2008 4:55PM]

No. It comes wit a 40 of Old English.

[scott @ Nov 11th 2008 5:42PM]

lol, racism.

[Mobius_1 @ Nov 11th 2008 6:01PM]

It's the iPhone before Chuck Norris compresses it in the Apple Factory. It's how the kitten looks after Steve Jobs has done his part with it.

[richard.neville @ Nov 11th 2008 6:28PM]

Yo baby, I got a PhD. It's a pimpin' ho's degree. Don Magic Juan rocks.

[LegendZ28 @ Nov 11th 2008 6:53PM]

That's what she said! That's what she said!

[Aussie @ Nov 11th 2008 10:05PM]

These have to be the worst earphones I ever owned. The sound is very muddy and muffled such that I couldn't bare to listen to them. I had them for two days and quickly returned them for a refund. iLounge gives them a glowing review and in the past I have believed those reviews but after getting a pair of V-Moda's based on that I won't be paying any attention to them anymore.

My advice stay away from V-Moda their crap!

[noyp @ Nov 11th 2008 10:12PM]

The original vibes were good, then a hardware change killed the sound quality.

[Mrmeku @ Nov 11th 2008 4:25PM]

if these werent so hideous id love to have them. I really want some nice quality headphones that still have that mic and clicky thing attached. Looks like im waiting for apples in ear headphones

[Lowest Ranked @ Nov 11th 2008 4:56PM]

Apples in ear? That sounds painful.

[UnixSystemsEngineer @ Nov 11th 2008 5:07PM]

Do the original v-modas have a mic? I know the earbuds are much better looking, just can't remember if they have a mic or not.

[lowdef @ Nov 11th 2008 5:37PM]

I have the originals. there are $99 ones with a mic and $79 without a mic I believe. I had the ones with the mic. Sound quality was absolutely amazing, but as I have found out, they had faulty drivers and lots of owners had either the left or right driver fail within a year. Maybe these are built better...still hesitant about buying another vmoda product.

[aecsuper @ Nov 11th 2008 8:40PM]

skullcandy makes good iphone headphones.

[telepheedian @ Nov 11th 2008 8:50PM]

And Bose is the best value per dollar, for everything they make.

/sarcasm

[Roosevelt Franklin @ Nov 11th 2008 8:58PM]

"I have the originals. there are $99 ones with a mic and $79 without a mic I believe. I had the ones with the mic. Sound quality was absolutely amazing, but as I have found out, they had faulty drivers and lots of owners had either the left or right driver fail within a year. Maybe these are built better...still hesitant about buying another vmoda product."

Wow, I'm glad I'm not the only one who got screwed with the Vibe Duos. My left bass driver died without warning a few weeks ago. That, and the cords seem to be disintegrating! Oh well, these new ones are so fugly, there's no way in hell I'd buy them anyway. Still waiting for the new Apple in-ears to see if they're any good.

[lowdef @ Nov 11th 2008 9:03PM]

hahaha from what I gather we are not alone. The cloth cord was a noble idea but form>function in that regard...

[Temmy @ Nov 11th 2008 11:26PM]

bought my chrome vibe duo's two weeks back. i got them replaced YESTERDAY cuz the right driver died. i've heard reports for anywhere between three months and one year, but two weeks? gimme a break.

[telepheedian @ Nov 12th 2008 2:37PM]

So the cloth cords fail on these too? I've run through 2 sets of the Zune Premium headphones.

[Boarderwoot @ Nov 11th 2008 4:26PM]

How can you justify spending more than 20 bucks on headphones that offer no noise cancellation.

[Colin Potter @ Nov 11th 2008 4:46PM]

How can you justify spending under $20 on anything electronic (media excluded of course)

[Kamokazi @ Nov 11th 2008 4:49PM]

Any in-ear design is essentially passive noise cancellation. Any headphones you see claiming noice cancellation without a battery powered box attached to emit a counter-signal are also using passive cancellation. Active cancellation headsets typically start north of $100, and there are a LOT of headphones and earbuds between $20 and $100 well worth the money.

[BratPAQ @ Nov 11th 2008 5:02PM]

you already spent hundreds of dollar for iPhone and you'll kill its potential with a crappy earphone? you should have just bought one of those crappy phone mp3 player that is coupled with crappy earphone.

[From My Cube @ Nov 11th 2008 5:08PM]

How can you justify spending money on anything? The earbuds that come with any music player are generally crap, the aftermarket ear buds are amazing....try it sometime before you go bashing on other peoples spending habbits

[UnixSystemsEngineer @ Nov 11th 2008 5:08PM]

Colin,

In-ear headphones simply kick ass. How do you pay more than $20? For quality 'phones. Why on earth do I want to lug around noise canceling headphones with requisite battery pack when I can get much better quality all around out of earphones?

[UnixSystemsEngineer @ Nov 11th 2008 5:10PM]

er, meant to reply to Boarderwoot not Colin. The first few words of both their posts were the same so I confused 'em.

[noyp @ Nov 11th 2008 10:04PM]

Don't forget that active noise canceling only blocks out constant noises like fans or engines.

[From My Cube @ Nov 11th 2008 4:27PM]

I absolutely love my V-moda vibes...Im using them as I write this but these new ones look ass ugly...Common, give us the modern look but not the skull-candy crap look....not all of us are 14 year old snowboarders

[J. A. Golden @ Nov 11th 2008 6:38PM]

I heart mine too, best sounding in-ears I've had, and scarily good noise blockage for something without a big ol' battery pack (or a $300 price tag attached).

I'll buy these new ones as soon as I get my Escalade with spinnin rimz. Which will be nevah.

[Forris @ Nov 11th 2008 4:32PM]

I wonder where in China they found those ugly cheapy looking earbuds. They look like shit!

[mcdizzle895 @ Nov 11th 2008 4:32PM]

I have never seen the word "beauts" until here. I have heard it 1,000 times, but never saw (or imagined) how it would look spelled out. Neat! Go engadget!

[phanbouy @ Nov 11th 2008 4:35PM]

cute girl, how much was she?

[couchpundit @ Nov 11th 2008 4:40PM]

Is that you, Kipp Dynamite?

[couchpundit @ Nov 11th 2008 4:35PM]

He's fitzin' tu raise up and get his buds on.

[erebus @ Nov 11th 2008 4:36PM]

50 Cent?

[Rob @ Nov 11th 2008 4:38PM]

Hmmm, uglier than the original. Let's hope they've at least fixed the astronomically high failure rates this time around (see reviews on apple or amazon to see what I'm talking about). I returned mine twice, and the 2nd pair is faulty out of the box. I've given up on this company.

[david gregoire @ Nov 11th 2008 4:49PM]

I had the Vibe Duo's and they just didn't sound very good. Not to mention while sharing my pocket with my iphone, the metal texture on the headphones put a nasty slice across my screen. Stay away

[Homeboy @ Nov 11th 2008 4:54PM]

Epic photo!!

Where can I get my hands on his novel-sized iPhone?

[BratPAQ @ Nov 11th 2008 5:04PM]

it looks like something from transformers.

[phanbouy @ Nov 11th 2008 5:11PM]

Pimpus Maximus

[Mobius_1 @ Nov 11th 2008 6:03PM]

Is that a Microsofticon or Applebot?

[Smileypanda @ Nov 11th 2008 5:11PM]

Dr. Dre's headphones are much, much classier.
http://reviews.cnet.com/headphones/monster-beats-by-dr/4505-7877_7-33192353.html?tag=mncol;lst

[telepheedian @ Nov 11th 2008 8:03PM]

Exactly. Even Dr. Dre can design a classier looking pair of headphones than these. What were they thinking?

[noyp @ Nov 11th 2008 10:02PM]

Classy wouldn't be my first choice to describe how they look.

[telepheedian @ Nov 12th 2008 3:23PM]

Classier, not classy.

[Jon @ Nov 11th 2008 5:17PM]

These earphones are hideous. Was there anything all that wrong with the look of the originals?

[CharleStephen @ Nov 11th 2008 5:59PM]

OMG, I'm so mad about VModa. I had the Vibe Duos with a mic and the clicky button. I bought them last year in October and I have had them replaced FIVE TIMES. Why? Because they have horrible wiring such that a short develops at the place where the wire joins the connector jack for the iPhone. I've written so many letters and they still refuse to just give me a refund. While these were undoubtedly the best sounding earphones I have ever owned, being required to repeated send them back to VModa for repair 4-6 weeks after receiving them is unacceptable.