Head down to your local electronics store and you will no doubt find the shelves of budget headphones are more densely populated than an ant-hill, so it really does take a special pair to stand out from the crowd. It is an industry in which it is difficult to innovate products, and perhaps even more challenging to change the customer’s perception of a good product, but when we first heard about these Urbanears Medis earphones being released, we were looking forward to testing them out.
At the end of the day, when you are buying in-ear headphones, you are usually looking for one of two things: either a great sounding premium pair, or a cheap and cheerful pair to get you by. So, it was interesting, if indeed taxing, to review the new UrbanEars Medis Earphones and find that little bit of individuality to set it apart.
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