Ask Slashdot: Best Headphones, Earbuds, Earphones?

alexbgreat writes "What do you think is the best set of head-mounted loudspeakers for the money, with a cost of less than $50? Here are some featuresthat would be stupendous to have (in descending order of importance): noise isolation (not cancellation), flat/near flat response (I need to be able to hear bass, but I don't need my eardrums blown out), long-term comfort (earbuds usually hurt for me), and durability. Over-ear is preferred to anything on- or in-ear. Boom mics are permissible, as I may well use it as a broadcast intercom headset." If you have experience using headphones from different price ranges, feel free to share that as well.

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Good companies in the F500

[KMSelf]

Off the top of my head and the F100: Ford, Apple, Intel, and 3M come to mind as not markedly evil.

There's Kroger, Macy's, Kohl, Gap, and Land o'Lakes.

Lear, for certain values of consumer product (like a G6 ... but that's another company).

Whole Foods. McGraw-Hill, Levi Straus, and of course, Harley-Davidson.

I'm sure there are complaints against some of these. But I don't see these companies as taking direct and blatantly aggressive anti-consumer actions as Sony and others have. Looking up the holdings of ethical / socially conscious investment funds might also prove interesting.