Mode in-Ear Headphones, Black & White

I spent 70-something moneys on a new pair of IEM's recently. It was this pair actually. That's why I'm reviewing it right now. Logic. I got myself into a lot of trouble when I ordered these. "YOU ALREADY HAVE NICE EARPHONES. WHY DO YOU NEED MORE?" said the angry significant other. I didn't really have a good reason, so I told her how pretty she is. Didn't work this time. So I promised that if these marshall's didn't blow me away, I would return them and pretend like this never happened. Soooooooooooooooo....I'm a little disappointed that I like these as much as I do. Because it means I'm going to remain in the doghouse. I heard about these from thewirecutter. If you haven't heard of this site, I recommend checking it out. They basically just review tons of consumer electronics and try to recommend the best bang for your buck. This is the second time that I've purchased a product based on a thewirecutter recommendation. I guess I'm trying to say that I wouldn't have ever given these a look if not for that website. If you're the type of person that gets pleasure out of abusing headphones, you won't like these. I understand the idea that more expensive IEM's should be more durable, therefore I can light them on fire and then extinguish that fire with battery acid and still be able to use them everyday. I get it, 60-70 something moneys is a lot to spend on earphones. But the money here pays for performance, not durability. I'm sorry. These are fragile. Will they die after one bad snag on the corner of your desk? No. But I don't think they should be used at the gym or carelessly tossed in your bag and sat on or lit on fire. I treat my earphones like a small puppy that fits in my pocket...... which is why I've only had one pair break since I was in high school. The remote is pretty minimalistic. It's one button. Which is good because I think 2 buttons would be overstimulating for me and I'd get scared. It can be used to answer and hang up calls, play/pause your music, or skip to the next or previous track. There is no volume control. If that's a deal breaker for you then....I'm sorry you had to read this far into my review. I wish I could give you back the time you just wasted. The mic is neat. It's located a little higher than the remote so it's closer to your mouth. I've gotten zero complaints about my voice quality when talking into the mic. Accessories. Pretty much none. You get the earphones and 4 tip sizes to choose from ranging from small to extra large. I use the large tips and I get a nice tight seal in both ears. But the lack of a carrying case bothers me. I have multiple carrying cases from other pairs of IEMs, so I'm personally doing ok. But if this is going to be your first pair of upgraded earphones, I'm scared for you. It's like Marshall is encouraging you to carelessly toss these into the bottom of your bag or pocket. Then they'll break. And you'll be upset. And I don't want anybody to be upset. Because it'll make me upset and everything is about me. ANYway, if you don't have a case, I'm not going to recommend that you get one. That would be a little excessive. I just encourage that you take care of them. Audio is completely subjective. So I don't really know how to approach this section. The isolation from outside noise is more than adequate as long as you have a good seal with the included tips. Once I got that seal, they fit really snug in my ears and stayed put. These have a higher impedance than cheaper IEMs which translates to: they won't play as loud at the same volume/input power. That said, I use them with my Nexus 6p which has underwhelming audio-out power. But because of the decent isolation, I'm still able to drive these to satisfying levels with volume to spare. Heck, I used them on my business flights and had no issues. I really like how these are voiced. I tend to be sensitive to high frequencies. If earphones have too much in the high end, my ears get tired and I get grumpy. These have a nice smooth high end, with no lack of detail. I can listen for hours and feel good afterwards. The midrange is really strong on these. I listen to mostly rock, and electric guitars come through really strong and have a grittiness to them that sounds awesome to me. Voices are clean and clear, but they take a backseat to guitars and the rest of the music that makes music sound powerful and engaging. I think the bass is exceptional, and there's a boost at the lower sub bass is delightful on electronic and rap but doesn't get in the way for rock and more acoustic music. The last nine sentences should really be taken with a grain of salt. I don't know what you like or how your ears hear. But overall, I think these are pretty well-rounded and will be unoffensive for most people to listen to. Surely, they're an upgrade from stock earphones.

Looking for earbuds can be kind of a nightmare. So many players in the game, so much variety in terms of sound, design, features, and price. I don't want to spend a lot of money since they're used mostly outdoors and vulnerable to random circumstance but I want to get the best sound possible and I want them to not break after a few months. In this case, trust Wirecutter 's recommendation. Other than the fact I have to loop the cable over my ears to get a decent seal (and appreciate the quality bass as intended) I love pretty much everything about the Modes! They're still getting broken-in but the build quality seems solid. The design is simple and classy but unmistakably Marshall. The low-profile jack should look familiar to guitarists and the tangle-resistant cable and clip is a nice touch. So, what of the sound? Considering who makes them, it's not surprising the Modes handle guitar-based music with ease (they do along with vocals, and it's awesome to hear.) The balance is a slight U shape, with a primary emphasis on the bass, and the treble peak only adding air and detail. Sub-bass extension is impressive and doesn't get swallowed up by the mid-bass boost. Mids are barely recessed and, overall, the sound profile is coherent and refreshingly natural. It's pretty much my ideal frequency response. The treble lacks excessive grain (but it does have a bit at the top), and the very top-end rolls off nicely making these IEMs very non-fatiguing. This is an important thing to anyone (myself included) with a frustrating treble-sensitivity. Audiophiles might miss the clarity the ultra top-end provides but I'd rather keep my ears from hurting. Timing and response is tight throughout the frequency range resulting in a very fluid and musical presentation. No muddy bass or confused mids. Almost any genre of music will benefit from that kind of insight. That said, they struggle ever-so-slightly when trying to resolve very complex music passages. Not a bad problem to have all things considered. Soundstage is pleasantly natural but not exceptional. If you're used to strictly budget earbuds you'll be impressed. And isolation is about average for IEMs as the 4 sets of tips (from S-XL) are not very thick (good thing they don't leak sound out though). The Modes really shine in quieter listening situations as they aren't the loudest headphones ever and noisy public spaces like trains, planes and buses tend to call for overly bloated bass which is not what we have here. After trying (and discarding) so many cheap IEMs, I feel like I've finally found the pair best suited for my ridiculous checklist of needs. Added bonus: Although the Modes sound great plugged into your iPhone, they scale nicely with a higher quality DAC/source. 24-bit FLACs are a treat through these earphones. That feels like a bargain at this price. ETA (11/18/16) I'm just updating my review now that my thoughts on the Modes are clearer and I can better articulate what I like (and don't). They're holding up just fine but I don't abuse them. Still sound great and my appreciation for them has only increased.

Wanted to try these out knowing their reputation for speakers and amps. Very attractive-looking product - the cable is nice and study, I appreciate the clip with the single control button, though it does lack functionality with it being just one button. Sound is pretty good but nothing to write home about. Only thing I wished this improved upon is the comfort ear tips. There were a few options, but even the largest tips did not isolate noise very well and still felt loose in my ears. Otherwise a pretty good set of earbuds.

One my second set now, the sound quality from these is very impressive - clear, balanced, powerful & detailed. They punch well above their weight in terms of price, to beat these I'd have to spend north of $100. A note about bass output - I'm an old school 'authentic bass' guy, meaning I want to hear it the way it was recorded & originally played. That's exactly what these do with potent bass & gobs of reserve. What they don't do is "augmented bass" - meaning I want a lot of bass that was never in the original recording. For those you're better with something like the Beatz IEM etc. You can certainly jack the bass up on these, they have the headroom, but it's a step down in SQ. Cord length is good, a bit longer than standard. The included eartips come in 4 sizes, that goes a long way towards the final sound quality, finding the ones that fit well. It's a bit of an improvement going to the memory foam tips, like maybe 10% better, which is worth it IMO.

These headphones sound great!!! So why did I give them 1 star out of 5? Because they are worse in every other way to my reference pair, the Sony MDREX110AP. I have owned about 6 pairs of the various iterations of the Sony MDRs and aside from durability, have very few complaints. The fact that the MDRs cost between 1/3 and 1/2 of the Marshall Mode, is the final nail in the coffin for the Mode. Things I like about the Mode: The sound is nice. I'm not an audiophile, and I have no equipment or desire to test the audio output of these, or any, earbuds. I would say that through any device I plug these into, the sound is better than the MDR. Bass is significantly more noticeable, in a totally pleasant way. It's not overbearing or overpowering, I can listen to the rest of a song without feeling like the bass is annoying. I listen to a lot of podcasts and audiobooks, and I can also report that spoken vocals sound great as well. These seem durable and the VERY flexible cable is nice and soft, easy to bend and wad up into a pocket or a bag. I also like the little clip on the in-line remote. Things that suck: The cord is very loud. The entire length of the cable is noisy and transmits quite a bit of noise to the earpieces quite readily. The cord is also "sticky." By this I mean that when you try to drop the cable inside your shirt or try to put your phone in your pocket with the 'phones attached, the silicone-like material that coats the cable is very grabby to clothing. Because of this, wearing the cable inside your shirt is more of a chore than slicker 'phones, and when removing your device from your pocket, the material of the pocket will tend to grab the cable and yank it from the port in your device. The tacky cord also tends to tangle with itself and others better than other earbud cables I've tried (including the MDRs). Knots and tangles are more difficult to remove due to this issue as well. The silicone eartips fit well and seal well (for me) and the driver housings are low profile enough that things like jacket hoods, hats, scarves, etc. don't regularly pull them out of the ears. They are also small enough to be only mildly uncomfortable when one's head is on a pillow/seat back/etc. The Sony MDRs are much nicer as they hardly protrude from the ear canal at all (for me). The Mode however are much larger and do not fit flush to (warning: anatomy alert!) the cavum and incisura of the ear. This causes the Mode to work their way out of the ear with regular walking motions. The white logo branding the buds is a bit advertise-y for my tastes, but isn't ridiculous. I thought the idea of the mic and in-line remote being separate was a great idea. It's not, for a few reasons. First is positioning. The remote portion is at the "Y" where the two sides split from a single cable. A very intuitive location, but for me (and I imagine most others) this positioning places the button just a couple of inches below my ribcage. I wear my earbuds under my shirt 99% of the time so they aren't snagged on stuff, but with the button under my shirt, it makes pausing, answering calls, and skipping tracks much more difficult. Meanwhile, the microphone is still up near my collar and in a much more natural position to reach quickly to pause, etc. I tried to mitigate this issue by clipping the remote closer to the top of my shirt, but this leaves long, noisy, grabby cables arcing awkwardly from either ear to the collar of my shirt. This is not good either. All in all, these earbuds are decent components, put together at a reasonable price, with what seems to be some flawed or rushed execution. The remote/mic issue is a show stopper for me, and the other issues just make this product less and less desirable. I tried to like these. I even accidentally kept them too long to return them because I wanted to like them. But in the end, I'm switching back to my Sony MDRs because they work better for my use-case. I paid full retail for these earbuds. I am a system admin and use earbuds at work when lower-profile 'phones make more sense than full over-ear headphones. I listen to hip-hop, bass, electronic, blues-rock, and punk primarily as well as podcasts and audiobooks.

Sound: - "S" sounds, cymbals, and high drum beats have an annoying hiss, and bass is a little fuzzy and under-powered (this is not a product for bass lovers.) I am, however, hearing details in my music that I had no idea were there before - for $30, I can't complain. Fit: - There are four sets of tips instead of the usual three, which is nice, and they're designed for comfort, not appearance, which is nice too. If you have really small ears the odd asymmetrical drum shape might get uncomfortable after a while, but they happen to fit perfectly in my slightly smaller than average ears. Noise Isolation: - The noise isolation is very good. In addition to keeping you and your music isolated from the outside world, they keep the outside world isolated from your music except at eardrum-rendingly-loud volumes. Build quality & product life: This is why I docked the star. I have been through several pairs and have found that there are two versions of the design: a 2014 version and a 2016 version. The innards seem to be the same, but the 2014 version has a nice rubberized finish that has a more matte look and is much more pleasant to touch, while the 2016 version is just regular polystyrene - not terrible, but nothing special. I have had several pairs of these. Each lasted around 6 months - one of the drums on one of the pairs broke along the seam 3 months in, but a dab of superglue got it to last another 3 months before I lost it.

I had been searching for a pair of "on ear" or "in ear" headphones to use instead of the "over-ear" headphones that I use for recording on my DAW. Sound quality was my main selection criteria. Although the sound of a good pair of "over-ear" monitor headphones is tough to beat, they get hot and uncomfortable the longer they are worn. So I needed something smaller, but something that could still provide a good sound profile for composing and recording music. I sampled a fair number of on-ear and in-ear headphones - none of which provided consistency across the frequency spectrum (some too muffled, some too bright, etc). Then I came across the Marshall Mode in-ear headphones, and my search has ended. The Marshall Mode in-ear headphones are balanced across the entire frequency spectrum, and are thus good for listening to a wide range of music. They come with a number of different sleeve sizes, and once you find a set that fits your ear canal, they provide good sound isolation (although they do not claim to be noise-cancelling). I have only used the Marshall Modes for about a day, so I cannot attest to their durability, but if you are looking for a set of in-ear headphones that provide excellent sound (good bass, balanced highs, good presence), these should be your choice. I would definitely buy them again! BTW, I've read some of the reviews that mention poor sound quality, but this was not my experience. I understand that there are knockoffs on the market, so I guess buyer beware. I bought these from the Marshall Store on Amazon, so I knew I would be getting the real deal, and I was not disappointed.

I prefer wired earbuds for the motorcycle so I don’t have to worry about power and, when I take off my helmet, they don’t blast to the a** end of the parking lot. These are super low profile and taper in toward the top. They stay snugly in the ear when I slide on the helmet and want to stay put while I turn my head for shoulder checks. The noise isolation is stellar and I’m able to keep volume pretty low instead of battling wind noise with high volume music. Sound quality is great for the price, leaving me able to pick up sound from music that I’m otherwise not able to hear from other earbuds. One warning, the noise isolation is kind of a little too good and I sometimes struggle with road awareness behind and around me. Favorite alternative without noise dampening is a pair of basic wired earpods…do a pretty good job of staying in.

Bom fone, ótimo acabamento, mas o som não é nada surpreendente.

Arrived promptly and in good packaging. Protected and had no damage. The earphones are packed in a very nice and strong box and held in properly. The drivers are angled every so slightly for those with wierdly shaped canals. They fit perfectly for me with small-medium ear tips. The sound is fantastic; not too bassy and not too strong highs, just about right.They sound fantastic even without burn-in-time. The build of the earphones is very good, sturdy and durable. They are rather large and do take some time fitting perfectly in your ears, but when they do fit, it is comfortable, isolating and very enjoyable. However, there is one gripe I do have with the earphones; since I am using a Nexus 5, I am not able to skip tracks using the in-line controls, which is a downer as I was looking forward to changing songs without having to use the phone. Still, it is not a deal breaker when buying these headphones. Overall. I am very happy. It was cheap, built well, looks very good, sounds wonderful and made by Marshall. Would definitely recommend to a friend. EDIT: 27/01/17 - Everything still works as it did the first day. Would still recommend.

No es el primer juego de audífonos que adquiero de esta marca y siempre es una grata sorpresa el escuchar la calidad de estos. En comparacion de cualquier set de audífonos que acompañan teléfonos celulares estos audífonos superan por mucho la calidad de audio con una calidad de audio muy superior. El diseño es extraordinario y se acomoda increíble en el oído aun utilizándolo por largos periodos de tiempo no resulta cansado, pero hay que seleccionar adecuadamente la gamo que lo fija al canal auditivo. En general un articulo que no decepciona y viniendo de una empresa con el pedigree de Marshall el resultado es predecible, 100% recomendable su compra.

この迫力の低音に、鮮やかな高音！たまらんねー。メタル聴くのにっ。イヤーピース他のと変えてなんとか装着性良くして聴いている。付属のイヤピだと音スカスカなので。

Its hard to imaging how they get this sound quality out of tiny earphones but its good. Its good if you like bass.