Posted by Talon

Yeah, Skullcandy has the WORST build quality out of any recognized headphone brand I've ever seen. JVC actually has some really nice in-ears that are less than $20. I think you have the JVC Marshmallows (very popular and found @ Best Buy/Target/Wal-mart), which I have as well, and I would go as far as to say that they could compete with my $90 Audio Technica ATH-CKM500.

They say audiophilia is all about chasing the last 20% of the full 100% possible price-quality ratio. Say if a $25 product is 70% of the possible 100%, a $75 product would probably be a 75% of the 100%. It gets worse as you go higher up the scale; at one point, you're probably paying $50 per extra 2% on the theoretical scale. My $300 Beyerdynamic T50P isn't all that much better than my $150 Audio Technica ATH-M50. It's better, but not by a whole lot.