Monster Turbine High-Performance In-Ear Speakers

Product Review

"Looks like Monster is doing more than just diversifying itself: It is serious about being a player in the headphone market." --David Worthington, Technologizer

"We got a chance to try them out for ourselves and they are indeed very powerful and with an amazing amount of clarity for in-ear headphones...from the time we've spent so far with them - they're worth every penny." --Helena Stone, Chip Chick

"Monster's Turbine in-ear headphone delivers excellent sound quality, with strong bass; robust, all metal construction; handsome carry case." --Steve Guttenberg, CNET.com

"Monster hit their mark with the Turbines and listeners, both casual and discerning, will be satisfied with both their quality and value." --Sal Cangeloso, Geek.com

"All in all, the Turbines are a nice entry into the in-ear headphone arena by Monster, and fantastic sound quality for the price—just make sure your music lives up to their high standards." --Benny Goldman, Gizmodo.com

"…big sound, good bass, and comfort that you’d expect from full size high-end speakers." --Richard M. Sherwin, ElectronicHouse.com

"How do they sound? In a word, fantastic." --Aric Annear, End User

"At last, killer ear buds!" --Tommy Shaw, Styx

"When paired with any of my portable devices (or non-portable ones for that matter) the Turbines sounded great. As promised, they deliver better bass than almost any other product at the price level, balanced out by solid mids and pretty clear highs. If volume is an issue for you, don’t worry, the Turbines can get quite loud without distortion, a feat that many in-ear headphones cannot accomplish." --- Sal Cangeloso, geek.com

"... let’s do talk about sound. It’s stellar. Monster calls these “in-ear speakers” instead of “in-ear headphones” because they feel the sound is that good, and it’s not far from that. The audio is clear and full with impressive (but not muddy) bass for both music and games; sometimes annoyingly so, but that’s my own fault. Remember when you thought a 128 kbps bit rate was fine for your MP3s? You’re going to be paying for that with these headphones, because you’ll definitely hear all of the imperfections. It’s a fair trade-off, though, because you’ll also hear bits of your music that are lost on cheaper headphones."- Kirk Hiner, appletell.com

The Turbine Pros are surely the best ear-bud-type headphones I've heard and ones I could be happy with for years to come. The Turbines are stylish, perform strongly across the board, are comfortable and built to last.- Todd Whitesel, Audio Video Revolution

Product Features

• Low mass, wide bandwidth driver for precision response
• Black chrome all-metal housing eliminates vibration for pure sound
• Monster sound isolating eartips in multiple sizes provide a perfect fit to seal out noise
• Tangle-resistant cable design
• MicroStrand cable for extended frequency response

Accessories

• Belkin F8V234-WHT-APL Headphone Splitter
• Belkin RockStar 5-Way 3.5-mm Headphone Splitter (White)
• Comply Foam Tips T-400 - Platinum
• Comply Tx-400 Foam Tips w/ Integrated Wax-Guard (Black) 3-Pair Pack
• Monster 123872-00 iSplitter Shared Headphone Adapter

Customer Reviews

 (536 customer reviews)

248 of 276 people found the following review helpful

My recommendation, March 20, 2009

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This review is from: Monster Turbine High-Performance In-Ear Speakers (Electronics)

I have had the opportunity to listen to the Monster Turbine for a month or so. In my experience the earphones I have purchased, especially the ones with dynamic drivers, they often need a certain amount of burn-in time before they reach their full potential. I have burned in the Monster with a mix of pink noise and a variety of music for around 100 hours before I started listening to them seriously.

In the past couple of years I have "collected" earphones in my search for the ultimate sound. I have used these to compare to the Monster Turbine and I have categorized them into three groups:
Lower budget earphones($15-40): Koss Sparkplug, Skullcandy Ink'd JVC HAFX66, JVC HAFX33, Sennheiser CX300, Soundmagic PL-30 and 12, Maximo IM-390. Mid budget earphones($50-90): Ultimate Ears Super fi.3, NUFORCE NE-7M, Denon 551, Shure E2c Crossroads mylarone Bijou 3 and Altec Lansing IM716. Upper budget earphones($100-200) Audeo PFE 112, Shure SE310, Q-Jays and Yuin OK2...Read more

142 of 159 people found the following review helpful

Very Impressive BUT... Quality will vary depending on your device, January 12, 2009

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I have eclectic and diverse tastes in music. My first love is classical music -- particular Bach Unaccompanied Violin and Cello, Mahler, Brahms, and piano music. But, as a "child of the 80s", I also like Annie Lennox, Police, Jesus Jones, Alanis Morrisette, Beastie Boys, Guns and Roses... you get the idea.

I live in cubicle-ville and my music is my salvation. I have two sets of headphones that I will rotate depending on comfort. The first is a set of Shure Shure E500PTH Sound Isolating Earphones which cost close to $500.00 bucks. They are great in-ear headphones and really close out the sounds from the rest of the world. Unfortunately, you have to jam them in pretty good to get a good seal and being in-ear head phones, you have ear-hygiene issues where you can wind up giving yourself a middle ear infection if you don't keep...Read more

121 of 140 people found the following review helpful

Awesome sound on the go, January 22, 2009

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I'm a gardener by profession, so I listen to my MP3 player a LOT. I love that I can get concert-quality sound out in the field and while being active. The no-tangle wires actually work and save me a lot of hassle. I'm very glad I got them!