Shurely, it's worth it.
Imagine: You bought a few thousands dollars worth of songs, and play them through a $10 earphones. It is not saving money on the earphones, but wasting money on your whole collection.
September is the time to acquire new toys, and new toys I bought:
1)An iPod classic 80gb,
2)A Shure 'sound isolation' E2C earphones for isolation in office,
3)A Shure 'sound isolation' ES210 earphones for isolation when I am walking around town.
Now I am hearing sounds that I never hear before. Deep basses, and clean crisp sounds. Imagine fitting china-made tires on a Ferrari (quote from wormworm). That’s what most of us are doing with our ipods.
iPod Classic Black, 80gb
Shure E2C
Shure SE210