BetronYSM1000 Earphones in Ear Headphones Wired 3.5mm Jack Tangle-Free Cable Case and Noise Isolating Earbuds

I’ve been using these for a while now, awesome headphones, quality is pretty great too!

Decent sound at a reasonable price.

After spending some time listening to these headphones, I can honestly say that I am impressed.Build Quality 4/5.The YSM1000 model headphones from Betron are built solid. All metal ear piece, “Y” connection, and full metal plug with plating. The cord design allows twisting but not knotting; unlike many others that I have with a flat cord design. These claim to be Noise isolating headphones and, if fit properly, will isolate most exterior noises from your listening environment. The cord length overall is just a bit short for how I personally wear my phone/MP3 player however, for my friends, kids, wife, or if wearing this on an armband during a workout, the cord length is just right.Cord noise—for noise isolating headphones, there is none. For a $18 set of headphones, this is outstanding. I have a much higher priced pair of noise isolation headphones that have not been able to pull this off.Sound Quality 4/5The YSM1000 model is advertised as “Heavy Deep Bass…” headphones. With 11mm Drivers, I would have expected a better bass response than they delivered from a flat EQ Setting. Unfortunately, these sounded very muddy on the low end at first.Once adjusted with an EQ however, these headphones began to show their true colors; crystal clear highs, warm vocals, and finally, solid, if not too much bass. Yes, these did begin to live up to the advertised “Heavy Deep Bass…” as advertised. Just understand that you will have to adjust your settings to bring out the true quality of these headphones.Head to Head ComparisonVs—Skull Candy Smokin Bud 2 HeadphonesThe Skull candy’s have been my go to headphones for the past 3 years. Crystal clear highs, deep punchy bass, warm vocals. Basically these are my reference for anything that I use on my phone or MP3 player. I found that after listening to the YSM1000 for about a week, I was genuinely impressed. These were just as good, if not better than my Skull Candy’s. Bonus to the YSM1000—they do not knot up like my Skull Candys’ seem to do anytime I set them down, or in my bag.While the Skull Candy's produce a much tighter bass response, the Betrons seem to produce a deeper, more resonant bass response. Both handled vocals extremely well however, the Betrons seemed to have a much warmer tone than the skull candys. As for the highs (treble), the Betron YSM1000 smoked my skull candys; that was very suprising. These open up the high end like I have not heard in a set of headphones in this price-point before.Vs--Audio-Technica ATH-M40x Professional Studio Monitor HeadphonesYes, I put them up against a set of reference headphones. No, they are not that good but, I did not expect them to be. However, it did give me a chance to see how far I could tune them sonically for the best quality reproduction. First, The ATH-M40x are 100% dead neutral headphones; the only thing you hear through them is what the source is putting out, no extra bass, or anything fancy. Just straight music. When comparing the Betrons against the ATHs, I had to make quite a few adjustments on the mixing board to bring as close as possible to reproducing a dead neutral sound.Take AwayFor a budget set of headphones, these are designed and sound quite well. And, after fussing with them on the mixing board to bring them as close to dead neutral as possible, I can back up the claim that they are actually engineered to produce more bass in the 31-150hz range than my Skull candys. While they will never be used as reference hadphones, they can be adjusted to bring out the best in almost any music that you like, whether that is a tight kickdrum of rock and roll, or the sonic thump of pop/rap, or even the warm notes of an acoustical guitar.FULL DISCOSURE:All headsets were tested on both a Samsung Galaxy S5 running Power Amp as the MP3 player; as well as a Toshiba Satellite 17D Laptop running Sony Sound Forge; All EQ Settings were set for full flat--dead neutral to start and then adjusted to personal presets to account for preferred listening style. EQs were then reset to dead neutral and band by band adjustments were made until optimal settings for each band was reached. Preamp was kept at dead neutral for all testing.Songs/Artist used to compare sound quality:Dream Theatre-Greatest Hit (….and 21 other really great songs)Pink Floyd—The WallBruno Marrs—24K Magic, Uptown FunkBlack Veil Brides—Wretched and Divine (The Story of the Wild ones)The Eagles—Hell Freezes OverMidnight Syndicate—The Gates of Delirium

Great sound, I use them when riding our motorcycle,

They work quite well, but they are only a few months old, and I'm getting zapped by static build up and it hurts my ears, so I cant use them any more. I'm not sure if this is a common problem, but I've never had it happen before on any other earbuds

This is my second order for these earphones. The sound is excellent, especially the bass, and the chord doesn’t tangle as easily as others. I think they’re the best value for earphones you can buy.

04.25.25Very good earbuds. No, they are NOT noise cancelling, and they don't state that they are. They fit the ear well, do not slip out during exercise. The cord is very durable/flexible (not stiff or rigid). The cord length is fine for my use, small sandisk mps3 player clipped onto waist band of gym shorts or gym pants.I've used a couple different models of the Betron brand earbuds and all were of great sound and quality. I still use on occasion my old (1970's) AKG headphones for listening to vinyl and these Betron earbuds are very good comparatively.gvm

I’m starting over with a review I wrote about a week ago titled ‘Betron wins 4 way comparison’. I know I should just add updates to the original review, but enough has changed it doesn’t really work to do that.I needed to replace a couple pairs of inexpensive earphones. Earphones vary widely in sound even if well reviewed, so I ended up ordering four sets, and later a fifth set, the KZs, to try:KZ ZST about $19Betron I YSM1000 about $19Symphonized NRG 3.0 about $25Panasonic RP-HJE120 about $10, already owned, for comparisonBlitWolf Graphene about $24Cococat HR-007 about $20Music source was a PC with upgraded audio caps, Realtek ALC1150 codec, and Equalizer APO software, all set to flat unless noted. Music was .mp3s encoded from CD’s using maximum quality settings (like V0 q0).The KZ ZXTs were the best IF you have some sort of EQ available. That may seem like cheating but single balanced armature designs often need EQ to sound their best, the reward is a clarity I have not heard in dynamic driver designs. Most people can get free equalizer software for their phones or PCs – I’ll see if I can post a screenshot of EQ settings but the basics are a shallow midrange boost from 300 to 1.2kHz, a 5 dB cut at 4k and 5k, a slight boost around 100Hz and a cut around 40Hz. Ear fitment with these is the downside as in ‘fall out’, solvable at my desk but not exercise so far. I think they need a mm or 2 longer spigots to allow tips to go farther into ear canal.The Betrons and the Symphonizeds ended up tied. Both are good choices with a little too much bass but many people will like that, especially if your music source doesn’t have much bass oomph. When I first posted my review, the Betrons sounded better than the Symphonizeds, but after a week of use, suddenly something happened to the extra clarity and naturalness of the Betrons – I was using them on several different pieces of equipment so maybe I damaged them in some way. They ended up sounding very much like the Symphonizeds.I found that lightly sealing the back vents of the Symphonizeds with the tips of my fingers tightened up and leveled off the bass – better to my tastes. If you like this you could try sealing them permanently but be cautious as solvent vapor from adhesives, including the acetic acid from regular silicone, will get trapped inside and may damage ‘phones. Obviously this will void your warranty – proceed at your own risk.The Panasonic RP-HJE120 has taut bass, good mids, and slightly rolled off highs but is very musical – if you are on a budget and/or replace ‘phones a lot they are a great choice. On this list they would place behind the Betrons and the Symphonizeds, which offer better dynamics and a better “hear through” to portions of the live performance, with the Panasonics offering a more natural frequency profile.I ended up returning the BitWolfs and the Cococats. The BitWolfs suffered from too much bass. I tried a 5dB@octave bass rolloff starting at 160Hz which helped, but even then the overall sound was not as good as the Betrons or Symphonizeds. The Cococats had too much high mids and treble. In addition there was a slight ‘smearing’ of treble sounds making them not as clear or natural as any other headphones mentioned here. I think they would be better off using one larger speaker driver instead of two smaller ones.