Déjà Vu

After buying my Creative EP-635 Noise Cancellation in-ear ear buds, yesterday I got an opportunity to really use it.
The major positive things about it are

• The noise cancellation does what it is supposed to do, cut out all the external noise.
• Ear buds sound very good, good bass and very clear
• The buds fit in nice and snug.

All that said, the ear buds have quite a few shortcomings.

• The chord is very very short! when I wear the buds, the connector hardly reaches my belt buckle. This might not be a problem if you have a music player like the Creative Stone or Shuffle, but considering I use my Phone, which is no where close to the lighter side, the idea of keeping it dangling from the lanyard goes out of the window and into the trash can. What were you thinking creative? shouldn’t the chord be at least long enough to keep the music player in my pant pockets?
• The earphones are available only in White. You’ll end up with a dirty looking earphone pretty soon.
• The hideous twist and lock lanyard attached to the chord makes it inconvenient to store the earphones.

Verdict : Nice pair of earphones if you always wear a shirt with front pocket or you are a dork who doesn’t mind dangling his phone/music player from your neck. Although they sound good, I’m soon going to buy something else. An EP-630 or a pair of sennheiser buds.