Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #61 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Creative
• Model: 51MZ0085AA013
• Released on: 2005-07-07
• Dimensions: .39" h x .39" w x .39" l, .2 pounds

Manufacturer's Description

Heavy thumping bass with sparking clear highs that appeal. An all-rounded pair of earphones that look as good as it sounds. The Creative EP-630 makes you sit up and listen to your music.

Choose from 3 different tips for the perfect fit

Noise isolation capability
Indulge in all your favourite tunes without the noise. The in-ear design reduces background noise and sound leakage significantly while achieving optimum music playback. They are perfect for travelling or commuting where you may wish to reduce background noise, and minimise the sound leakage for the benefit of those around you.

Pristine audio
Designed to deliver deep bass with balanced tones for all music playback, listen to your audio in greater clarity from the 9mm Neodymium magnet drivers. The Creative EP-630 are a great up-grade from the standard headphones supplied with most MP3 players, offering better detail and comfort.

Perfect fit
Get set to enjoy long hours of music in comfort. Choose the size that offers the most optimum fit, from the three pairs of silicone tips that come bundled with the earphones. The silicone tips fit snuggly into your ears helping to keep them in place whatever activity you are doing.

The EP-630 earphones come in a range of five colours to choose from, so you can choose the one that best suits your player, style, or mood. See the range

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Customer Reviews

EP-630 Earphones. The best for the money
I've tried a lot of headphones over the years being a pro musician, but these have 3 major plus points:
1). They have excellent freq response - deep bass, clear treble, a very good overall sound.
2). They keep out much of the noise going on around you. This isn't total isolation (for that you are going to need something like the Shure E2c, or Etymotic ER6 and the price that goes with them!). This has the huge hearing health benefit of enabling you to turn the volume of your player right down because you are not fighting with other sounds. Better for the ears (and those around you who don't want to hear your music).
3). The price. Other models from top brands like Sony, Phillips, Senheiser etc. in my opinion are not as good - yet they cost more.

Down side? In my view they are somewhat delicate compared to 'closed shell' plastic models. So don't expect to stuff them in the bottom of your bag and not to damage them eventually. It would have been good for Creative to supply a little case to avoid this.

You won't believe how good they are
Before trying these ... I've loved (I mean really LOVED) the Sony MDR-EX71SL headphones. Same earbud design, with the rubber caps ... and oh wow, the sound was fantastic. Very odd thing about the Sony's though is that the cable is just way too short for anything but a top shirt pocket. Or the extention made them way too long, an extra metre or so, too long. And the cable was flimsy (mentioned by nearly everyone who owned them).

The creative headphones are designed better, and cost £5 less (always seems the way with Sony). Perfect length cable for pocket or bag, nice weight, very comfortble to wear. Cable feels stronger too.

I got fed up with Sony's ridiculously sized cable, but really loved the sound (actually I'm convinced that phones at 5 x the price of these wouldn't sound better). I spent a long time testing these headphones, comparing them with the Sony's, and honestly couldn't tell the difference in sound. I really listend for it, absolutely sure that there must be something. But no. Excellent bass, deep, strong, rich (etc). Very clear trebles, and everything in between.

The best sound is achieved by choosing the right sized cups for you. You get 3 sizes, and once you have the right one, you'll know. It might take a little while to get used to it feeling as though you have your fingers in your ears, and being able to hear everything internally, like breathing and walking, and zipping up your jacket ... but it tunes out after just a little while, and you never really notice it again. I sometimes put them in my ears with no music on just so I don't have to hear people's inane mobile phone conversations. It's wonderful, and makes your train journey calmer, and more relaxing, just for that.

Highly recommended over the Sony's, over any others in fact. The tech specifications are identical, the quality is absolutely excellent, the price is ... shocking! I used to recommend the Sony's, but now I recommend these to everyone I know now.

Get 'em - you'll love 'em.

Better than I thought
Just bought a new MP3 player after losing my IPOD shuffle on a business trip. Thought I'd buy a set of earphones and was looking for something not too expensive (certainly not more than the MP3 player to go with it) and one which would help cut out some of the background noise. I'd tried regular ear phones with noise cancellation gadgetry and found the sound to be not very good. Read some reviews on the Shure E2C but thought these were a bit expensive as I didn't know if I'd get along with sticking these things in my ear. Decided to go with the creative Ep-630 as they were affordable and had good reviews.

My first impressions when using them were truly awful. No bass, tinny sound, worse than the headphones the MP3 came with AND the darn things kept falling out...........

THEN I figured out how to fit them properly......WHAT A DIFFERENCE.

I'm a bit of a sound nut but for the money these sound great AND they cut out a lot of the background noise such as car traffic when I'm walking the dog. Will be on a plane at the weekend for 10hrs so these should help with the noise there as well.

How do you fit them.

Well first of all try the various sizes of rubber earbuds until you find the right size for your ear. It took me several goes.

When fitting try the following;

Take your left hand over your head to grab top of your right ear with the left hand's fingers.

Pull the top of right ear up to open up your ear canal

Put your ear phone in while you hold up your ear as above.

While you hold in the ear phone, let go the ear held by left fingers.

Keep pressing the earphone in place with your right hand for a few seconds to let everything settle down as this help the ear "grip" the earphone bud and hold it in place

Do the same thing for the other side .... just use the right hand over the head instead..

If its a good fit you can tell as if you tap the earphone (gently) it feels as if the noise is inside your head. You need to get a good seal to give the right sound with decent bass.

I thought I was fairly intelligent but it took a search on the internet to find these instructions (they're not mine then). Now fitted correctly I'm very impressed.

Would I buy these again......you bet. Highly recommended