Gifts For Wizards

Gift Review: Altec Lansing BackBeat Noise-Isolating Earbud Headphones

I need some new earbuds. More than that, I need a new receiver for my stereo, but for now, the ol’ budget is nudging me the direction of the under-thirty-bucks opportunity cost. The chunks of failure I had up until a week ago were these things, Altec Lansing BackBeat Noise-Isolating Earbud headphones. I liked them a lot: good bass, fit in my ears, a cable wrapped in what appears to be climbing gear that’s really easy to untangle. In fact, I was really stoked about them until they broke.