The I paid $25 for these pretty decent ones, they go for $60 retail. Everything was fine and then I remembered the third reason this is trash technology: the screen thingie always comes off, or gets gummed up and has to be taken ‘ off, making it sound like something I wouldn’t even pay $5 for.
If it isn’t that, earbuds will either not stay put, or I’ll lose one, just one.
Look into some Chi-fi IEMs. I got the Linseed Salnotes Zero for >$20 off Amazon a year or so ago and have been very pleased. Some minor imbalance issues but they go away when paired with a decent DAC