Unlike the previous iBuds, where you'd not get any/much bass, unless you pushed them against your ears (in my case, anyway), in which case they'd deliver pretty decent SQ, the current model (Earpods) deliver very decent linear bass if you just let them sit naturally in your ears (low-end extension isn't great, but bass, overall, is more than decent). The Earpods are, in that sense, a little more in-ears than standard earbuds as part of the housing does go inside the ear-canal.
Two other aspects I haven't mentioned are a) the strain reliefs (on the housings, remote and plug) have proved to be very reliable after all this time, and very tastefully understated, and b) the chin slider is one that actually works (like the very first day, after all this time) unlike those found on soooo many other phones.
Like I said, Apple really did their homework with these phones.
