My recommendations are a tad higher than your $10 but you can consider
KZ ATE
Got great reviews in Head-Fi and it comes in various eartips to fit every possible sized ears.
As good as it is I personally don’t like its rolled off bass and treble fat sound. YMMV
VJJB V1S
Pretty good for a person who loved a colored fun bass tone. A tad bit overbudget for your needs
Provided with multiple eartips that ensures you good fit. Whether it isolates that good I’m not sure. They don’t fit my ears too well so they are a bit leaking
YINJW S1
A chinese copy of the VJJB mentioned above. Cheaper, but not sure if it will sound cheaper or not
Custom Dual Driver Monitors
I personally own a pair of this and bought 6 more for my buddies
They are a bit of a gamble in terms of sound but they are very solidly held in your ear and blocks most sound,
A bit on the cold side with warm mids and bass but rolled off trebles.
Comes with detachable cable in case you broke em you can buy new cables.
The eartips are a little stingy as they gave 2 pair of “same sized S M L” silicone eartips.
Swapped with a foamtip and the isolation is close to dangerously deaf when walking in the streets.
KZ ZST
I like its tone of this. Lovely bright highs and deep low mids.
I don’t know how good the isolation is because I don’t own one.
Go for the first one I recommend, the KZ ATE if I were to conclude
RC, if you are really tight on budget and are not too much of an audiophile, you really can’t get better around $10 than the KZ ATE. They offer good bass and good isolation, their biggest weak point IMO is some people find them uncomfortable. I use Tennmak Pro’s, which are a great upgrade, but are a little over $20 usually.
Yea the i can also recommend the KZ ATZ they are a good mix of highs mids and lows and i also have the KZ ED12 they are okay more for bass. The ED12 use a much bigger single driver. I prefer the fit of the ATZ they feel better sitting but the ED12 look better.
Like lights there is no one headphone for the job lol.
If you want bass and can spend a tad more check out the Pioneer SE-CL532 They offer good bass and are built solid and feel comfortable.
I am on Head-Fi its a great place the people are friendly.
Well…
I have the KZ ATE (the half-clear ones) and I wouldn’t recommend them to anyone
I don’t know if I got fakes (if there are any), but they sound very unclear. Hard to explain for a non-native speaker
I would recommend any of the XIaomi In Ears. Piston 3 (not available anymore), Hybrid or the imo best, the Hybrid Pro
Yes, they are a lot more expensive, but they are well worth it!
Since they are directly from the KZ-Ali Store, I don’t think that they are fakes
Both loose very very badly againt any of the Xiaomi IEMs!
I bought two of each (because of the recommendations online) and I just tested and never touched them since.
In my opinion, there is just no reason to spend less money. 19$ isn’t that much and if you use them often, you want them to sound good. I use mine 4-8h per day at work and I am very happy about my purchase
I ordered a Xiaomi earbuds and was not impressed. A 7 dollar pair of skull candy was way better somehow. I got it from marshall’s. There are always less than $10 earbuds and the skullcandy ones are good! I have seen iluv ones there too.