Z.buds combine matte and reflective metallic plastic canalphone housings with a microphone, a call/track control button, and an in-line volume control knob, all connected to one another in a lanyard necklace-style design with thick fabric cabling. The design, which otherwise uses plastic parts that look and feel a bit cheap, didn’t impress us tremendously in black, and does even less for us in the substitute red version that we subsequently…