The Earpods were always meant to be stock earphones, therefore not very good. I recommend the Apple IEM's for 70 dollars. They're dual-driver, and I really like the sound quality. Very simple design also. The only thing that would need some redesign is the cable/build quality, because they're built pretty much the same way as the stock earphones.
Same goes for Malaysia, i.e. the EarPods will be available on Friday, September 21... Too bad we still need to wait until October for the iPod touch 5 to come up...
I had a listen to the headphones today and i must say, big step up from the orginal headphones. very good for non inear headphones
I bought the Earpods last week and have been using them all week. I think they are a worthwhile purchase and a major step up from the original iPod earphones. Songs sound so much better on my Nano now.
There are so many IEMs that fare better in that price range... ThinkSound, Brianwavz, Dunu, Shure, UE... List goes on...