iPod earphone crisis

[torpid]

Originally posted by: UNESC0

Originally posted by: everman
No love for Etymotic? I use ER6i in ear monitors and think they're great.

:thumbsup: My recommendation if your music listening tastes aren't bass heavy.

The ER6i's have a nicer/fuller mids and highs - a little bright - but overall better quality sound than the E2Cs.

Oh, and I have them paired with my Creative Zen Vision:M, they sound great with the adj. EQ

Yeah, I would pick those of the 2's, but the 3 or 4's are better than the ety's of equal price, IMO.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: davestar

Originally posted by: KillyKillall
In my car - with iTrip

sound quality enough a priority to you that you're willing to spend $200 for earphones, but you're content to use an iTrip in your car? 😕

no kidding.

 

[xtabi]

I had this same question about a month ago. I went to head-fi.org and found my answer.

I demoed the Ultimate Ears Super.Fi 5 Pro's and they blew away the Shure 2 and 3's by far!

headphonesolutions.com had them for $159 AR last month. So I got a sweet deal on a sweet pair of earphones. You may want to give them a call to see if they can do $159. You will NOT be sorry they are awesome!

 

[SKC]

Originally posted by: KillyKillall
Know..I use my iPod in the following manners:

At home while I play games - with earphones
In my car - with iTrip
While my g/f is shopping at the mall - with earphones and it cranked as loud as possible so I don't have to give opinions on clothes
At work - plugged into my laptop - with my headphones plugged in

I use my good headphones primarily for recording music and playing games on computer. I don't like to hook them up to my iPod for some reason. So I just want earphones for that.

..(serious) careful about extended use at high volumes, lot of ear problems are cropping up for people (correlated with increased headphone/personal music player use). Just watchin out.

edit: and I'm happy with my e2cs.

 

[KillyKillall]

Thanks for the help everyone. I ordered the E4C's for $179.

Regarding sound quality in car..I'm only in it for about 15 minutes on way to work and 15 minutes on the way home. I don't spend enough time with it to go above the iTrip quality.

Regarding ear problems - I already have hearing issues from being a musician, so I'm pretty careful with that.

 

[EGGO]

I've tried the E3C (They were $170 at the Apple store, but didn't give me the bass I wanted for the type of music I listened to.

Then I got the Ultimate Ears Super.fi 5 PROs (from EBay) because I heard that they blew the Shure's away. Man were those people right. I do plan to get the customized UE-5c which comes at half a grand (which is ok because I have the ears that can hear the difference and I'm thinking of going back into the music scene).

By the way, there's a difference between earbuds and IEMs. Shure doesn't make earbuds (if I recall). They are two different kind of devices and I defately stay away from buds like the plague, they hurt after a minute.

 

[xtabi]

Originally posted by: EGGO
I've tried the E3C (They were $170 at the Apple store, but didn't give me the bass I wanted for the type of music I listened to.

Then I got the Ultimate Ears Super.fi 5 PROs (from EBay) because I heard that they blew the Shure's away. Man were those people right. I do plan to get the customized UE-5c which comes at half a grand (which is ok because I have the ears that can hear the difference and I'm thinking of going back into the music scene).

By the way, there's a difference between earbuds and IEMs. Shure doesn't make earbuds (if I recall). They are two different kind of devices and I defately stay away from buds like the plague, they hurt after a minute.

Great pick!

 

[CKent]

Go with the e2s, you're not going to appreciate the difference in anything higher end on a portable player, especially not if, like most people, it's loaded up with 128kbps music.

 

[IAteYourMother]

Originally posted by: EGGO
I've tried the E3C (They were $170 at the Apple store, but didn't give me the bass I wanted for the type of music I listened to.

Then I got the Ultimate Ears Super.fi 5 PROs (from EBay) because I heard that they blew the Shure's away. Man were those people right. I do plan to get the customized UE-5c which comes at half a grand (which is ok because I have the ears that can hear the difference and I'm thinking of going back into the music scene).

By the way, there's a difference between earbuds and IEMs. Shure doesn't make earbuds (if I recall). They are two different kind of devices and I defately stay away from buds like the plague, they hurt after a minute.

dont' get the UE5cs, get the UE10cs, which will blow you away... I've heard much disappointment with the UE5s