Headphones!!!

[cwsiggy]

I am definitely going to check out Ray Samuels - The Hornet amp, as mentioned by a previous poster, for some high end headphone listening - will need to of course get much better phones.

For those on an extreme budget - get the Sennheiser PX 100's instead of stock ipod phones - worth the $40.

[PITTM]

i have the hornet. it is amazing. i just found out that there are 2 new versions of it. I have the 55th one ever made and i just talked to ray and he told me he would do all the upgrades for $15. solid.

[SEABEAST]

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I recently got a pair of Shure e500s.

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These earphones are absolutely amazing.

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WhoIAm, you speak the truth.

After reading a bunch of reviews, I got a pair of the e500's a few weeks ago and am completely blown away. They sound incredible. Now when I listen to music from other sources like my stereo or my car stereo, I think they sound like crap (even though I'd always thought they sounded fine). Also, I now often notice parts of songs that I'd never noticed before, even though I'd listened to the song hundreds of times over the years.


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Grrr I have a pair of these arriving in the mail next week and now I am salivating!

[z28dreams]

Has anyone compared the $10 KSC-75's to the Sennheiser PX100's ($40) ?

I've heard the px100's and thought they were really good for lightweight headphones.

I just ordered the ksc-75's with a $10 amazon gift certificate I had. I'll report back with what I think.

[NicksDad1970]

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PITTM,

I'm in the market for some new earbuds. It seems like the Shure ones are the clear concensus pick.

So, here's the question. Speaking to a relative non-audiophile, how would you characterize the difference in experience between the e2c ($70), e3c ($150), e4c ($200) [amazon prices]?

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ElD

I heard these were better than the ones you're talking about.

http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B0009Q4PHO/...;pf_rd_i=507846

[joel2006]

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i have the e2c's. unfortunately i must have damaged them because one ear is too quiet, and one ear is super loud.
thanks

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They're not damaged, they're DIRTY. pull off the tip and make sure the hole in the middle isn't clogged with ear wax, if it is clean it with the tool they provided or a toothpick.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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PITTM,

I'm in the market for some new earbuds. It seems like the Shure ones are the clear concensus pick.

So, here's the question. Speaking to a relative non-audiophile, how would you characterize the difference in experience between the e2c ($70), e3c ($150), e4c ($200) [amazon prices]?

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ElD

I heard these were better than the ones you're talking about.

http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B0009Q4PHO/...;pf_rd_i=507846

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I think the difference between these is personal preference in sound signature.

[TurboLink]

I fly a lot an have the westone EM1. I flown from Dallas to Bangalore with them in. They do a great job of sound isolation and you can play music much lower than with headphones.

Check out the link for reviews of different earphones.

http://www.earphonesolutions.com/beeaforip.html

[wardkaew]

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sennheisers are awesome and the best of the best

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QFT! I got these for traveling etc a couple of months back:


The sound is great imo and the noiseguard works really well on planes and other noisy environments..

[gusmahler]

Tried my first set of IEMs this weekend. (Shure E2Cs). Hated them. They sounded good. But they were uncomfortable and I could not get them to stay in my ear.

Any tips for making them stay? I found the foam tips the most comfortable, but that's only relatively speaking. And the only way I could get them to stay was to physically press down on them. When I let them go, it would come out.