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| Portable Headphones, Earphones and In-Ear Monitors Discussion of portable headphones, earphones and in-ear monitors (IEMs). |
08-09-2008, 12:35 AM
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Headphoneus Supremus
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Dunedin, New Zealand
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Earphones/IEMs for Classical and Jazz?
To elaborate, I'm looking for a pair of earphones/IEMs (well, music playing things to stick into my ears, regardless of depth) to go with my classical collection, and to a lesser extent, my jazz music as well. More specifically, I want a pair that'll play Mozart (esp. Requiem) and Mile Davis well. Any ideas? Price range between $50 and $150 (i.e., $100, with a large standard deviation). Thanks!
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09-04-2008, 01:57 PM
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I'm kind of interested in iems for jazz at this price range (50-150) as well...
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09-04-2008, 01:58 PM
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Headphoneus Supremus
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Melbourne, Australia or a racetrack near you
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I love my SF5pros with Jazz.
What kind of jazz do you listen to? I mostly listen to modern smooth jazz.
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Portable Amplifiers:Home-made CMOYs, PD XM5, FiiO E3/E5 (Proto + Final)
Home Amplifiers: Whiplash Audio Pimeta, Zero DAC
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09-04-2008, 02:14 PM
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Headphoneus Supremus
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ER-4Ps, no question.
After hearing those, the SF5Ps were unlistenable to me.
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09-04-2008, 04:27 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nsx_23
I love my SF5pros with Jazz.
What kind of jazz do you listen to? I mostly listen to modern smooth jazz.
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Pretty much everything, except for smooth jazz. A lot of bebop, post-bop and also more modern stuff.
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09-05-2008, 02:13 AM
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Headphoneus Supremus
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Yeah, I think I'm going to try and grab some ER4ps and compare.
Than again, I might just save up fro UM4 customs at the end of the year. I wonder how they'd work with jazz.
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Home Amplifiers: Whiplash Audio Pimeta, Zero DAC
Source: iRiver H332, FiiO S3, 8GB Clip, 4GB Fuze, 16GB Cowon D2, 4G 16GB Nano, 80GB 5.5G Video
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09-05-2008, 03:08 AM
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The Klipsch line is perfect for jazz and classical. I will have to at least admit that, sadly I listen to more rock if anything in which there's not enough at the higher end of the frequencies for me.
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09-05-2008, 11:35 AM
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My vote is for something Etymotic. At the low end I loved the ER-6i for classical. Wasn't listening to jazz when I had them so I won't comment there, other than to extrapolate and say I think they will do fine with most jazz genres, but not all.
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09-05-2008, 12:23 PM
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I have the ER-6i's and they are too 'clinical' for classical, they make it sound very cold. I'm not sure if any IEM will work well with classical music to be honest.
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09-05-2008, 03:12 PM
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Id also say go for the etys. I actually like the way the details are heard 
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09-05-2008, 03:18 PM
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ER4 are a classic for classical  . I am now enjoying a lot my new yuin PK1. Amped from the ipod-mini³ and unamped from the cowon D2 are very nice. Very different from the etys, colored, bassy, but also with a sweet warm sound.
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Cowon D2+iBasso T4 or Rockboxed Ipod 5.5G 30GB+Mini³-->Ety ER4P or Yuin PK1
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09-05-2008, 04:37 PM
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The Ety's are not good for jazz. Jazz requires quite a bit of warmth to sound good which the Etys are lacking. Etys are great for classical but not ALL classical because again, they do lack that warmth.
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09-05-2008, 06:58 PM
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True, but they (even the er4P, or specially them) improve with an amp. An ER4P (which is bassier than the S) connected to a mini³ has bass. Try it. Out of an ipod with its bass roll-off, they lack bass.
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