Klipsch IMAGE S4 In-Ear Enhanced Bass Noise-Isolating Headphones

I feel these are good earphones for Indian Classical vocal, (which is what I listen to) because of the inherent nature of ICM. Mids are clear. The only real base in this kind of music is tabla, which is really laid back compared to vocal in most of the cases. Therefore even though they are a little bassy, it does not affect the quality much.

You will always remember your first, and these earphones are probably the best first's i could ever get at that time. For someone who had never used anything besides apple earphones and equivalent quality earphones, so the s4's where a huge jump in terms of audio quality. It was great for most types of music that i listen to, anything from fall out boy to Andre Bocelli, so I'd say its a great starter for anyone looking for a cheap and good pair of entry level earphones. It has a really nice and mellow tones, especially in the mids where Andre Bocelli's ringing voice completely envelops you.

the build is great mostly, really nice design and the cable is thin but not fragile. only thing is that after a while the casing gets a bit loose,but not really enough that you would notice unless you really go and wobble the casing. Overall a great buy for anyone looking for something nice and simple that won't burn a hole in your pocket.

Audio quality-pretty good. Bass can be overbearing.

Design-it is comfortable. Sticks out at an odd angle if you don't swap ears, and then the stereo is reversed.

Comfort-As above. Don't notice it in my ear with the Comply TX-100s I added. With silicone it can be annoying.

Isolation-Pretty good with silicone. Awesome with Comply.

Hmmm... I did a bit or research before buying these. There were plenty of glowing reports out there and the cynic in me thinks that most writers on major sites write nice reports in order to not bite the hand that feeds them.

Against:

The build quality seemed average at best,

the cables transmit a lot of noise, it like someone running alive mic over clothing

The mid range and treble sounds like its coming down a phone line

After 6 short months of 1-2 hours use per day the left speaker died

Klipsch lovingly referred me back to the seller for a warranty claim, awesome - NOT

For:

Once a figured out how to seal them in, for meant inserting with wire up, not down, they

seeled out a lot of ambient noise. The base was quite adequate if not that detailed.

Bottom line:

I was really disappointed with these, I've read some people figure that 6 months is good for

this kind of money on headphones! Stuff that!

I wouldn't recommend these to anyone.

I received these headphones for a Christmas present after doing A LOT of research.  I enjoyed them at first, but after less than 3 months the cord at the jack began to loosen, even though I religiously put them back into their case after every use.  By the time I had owned them for 6 months, they were no longer working.  

This part of the headphone is not covered by warranty, so I no longer have the headphones, or the money.  

Great.

I bought these alongside the UE500, with the intent of keeping the one I liked and returning the other one. Auditioning through a stereo, the S4s were a little less lively and smooth than the UEs, and tended towards some fairly bad sibilance, especially on classical tracks with high violin parts that were almost painful to listen to. I liked the UEs better, and returned these.

Despite the sound quality issues, I have to say they were very comfortable and hassle-free, and the build seemed better than the UEs (which have had cable issues since).

Keep in mind that this was a while back, before I had a lot of audio experience (still don't), and that neither pair was burned in.

These will provide very good isolation if you get the correct fit. I managed to do this by trying out all the tips affered. As others have noted, the is a little bit of distortion on the highs, which I've noticed slightly affects the vocals. The bass on these is really good, altough it fortunately doesn't drown the rest of the sound, which makes them a little balanced to my ears. Overall good value.