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Earphones/IEMs for Classical and Jazz?

post #1 of 13
8/8/08 at 8:35pm
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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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post #2 of 13
9/4/08 at 9:57am
I'm kind of interested in iems for jazz at this price range (50-150) as well...
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post #3 of 13
9/4/08 at 9:58am
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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post #4 of 13
9/4/08 at 10:14am
ER-4Ps, no question.

After hearing those, the SF5Ps were unlistenable to me.
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post #5 of 13
9/4/08 at 12:27pm
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Originally Posted by nsx_23 View Post
I love my SF5pros with Jazz.

What kind of jazz do you listen to? I mostly listen to modern smooth jazz.
Pretty much everything, except for smooth jazz. A lot of bebop, post-bop and also more modern stuff.
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post #6 of 13
9/4/08 at 10:13pm
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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post #7 of 13
9/4/08 at 11:08pm
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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post #8 of 13
9/5/08 at 7:35am
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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post #9 of 13
9/5/08 at 8:23am
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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post #10 of 13
9/5/08 at 11:12am
Id also say go for the etys. I actually like the way the details are heard
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post #11 of 13
9/5/08 at 11:18am
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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post #12 of 13
9/5/08 at 12:37pm
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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post #13 of 13
9/5/08 at 2:58pm
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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