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Quote:Originally Posted by esanthosh
In India, XBA-3 is available for as low as ₹6600 ($120). Even the official price is only $145. Granted that it's more on account of the currency depreciation, it is still a decent choice for those who want to avoid the hassles of shipping and customs. But one is open to taking a little risk, plenty of better options can be found in that range. IMO, XBA-1 offers better value for money.
Wow, that's less than half of what it costs here.
Quote:Originally Posted by hatecrew1992
hi guys,
I really feel drawn to the Etymotic Hf5 and was thinking of getting them + the custom tips since isolation an comfort are somewaht important to me. But before pulling the trigger I wanted to ask two questions:
1. : I am not sure wether they will perform well with the music I am listening to, wich would be mainly metalcore and (post-)hardcore like
every time I die, Architects, Letlive, Sick of it all and so on...
2. : A friend of mine said that the tips will influence the sound slightly, so I wanted to ask wether this was true and if so, in what way would the costum tips influence it?
The HF5 will work very well if you like your sound balanced and accurate. (Good) custom tips pretty much give you a perfect seal 100% of the time. I don't think they improve quality over a well-sealed triple-flange (just as an example) but they may very well be more comfortable while providing an equally good seal.
Quote:The vPulse is not much of an improvement over the SHE3580 sound-wise so I felt that needed saying
. I have a bunch of cheapies to add soon and the SHE3580 might be among them.Quote:Originally Posted by hatecrew1992
the only IEMs I have are the Beyer DTX101 and those are way to bassy for me, other than that I never owned an IEM. I also have a V-Moda M80, wich I like and normally use on the go for now, a Beyer DT-770 wich is my standard-phone to use with my PC (but to bassy for music only use) and a Senheiser HD595, wich also is nice but a bit gloomy (if that makes any sense), what i miss from all of those is a certain level of detail, thats why I was thinking about the EtymoticThe DTX101 is a bass-heavy earphone. You won't have that problem with the Etys or something like a MEElec A161P.
Quote:Pretty well overall. I think the GR99 is warmer and has more bass impact while the SHE3580 is a little brighter and clearer. The bass is tighter with the Philips while the quality of the treble is comparable with the GR99 a tiny bit smoother. I would give the GR99 the edge in presentation - it's got more out-of-the-head feel.
post #8133 of 106929/12/12 at 11:16pmi would totally like to see the review of Philips SHE3580,Panasonic RP HJE355 and Sony MDREX-10LP .As these are the best i have found in the league. Joker w8ing for ur review on these 3 !!!

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Joker, I think you should review the Sennheiser CX880s. They've seemed pretty good from what I've read, and should fall under 8's or 7's average, and cost under $100.
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But I think these are without warranty.
post #8136 of 106929/13/12 at 5:37amthat link looks bad , there must be some thing wrong .
post #8137 of 106929/13/12 at 5:51amQuote:trying picking them up for the review and the other 2 (as i mentioned Panasonic RP HJE355 and Sony MDREX-10LP).
post #8138 of 106929/13/12 at 7:46amQuote:what's so good about the ex10lp??
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I think... he looked at the user reviews for those phones and the EX-10LP ranks higher than the others because it has two reviews to the others' 1? But that doesn't mean anything, I mean... even I haven't posted a review for the SHE3580 to the review widget, so who does? lol
post #8140 of 106929/13/12 at 8:40am
ex10lp is just crap , good for nothing , she3590 is far better at $9 .- ljokerl
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Quote:Think I'd rather shoot for an IE800

Seems like the $145 'official' price should carry a warranty, and that's still way less than the $280-300 I'm seeing from authorized dealers here in the US.
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Quote:Just to be clear, I did buy it at the authorized Sony dealer for $145. Even at that time, plenty of online shops (and eBay) have carried XBA-3 for slightly less than the MSRP ($140). Sony does offer one year replacement warranty as long as the buyer has an invoice and a Sony warranty card (as I mentioned here). I was in the process of fixing a price for my XBA-3 sale in the forums, which is when I stumbled upon the $120 listing. I have never bought anything from naaptol nor do I know about the warranty offered, but just mentioned it for the sake of showing the price differential between India and US.
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Go for it - can you get an early preview from anywhere? I am looking forward to seeing how the ie800s stack up against other non-customs... or even the ie80!
post #8144 of 106929/14/12 at 6:50amI think you should review the ink'd 2 and 50/50. Wait i know what your thinking: SKULLCANDY!! what are you crazy!? These are actually pretty good at least from a bassheads perspective. Skullcandy has really improved their products recently just look at the aviators, mixmasters, and hesh 2 (tyll reviewed all 3).
post #8145 of 106929/14/12 at 10:15amI am intersted in sony MDREX-10lp bcz of all the good reviews about it on this site as well as other sites as joe mentioned.
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I think you should review the ink'd 2 and 50/50. Wait i know what your thinking: SKULLCANDY!! what are you crazy!? These are actually pretty good at least from a bassheads perspective. Skullcandy has really improved their products recently just look at the aviators, mixmasters, and hesh 2 (tyll reviewed all 3).
i don't know about the ink'd 2 which came recently into the scene but for 50/50, i have them with me for last one year and won't recommend them for bassheads especially.In the intial stages,it had a good bass but with longer hours of use and burn in ,they loss their bass and all i could hear is treble and after 1 year of use,i am totally unsatisfed with my dubstep experience with them.i would recommend other brand like Senniheiser and JNC over them for a hefty price of 50$.thats one of the reason y iam looking for cheaper in ears.
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