Great IEMs for Short People

not sure, but I think you can buy shorter cables for the Sennheiser IE8.

dunno how they compare to what you've tried but i really enjoy my super.fi 5 pro's

edit: im 5'3"

short people got no reason... short people got... noooo reason.. short people got, no reason to live. ;)

You should look for IEMs with detachable cables then, like Panasonic HJE900, IE8 as mentioned above and others. The replace original cable with shorter. Of course there aren't that many out there.

PS: Why don't you wrap the excess cable around in a 8 shape and tie it with some velcro or something, that way you shorten it without getting tangly and messy.

Qjays have a short cable.

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Originally Posted by Vashti 

Thanks all for the suggestions.  I'm new to all this.  When you suggest short cabled IEMs, can you also say something about the sound of that earphone?  I will research all of them - but it would be good to have some sense of what you're talking about?

 

Has anybody here tried using the 9" cable on the Shure 535s?

 

 

Do you like the um3x better than the w3?

 

Because I always keep my player in my shirt pocket or clipped to my collar I find the short cable on the Shure 530s ( I don't have the 535s. ) to be very convenient. The 530s are very comfortable to wear, offer good isolation, and have a very sweet midrange. They have been criticized for lacking in treble, but this may have been corrected somewhat in the 535s.

I mentioned the um3x because I understand that it is similar in sound to the w2 with more bass. I think that if you like the w2 you will really like the um3x. There are quite a few comparisons floating around headfi.

I haven't listened to the w3.

Well, as many have stated, being short shouldn't make you go for IEMs with shorter cables.  A shirt clip or one of those plastic bone shaped cord wrapper (I think V-Moda had something like that) to keep the cables all tidy.