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post #1 of 10
10/19/10 at 10:04am
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Hi,

I need a good set of IEMs

My budget is about £40.

Will be used with my new HTC Desire HD and for work on company's pc (just onboard soundcard). At home I have the Sennheiser HD 595 and the Auzentech X-fi Forte soundcard, but the IEMs will rarely be used on my home pc...
 
I listen to almost everything except techno tongue.gif
 
Occasionaly I will watch movies/movie clips on my desire HD.
 
This will be my first IEMs and I have no idea where to start looking or what brands.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks
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Etymotic MC5
post #2 of 10
10/19/10 at 10:18am

What do you want them to sound like? Personally I like accuracy, since I already have warmer coloured 'musical' headphones. Isolation is also a priority if you are on the go in a noisy environment,

 

The Etymotic Mc5 satisfied both of these requirements for me, and Etymotic earphones in general have better isolation and more accurate frequency response than do their competitors.

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post #3 of 10
10/19/10 at 10:35am
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Thinking of going for Klipsch X1 (also known as S2) or Klipsch S4.

 

Any ideas on these?

 

Or any other suggestions?

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post #4 of 10
10/19/10 at 11:22am
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How are the Sennheiser IE6...Are they worth the money? Any suggestions between the Klipsch and IE6?


Edited by Nameless87 - 10/19/10 at 11:30am
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post #5 of 10
10/19/10 at 1:03pm

IE6 for £40?

 

otherwise id say the Radiopaq Jazz, currently going for £20 which makes them unbeatable in the UK

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post #6 of 10
10/19/10 at 1:42pm
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no not £40....

 

I found them on amazon UK for £60...

 

It's the most I can stretch to...

 

Opinions?

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post #7 of 10
10/20/10 at 10:07am
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Now I'm considering the RE0 as well


They are both available for £60 from Amazon UK



So which ones should I get? I really need some help as I'm new to IEMs, never had one before



Thanks

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post #8 of 10
10/20/10 at 10:25am

The RE0 has some disadvantages when it is compared to the Etymotic Mc5

 

-Isolation: Testing has provided significant proof of this

-Accuracy: Etymotic earphones, at this price range, follow the human ear equal loudness contour most closely.

-Durability: Search for "broken mc5", you don't find much, do this for the RE0 however, and you get a lot of user reports of broken earphones.

 

Conversely, the Mc5 has those three things to it's advantage, so I would suggest getting them.

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post #9 of 10
10/20/10 at 11:02am
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and how are the MC5 compared to the IE6?

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post #10 of 10
10/20/10 at 2:21pm

im still gonna say the Jazz

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