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Best 'performance to cost ratio' iems and headphones

post #1 of 27
1/5/11 at 2:51am
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Give your opinion on these.

For me they are RE-0

 

 

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HEAD-DIRECT RE0 In-ear Headphones
PL50 In-ear Headphones
post #2 of 27
1/5/11 at 4:07am

Depends, for 79 bucks I agree on the RE0, but that's only for people who love clarity and detail.  The stuff that meelectronics is putting out is giving amazing performance for their price.  Not better than re0, but far cheaper for an amazing sound still.

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post #3 of 27
1/5/11 at 3:51pm

RE-0 or PL-50

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post #4 of 27
1/5/11 at 3:59pm

at the MSRP or on sale?

 

If it's the former, RE0, without a question.  

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post #5 of 27
1/5/11 at 4:08pm

Sunrise SW-Xcape?

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post #6 of 27
1/5/11 at 4:20pm

+1 for the Sunrise Xcape. Very near the performance of my beloved Fischer DBA-02's, already a great bang-per-buck IEM, at half the price. If I didn't have the DBA's, I'd be happy with Xcapes.

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post #7 of 27
1/5/11 at 5:53pm

Been thinking about buying some PL-50's. You like them much? I guess so if you posted this...
 

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RE-0 or PL-50

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post #8 of 27
1/6/11 at 12:14am
M1 or RE0, though some people including myself have had build issues with the RE0's.
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post #9 of 27
1/6/11 at 3:48am

pl-50's are nice. Although they may not be as good value soundwise, they're extremely small and comfortable.

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post #10 of 27
1/6/11 at 4:32am

I think I'm going to have to go with Senn PMX 90's.

 

Bought them pretty much right after they came out in last October as I recall, after briefly trying the KSC 24's, and originally the sound felt really metallic, but now (because of burn-in or E5 that I use with them, don't know which) they sound pretty awesome. And they were practically free, standing at somewhere around 30-40€.

 

My only complaints are how easily they distort at high volumes (still able to get plenty of volume out of them, just missing that extra bit) and that they are fairly hard to drive for portable phones (30-something ohm).

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post #11 of 27
1/6/11 at 4:44am

IEM would be the RE0 without a doubt while for headphones it would be the fostex t50rp or the M50 since beyond 100 you get diminishing returns.

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post #12 of 27
1/6/11 at 4:46am

The TF10 for 99bucks on amazon ;)

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post #13 of 27
1/6/11 at 4:50am


 

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Been thinking about buying some PL-50's. You like them much? I guess so if you posted this...
 

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Originally Posted by mark2410 View Post

RE-0 or PL-50


 


oh im not saying the PL-50 are better than the RE-0, but they do cost significantly less too.  http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/432843/soundmagic-pl-50-review

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post #14 of 27
1/6/11 at 5:59am

agree on the Xscapes. good sound for a great price

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post #15 of 27
1/6/11 at 6:04am

For me, it's RE0.

 

On the basis of the price I paid, it would be Xears TD100-I/II (€15 and €20 respectively + €8 shipping), MEE M6 ($20 shipped), Xears XB120 ($18 shipped as I shared shipping with my friend) - all sound better than what their price suggests. Xears has no concept of MSRP. I've seen TD100-II sell at €20 and €90 weeks apart.

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Gear mentioned in this thread:

HEAD-DIRECT RE0 In-ear Headphones
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