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Best IEM <$150 matching my description (thanks a lot in advance!!!!!)

post #1 of 8
1/9/11 at 5:22am
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Priorities in order from most to least important

 

 1. decent noise isolation

 2. vast 3d soundstage

 3. deep bass

 4. comfort

 5. build quality

 

max $150 or around

 

 

thanks a million

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post #2 of 8
1/10/11 at 1:46am
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bump........... thanks guys..

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post #3 of 8
1/10/11 at 10:03am

fx500.  Though I'll note that no IEMs have truly amazing soundstage.  

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post #4 of 8
1/10/11 at 10:07am

You may be able to find the Sennheiser IE7 around that price point, though the bass is more rich than deep.

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post #5 of 8
1/10/11 at 1:00pm

The UE 700, is a very neutral sounding iem, that I often find myself listening to despite having higher-end headphones such as the triplefi 10 pro and the ultrasone pro 900. They have a very rich sound, with very deep and textured bass, although it's very neutral bass, so these aren't for bass-heads. The mid range is also very neutral, but sounds somewhat recessed due to very bright highs. They aren;t sibilant, but nonetheless very bright. The soundstage is vaste and like the triplefis, they manage to have a very large sound with revivals full sized headphones. I haven't tried that many iems, but from what I've heard UE is the only brand that can make iems sound large. The isolation and comfort with the complys is superb. They are so very durable looking (highend UEs always are), however cable isn't detachable. You might be able to snatch a bargain and get the Triplefis for around 150, but you'll have to be lucky and patient

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post #6 of 8
1/10/11 at 4:38pm

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Originally Posted by Jabse View Post

Priorities in order from most to least important

 

 1. decent noise isolation

 2. vast 3d soundstage

 3. deep bass

 4. comfort

 5. build quality

 

max $150 or around

 

 

thanks a million

 

as others have noted it's hard to get a "vast" soundstage with IEM's, but if you want big, deep bass and like a "warm" sound with clean detailed (but not harsh) highs, check out the Munitio 9mm: https://munitio.com/products-page

 

They meet your other 4 criteria in spades.  The noise isolation is amazing (I was just wearing them on a plane traveling for the holidays and you can't hear sh!t when they were making announcements!!), the bass is ridiculous, they are very comfortable (quite small for IEM's and with 3 different tip sizes) and the build quality is... well, bullet proof!  (excuse the horrible pun redface.gif )
 

with coupon code "vibrato" knocking 25% off they are under your budget.


Edited by batpig - 1/10/11 at 4:39pm
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post #7 of 8
1/10/11 at 6:15pm

Though I don't own a pair myself... the Fischer Audio Silver Bullet has been noted to have good soundstage. Just thought I should mention that smile.gif

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post #8 of 8
1/11/11 at 3:00am
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How does soundstage compare Fischer SB vs Munitio teknines... im afraid the SB's will fall out or stick out too much


Edited by Jabse - 1/11/11 at 3:02am
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