IEM for metal? Thinking maybe DBA-02 or Q-jays. - Page 2

TC, just get the DBA-02 and ignore anyone suggesting a bass-heavy or semi bass-heavy IEM for you, cause if you listen to metal for anything but the guitars you are doing it wrong. And few IEMs does guitars better than the DBA-02.

I would suggest caution with selecting earphones which are known to sound "clinical."  I havent heard the DBA02, but I read somewhere ( I think ClieOS review) that they could be considered part of the clinical camp.

What will happen is that well produced metal will sound good, while everything else (lets admit, most metal production is rubbish) will sound ordinary or even bad.

Radius twf11r or ddm will probably sound quite natural and forgiving, but wont have the detail or speed of a BA iem.  Then again no iem will ever compete with full sized headphones, so keep this in mind when spending money on them.

The latest iem I have been using is Earsonic's sm3, which is quite detailed and musical, and has good body to the sound (sounds solid not airy) but you could want more clarity on some tracks, where the music sounds too dense.

But overall, nothing sounded bad, everything was listenable and enjoyable.  I'm guessing UM3X is a similar deal.  To me this is important for a portable setup, as I don't want to carry more than one earphone.

They're both great, I miss the UM3X general dryness and instrument separation(which is excellent), but I kept the SM3 for it's sound-stage and faster/tighter bass(it can go as deep as UM3X, but only on loud volumes =\), and also better overall treble.

I like both of their treble, they're not energetic, but it's not gonna be lacking any of it with the right tip.
 

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Originally Posted by drez 

I would suggest caution with selecting earphones which are known to sound "clinical."  I havent heard the DBA02, but I read somewhere ( I think ClieOS review) that they could be considered part of the clinical camp.

 

What will happen is that well porduced metal will sound good, whilst everything else (lets admit, most metal production is rubbish) will sound ordinary or even bad.

 

Radius twf11r or ddm will probably sound quite natural and forgiving, but wont have the detail or speed of a BA iem.  Then again no iem will ever compete with full sized headphones, so keep this in mind when spending money on them.

 

The latest iem I have been using is Earsonic's sm3, which is quite detailed and musical, and has good body to the sound (sounds solid not airy) but you could want more clarity on some tracks, where the music sounds too dense.

 

But overall, nothing sounded bad, everything was listenable and enjoyable.  I'm guessing UM3X is a similar deal.  To me this is important for a portable setup, as I don't want to carry more than one earphone.