If you were to pick just two earphones.... which would you choose and why?

go for the Monster Turbine Coppers or Miles Davis Tributes

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Originally Posted by jacobap100 

go for the Monster Turbine Coppers or Miles Davis Tributes

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I agree with the Coppers, or Golds.

I thought this was going to be one of those recommend me stuff threads :P

If keeping with universals i would pick the e-Q7 and CK10. I had those two only for a while and I thought I was done but I ended up venturing into customs. Neither has the bass of say the Coppers, Golds or even the IE7 but I was quite happy when I had those two.

They both had great clarity, sound stage and speed and the e-Q7 had an amazing bass texture to go with a fairly balanced sound.

My experience is very limited but I have been burning in my Monster MD for the last week or so. They have about 50 hours on the them so far and they sound AMAZING!

I'd keep my JH16s as my everyday workhorse, and the Etymotics would be for high isolation.

MTPC for sure, but I'm not sure yet what the second choice should be.

So I've owned or have tested everything so far listed here and quite a bit more. except for the JH 16... 

can't afford that one..... T_T.... (yet)

if you want something that'll handle most everything I'd just recommend the earsonics sm3. I think you can ebay them for $359? worth it in my opinion.

I went through a lot of IEM, just not satisfied. At one point, I carried around a triple fi and a westone 3... this is after I left the Shures and miles davis... etc etc

SM3 isn't too well known in the states, but it really does blow away other "big dogs" who drop a lot on Marketing.

Look it up, read about it a little. ^^ I'm almost positive you won't regret it.

SM3+DBA-02

Two FOTM IEM's xD

first is Ortofon e-q7 sure, I love its sweet vocal, smooth, and not too bright neither too warm for me. And they also good for my fav songs, like pop-rock (japan too) and acoustic.

second, I think JH13 is a "must have things" if you have that money lol.

SM3 is my eny album sounds good work horse, very detailed and reveiling and sounds great when eq'ed 

westone 3 when i want a fun fun fun listening session , great bass and treble focused iem with the same level of details as sm3

SM3 or UM3x and JVC FX700.....

I'm gonna concur with the SM3s. I have Ety4Ps (with custom earmolds), MTPC, MDTributes, Brainwavz M3, Shure SE530, and just got the SM3 today. The SM3 gets more right than anything else I've heard. The upper mids are a bit peaky (2-3kHzish?) and there's not that last bit of 'sparkle' at the top, but they are VERY detailed and do an awesome job of preserving the 'layers' of a recording and letting you hear what's there versus collapsing them into a mush.

On Sleepthief's "the chauffeur", for the first time the lyrics are perfectly clearly intelligible (E.G. "droning engine" vs "drowning engine" which made no sense). On The Haunted's "DOA" the drums, vocals, and guitars all stay properly defined and don't devolve into total mush as they do with lesser IEMs when pushed hard. Attack is not as fierce and you don't get the slam you do from say the MDTributes but it's about where the Copper is if maybe a BIT less? But bass is still substantive and substantial. Most importantly? They're not powerhogs and sound 'effortless', especially at low volumes. So I CAN crank the hell out of things? But don't have to. And they soundstage so much better than the MTPC and MDTributes that it's tough going back. But when I wanna get my head hammered? Tributes for sure. :)

Note: This is through a Linearossa W3. I haven't used 'em unamped but based upon the MDTributes with the same amp they're far more efficient.