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post #1 of 19
2/4/12 at 8:24am
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Hello all, I have been reading the forum for a while and tried to do research on my own and I have ended up even more confused. I am looking for headphones to use at work. The shop I work in is LOUD, saws,grinders and other machinery. I am looking for a pair of headphones that can work in that environment. I will be using an iphone 4 for my listening and I am willing to spend up to $300 on cans I can wear all day. I listen to rock and classic rock mostly. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Bill

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post #2 of 19
2/4/12 at 8:31am

With a $300 budget you could buy some TF10, have them reshelled into customs, this will provide great isolation, not to mention the sound the TF10 produce.

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post #3 of 19
2/4/12 at 8:33am
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Originally Posted by Watagump View Post

With a $300 budget you could buy some TF10, have them reshelled into customs, this will provide great isolation, not to mention the sound the TF10 produce.



i would agree with this.. if the tf10 fits u perfectly with the right tips, it would be good if not could reshell it.. again u could try any other iems out there :D

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post #4 of 19
2/4/12 at 8:37am
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The price looks great, How would I get them reshelled?

 

Thanks for the reply.

Bill

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post #5 of 19
2/4/12 at 8:41am
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The price looks great, How would I get them reshelled?

 

Thanks for the reply.

Bill


Speak with Fisher Hearing, use the order form and mention you are from the HeadFi group buy. $85 bucks $30 for their cable, $50 for impressions, then shipping costs. You could also buy a DIY impression kit for about $15. Find an Audiologist for the impressions in your area if you decide to go that route. Speak with Kaysen at Fisher, for more info. I am getting mine done, they are in route to Fisher. TF10 on ebay right now for $119.95, free shipping.

 

http://www.inearz.com/

 

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post #6 of 19
2/4/12 at 10:06am
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I just dipped my toe into the ocean of Head-Fi. I used to have a pretty good sound setup in the 90's with a Nakamichi receiver , Cd , and tape player with Klipsch speakers. who knows where this will lead. :)

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post #7 of 19
2/4/12 at 10:15am
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I just dipped my toe into the ocean of Head-Fi. I used to have a pretty good sound setup in the 90's with a Nakamichi receiver , Cd , and tape player with Klipsch speakers. who knows where this will lead. :)



I started my journey in car audio. Built a system and did one competition, got 1st in my class, got a 9 out of a perfect 10 for sound quality. Highest SQ score at the event, the car also did 134.5 DB. Home system is now a combo of NAD and Paradigm gear, Martin Logan sub. Funny you mention Nakamichi, when I use to work for an auto detailing company, he was one of our clients. Now we have this little hobby of portable sound, I am digging it also.

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post #8 of 19
2/4/12 at 10:59am

Instead of reshelling a set of TF10s I strongly suggest you get an actual custom IEM. I see loads of reshells and the alike coming up on for sale classifieds.

 

Heir Audio is having discounted introductory prices, and their basic model the 3.A is discounted from 399 to 350. With impressions done and shipping paid for, you'd be above budget, but probably much happier than you'd be with a set of reshelled TF10's. (This is coming from a guy who owns a pair of reshelled TF10s :>). The 3.A's seem to be getting great reviews and appear to be great value for the money.

 

Whether you really need customs or not is hard to say. Most people are happy with universals. However, I really do enjoy the great seal I get from customs, especially at work where it's pretty loud. I also use them for noise cancelling when I'm studying at the library. Great way to block out some noise.

 

 

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post #9 of 19
2/5/12 at 8:04am
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Thanks for the reply Staal, I am going to start with the TF10's but if they dont work out this is another great option for me to try. As I am sure 99.9 percent of the people on this forum have more than one set of headphones . 

 

Bill

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post #10 of 19
2/5/12 at 8:27am
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Originally Posted by Staal View Post

Instead of reshelling a set of TF10s I strongly suggest you get an actual custom IEM. I see loads of reshells and the alike coming up on for sale classifieds.

 

Heir Audio is having discounted introductory prices, and their basic model the 3.A is discounted from 399 to 350. With impressions done and shipping paid for, you'd be above budget, but probably much happier than you'd be with a set of reshelled TF10's. (This is coming from a guy who owns a pair of reshelled TF10s :>). The 3.A's seem to be getting great reviews and appear to be great value for the money.

 

Whether you really need customs or not is hard to say. Most people are happy with universals. However, I really do enjoy the great seal I get from customs, especially at work where it's pretty loud. I also use them for noise cancelling when I'm studying at the library. Great way to block out some noise.

 

 

Honestly, I wouldn't go for customs now. Or even a reshelled TF. OP what Kind of music are you into?

Edit; Like Van Halen, Led Zep, Alice in Chains. Do you favor Bass? Mids? Highs? Westone 3's Will surely do the trick. Reshelling can be problematic for your application. How often would you have to take the Phones out of your ears. IE getting instructions (or yelled at) from the boss, talking to the cute girls...so on so on
 

 


Edited by Freefallr4545 - 2/5/12 at 8:43am
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post #11 of 19
2/5/12 at 8:50am
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Honestly, I wouldn't go for customs now. Or even a reshelled TF. OP what Kind of music are you into?

Edit; Like Van Halen, Led Zep, Alice in Chains. Do you favor Bass? Mids? Highs? Westone 3's Will surely do the trick. Reshelling can be problematic for your application. How often would you have to take the Phones out of your ears. IE getting instructions (or yelled at) from the boss, talking to the cute girls...so on so on
 

 



He said Rock and Classical Rock in his first post.  
You might want to try the Shure 940 with a portable amp like the cMoy.  They have good isolation, can be worn for a while(as long as your head isn't huge) and with a portable amp they should get plenty loud.  They also sound great with rock, very clean sound.

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post #12 of 19
2/5/12 at 9:32am

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post #13 of 19
2/5/12 at 9:51am
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Woah, when did that edit get there? Must have been between me originally clicking on this thread and clicking the quote button. 

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post #14 of 19
2/5/12 at 12:46pm
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Thanks for the great responses everyone, I am going to make the TF10's my starting point into this great hobby. As far as having a portable amp I dont think that will work for me as I am moving a lot. When I start to build my home system I will definately look into the headphone amps.

 

Again thanks for all the great input .

 

Bill

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post #15 of 19
2/6/12 at 4:52pm
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Update- The TF10's were physically painful for me with every size adapter. So it is back to the drawing board for me. Maybe the V-Moda m80's or the hd25's.

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