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Alien Ears vs 1964 Ears

post #1 of 3
2/14/12 at 5:00pm
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Hi all, what an awesome forum this is. So much knowledge around. 

Anyway, I'm in the market for some custom iems and have been researching all over the Internet. My budget has rounded it down to Alien Ears and 1964 Ears. Being that I've never used custom iems before, I'm not sure whether I want triples or quads. I'll be using them for live monitoring, I'm a drummer in a band. I quite often lock in with the rhythm guitarist so I'm not after something that is all bass. Will quads really make a difference? I do listen to alot of music on my iPhone aswell and love quality sound (spent many years working in car audio building sq and spl systems). 

So which brand is better? I have read alot about poor customer service at AE and being that I live in Australia, if I have an issue with fit or something, I need to be able to sort it ASAP as postage times and costs will slow the process down heaps. If the customer service at 1964 is only slightly better but their iems are alot worse sq then I'll still go alien but, ATM, I'm leaning toward 1964 and a 200 page appreciation thread is leaning me that way even more

 

I do apologise if this has already been addressed, I tried searching but found no exact answer. 

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post #2 of 3
2/14/12 at 8:12pm
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Originally Posted by Zeusy82 View Post

Hi all, what an awesome forum this is. So much knowledge around. 

Anyway, I'm in the market for some custom iems and have been researching all over the Internet. My budget has rounded it down to Alien Ears and 1964 Ears. Being that I've never used custom iems before, I'm not sure whether I want triples or quads. I'll be using them for live monitoring, I'm a drummer in a band. I quite often lock in with the rhythm guitarist so I'm not after something that is all bass. Will quads really make a difference? I do listen to alot of music on my iPhone aswell and love quality sound (spent many years working in car audio building sq and spl systems). 

So which brand is better? I have read alot about poor customer service at AE and being that I live in Australia, if I have an issue with fit or something, I need to be able to sort it ASAP as postage times and costs will slow the process down heaps. If the customer service at 1964 is only slightly better but their iems are alot worse sq then I'll still go alien but, ATM, I'm leaning toward 1964 and a 200 page appreciation thread is leaning me that way even more

 

I do apologise if this has already been addressed, I tried searching but found no exact answer. 




1964 Ears is the choice, hands down. They make customs that are well regarded on head-fi and they have excellent customer service. Don't discount the customer service, either, it's huge with custom iems. Avoid companies that let people down with terrible customer service as they make unreliable products as well.

 

That's your exact answer.

 

As for what to go with, email 1964, they will get back to you soon and steer you the right way.

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post #3 of 3
2/14/12 at 11:10pm

Definitely 1964 Ears. If I hadn't of gone the path of reshelling a pair of TF10s, I would have gotten the 1964-T's. However, the cost is substantially higher than what is stated on their site due to shipping and impressions (and I swear, impressions are so expensive in Sydney, Australia) but I presume you already knew that. From what I've heard, the 1964-Q just has more bass.

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