Hey!
My name is Shani, and I'm new here. 
I'm a big music fan, and in the past year I'm finding myself to be more and more interested in different headphones and styles.
I have a Bose on ear headphones that my dad bought a year ago, which is nice, and I bought the Fanny Wang on ear headphones, because they look good and the sound is not bad either. (Im a girl, and i refuse to go with the ugly over ear headphones, no matter how good they sound. haha.)
 
So I wanna purchase an in ear headphones, but most of them aren't comfortable for me, and always fall off. I understood that theres something called IEM that you can customize to fit your own ear and tune in to your liking...
Can you please explain about the good models and companies that do that?
(And my budget isn't that high... max 400$ i think. so..)
 
[I listen mostly to Alternative rock and such.... like Florence+TheMechine, The kooks, Arctic Monkeys, and some jazz like Aretha Franklin and so....]
 
SORRY FOR THE LONG POST AND THE GRAMMAR MISTAKES
 
Shani

I found about 1964's and Sleek-audio's custom IEMS... how are them?

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I found about 1964's and Sleek-audio's custom IEMS... how are them?

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I've been researching Customs for a while, I'll tell you my advice
 
Look at the customs thread for the locations of the Custom makers. If you're in the US, go for a US or US-related company
 
1964 is said to have a "house" more boring sound.
 
Sleek is kinda iffy, for customs if you ask me. Not the company, but the relative service of custom versus other companies
 
 
 
1. You need impressions. Look over at Ultimate Ear's website for locations that tailor to Customs. Any audiologist would do the impressions, but very few know how to do it for musical customs. There are threads for this. They cost $50 and you shouldn't do them yourself for the first time around.
 
2. Look up companies with the right price:
You've got $350~ left
 
Clear Tune Monitors - CTM-200 are liked here for your price. Email them about impressions and ask if they might pay for them, they will tell you NO and they will give $20 off to help you. I've done it, got the email back
 
Heir Audio - Their 3a is $350 at the moment and is what I'm interested in at the moment. Reviews for this are out here too. But it would be worth to have the wood extra for the CIEM
 
Livewires - In your price range, but cable and sensitivity is the problems.
 
Kozee - stay away. Service sucks, not worth it at all to worry.
 
 
Hope this helps.

Hey,
I live in israel,,, would it be a problem to make an appointment with an audiologist that won't be in the US?
 

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shanisr said:

Hey!
My name is Shani, and I'm new here. 
I'm a big music fan, and in the past year I'm finding myself to be more and more interested in different headphones and styles.
I have a Bose on ear headphones that my dad bought a year ago, which is nice, and I bought the Fanny Wang on ear headphones, because they look good and the sound is not bad either. (Im a girl, and i refuse to go with the ugly over ear headphones, no matter how good they sound. haha.)
 
So I wanna purchase an in ear headphones, but most of them aren't comfortable for me, and always fall off. I understood that theres something called IEM that you can customize to fit your own ear and tune in to your liking...
Can you please explain about the good models and companies that do that?
(And my budget isn't that high... max 400$ i think. so..)
 
[I listen mostly to Alternative rock and such.... like Florence+TheMechine, The kooks, Arctic Monkeys, and some jazz like Aretha Franklin and so....]
 
SORRY FOR THE LONG POST AND THE GRAMMAR MISTAKES
 
Shani

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Custom fit earphones require having silicone ear impressions made by an audiologist. This can cost from $50-90 and you absolutely want to go with someone who has experience making these for professional musicians. It's very important to have this done well or the earphone won't fit, won't sound right and won't be comfortable.
 
You can't "tune in to your liking", unless you use an audio player with an equalizer, but you can use an equalizer with any universal fit iem, custom iem or headphone.
 
Custom earphones, just like all earphones or headphones, have their own sound signature and it differs from one company and custom to another. That's why you want to read reviews on the ones you are thinking of buying.
 
$400 is not quite enough for a custom--remember, you need to pay for the ear impressions and also for shipping and you don't want to go cheap with either of these or you could have problems.
So, you'll go a bit over budget, probably closer to $500 total once everything is done. You can pay even more for special artwork, but you really don't need it. You can choose a nice color for most custom iems for free.
 
Heir audio is a good company, Aurisonics is another, 1964 Ears is very nice. I've corresponded with the owners of all three and they are good and will look out for you. For your music listening, any of these will be great for what you are looking for. Yes, they have different sound signatures, that's for you to investigate. Like any purchase, do your homework. You can pm me if you need a little help.
 
Ultimate Ears and Westone make well-regarded entry level customs and Clear Tune Monitors is newer company that has been well-reviewed as well.
 
Here's Kelly Clarkson with her pink customs (Future Sonics MG6Pro, which are out of your price range, but you can see how cute pink custom iems are) and Jason Aldean, I don' t think his look as nice:
 

 
 

 
 

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Hey,
I live in israel,,, would it be a problem to make an appointment with an audiologist that won't be in the US?
 

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I don't feel like hand-feeding someone at the moment. Google is your friend.
 
You can also talk with the audiologist about customs that they might recommend, but they don't like to come off cheap