Stay808
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Hi,
I'm new to the forums, but I have been here and there looking around the forums at a lot of very interesting post. I recently have decided to buy my first mid-range to high-end IEMs. I have read numerous post on the forums which state that the quality of custom IEMs in most cases are overall superior to universal IEMS. The thing that worries me the most when stepping into the custom zone, is that from my understanding, they are either made up of hard acrylic plastic or silicon. In the past, I did have problems with plastic earbuds such as the apple ones, which hurt my ears and caused infection in my ear. So, after that being said, now I move on to the silicon, this will fix the problem with the hard plastic, but I have read that over time the silicon will turn a nasty yellow color and you can't replace the silicon like a tip. As for the Universal IEMs, after reading multiple post, I have heard a lot of debate over which one is better and so forth, but my biggest question is how the high end universals compare to the custom IEMs? Also I have narrowed my list to what seems like the most popular universal IEMs and Customs I am interested in, but other opinions are welcome! . Also, I was wondering with the IEMs I am interested in below, will they sound ok, just plugged into some apple product, such as a iphone/itouch/nano? As for a price range, I am thinking around the $200-$500 range and I listen to most genre of music, besides, heavy metal, jazz, and classical music.
Universals:
Sennheiser IE8
Shure 535
Westone 4
Customs:
jh5 pro
1964-Q
UM Merlins ( I know this just came out, and is a bit above my price range, but I was wondering how would they compare to the other 2 customs I have listed)
I'm new to the forums, but I have been here and there looking around the forums at a lot of very interesting post. I recently have decided to buy my first mid-range to high-end IEMs. I have read numerous post on the forums which state that the quality of custom IEMs in most cases are overall superior to universal IEMS. The thing that worries me the most when stepping into the custom zone, is that from my understanding, they are either made up of hard acrylic plastic or silicon. In the past, I did have problems with plastic earbuds such as the apple ones, which hurt my ears and caused infection in my ear. So, after that being said, now I move on to the silicon, this will fix the problem with the hard plastic, but I have read that over time the silicon will turn a nasty yellow color and you can't replace the silicon like a tip. As for the Universal IEMs, after reading multiple post, I have heard a lot of debate over which one is better and so forth, but my biggest question is how the high end universals compare to the custom IEMs? Also I have narrowed my list to what seems like the most popular universal IEMs and Customs I am interested in, but other opinions are welcome! . Also, I was wondering with the IEMs I am interested in below, will they sound ok, just plugged into some apple product, such as a iphone/itouch/nano? As for a price range, I am thinking around the $200-$500 range and I listen to most genre of music, besides, heavy metal, jazz, and classical music.
Universals:
Sennheiser IE8
Shure 535
Westone 4
Customs:
jh5 pro
1964-Q
UM Merlins ( I know this just came out, and is a bit above my price range, but I was wondering how would they compare to the other 2 customs I have listed)