Today I was lurking around at a local store while my brother saw some games, I was looking at IEM's since (I think) I'm done with cans for now, I want to get the Shure SE215, but I'll wait till I move, cause they sell them locally where I'm moving, so for now I was looking to get some IEMs to use around while I don't have the Shure's, so I was looking at the IEM section and saw nothing that really caught my eye, except for these, they looked really nice and low profile, which is what I wanted, but since they where $20, I was not sure if it would be a worthy purchase, so I came to head-fi and encountered this thread, since you like them so much, I didn't hesitated any longer and picked up a pair in blue, My first impressions is that they are too slow for most of the music I listen to, so I was a little disappointed since I was hoping for something a little more forward, but when I play with softer rock (or even some softer metal), Hip-Hop, and EDM, these sound brilliant, even more for the price, plus the fit is amazing, I can lay sideways in bed with minimal discomfort, and I barely feel them after a couple of minutes. Overall, for $20, while not so good for my tastes in music (Progressive metal,metalcore, technical metal, etc). For people who listen to rock, pop, or really anything other than fast metal (Deftones where good on these), I think this is a brilliant buy, I might just need to get a pair for my dad, since I know he'll love them for the gym, I guess I will just give him my pair when I get the Shures, or maybe I'll end up liking the JVC's better than the Shures
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UPDATE:
After listening to these fro three hours straight last night, and listening to nothing but these today, I find them still fun and warm but a lot more balanced than before, and now bareable with heavier stuff and just amazing with more bass oriented stuff... Now I'm all into the over performing IEM thing... I'm really liking these, though I have 0 experience with IEMs... these, while not as acurate or detailed as the Shure SRH440, are more enjoyable overall... Now I'm afried that when I listen to my cans these will sound to veiled again
. SE215s discarded and now looking at over performing IEMs in the $100 tier, really liking the look of the Rockit r50, people say it's balanced but with a nice treble presentation. I wonder...