[ConflictedMind]

Hey guys, new to the site and i am loving the plethora of information here. My girlfriends birthday is coming up and i would love to get her a new pair of IEMs. Shes has a ipod shuffle, and been using its default crap headphones (sigh). She listens to alot of sarah bareilles, john mayer, enya, sarah mclaughlin, chopin, regina spektor. Looking to spend around 50-100 for a pair. excluding shipping+taxes. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[dziendobry]

Etymotic's are excellent and easily driven by that DAP.  At least two in that price range, I love my ER6i and a co-worker has a pair for her ipod.  Also ultimate ears super.fi 4 are great for that type of music as well as the Super.fi 5 all can be found on amazon for under $100.  Hopefully some other folks will chime in to help you out.

 

[ConflictedMind]

Thanks dziendobry. I have a pair of Monster Turbine Copper Pros, upgraded from bose IEs and havent looked backed since, and it cringes me when i see my gf using plain ipod headphones.

 

[ConflictedMind]

Thanks dziendobry. I have a pair of Monster Turbine Copper Pros, upgraded from bose IEs and havent looked backed since. It cringes me when i see my gf using plain ipod headphones. She thought i was pure nuts paying for headphones that are 10 or more.

 

[shadowfox42]

A $30 pair of Head-Direct RE2's would good enough to be honest. The sound quality of the RE2 is comparable to IEM's worth $200. Only downside is that they may be light in bass, still it's present and very accurate nonetheless.

 

[ConflictedMind]

Update, snuck a look at her most played. Sarah bareilles, fiona apple, coldplay, the fray, radiohead, missy higgins, damien rice, alicia keys are her favorite artists

 

[nicknyhk]

Not entirely certain about monster turbines specially since mentioning the monsters on head-fi is a flame-able offence. Never personally heard them myself but I think theres a bargain for it at $60 at amazon at the moment.

 

[neilnpatel]

s4i

 

[ConflictedMind]

In my defense I bought th MTCP when it was a fresh topic in head-fi, and there were mroe reviews then there were people who tried them.