[mudhole]

I currently have a AKG K271MK2 with my ipod, and I am pretty happy with it.
But when I use it on the street, I feel a little uncomfortable with the big stuff on my little head. So I am thinking about a pair of in-ear buds such as shure se210 or se310, maybe just a se110. How about the sound quality compare with the full size (same price range)?

 

[Relinquished]

basically IEMs have lesser (or no) soundstage as it is small n compact but offers better isolation.Bass may not be on par with headphones too.

all this are comparisms between same price ranges of headphones and IEMs

 

[Usama]

I have heard that the low-end Shures have very small tiny bass compared to their high-end counterparts. However, I am assuming that you like Bass, since you use the full-size.

 

[thechungster]

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Originally Posted by Usama /img/forum/go_quote.gif I have heard that the low-end Shures have very small tiny bass compared to their high-end counterparts.

That is true, the SE110's don't have that much bass, but it does have some nice treble.

 

[SpoonMan]

I disagree with the comment about bass, I've only tried one lower end IEM; Shure E2c's they did indeed have pretty anemic bass.

However both my E5's and SE530's have great bass response, the extension on some songs still surprises me.

 

[BloodSugar00]

I havn't as yet owned a decent-high-end set of full-sized cans but I'm let to believe they offer a more extensive frequency range, generally. Unsure about bass, but it came up recently in a thread or 2 re treble extension; full-sized cans offering soundd reproduction up to 30Khz generally, IEM's, lucky if up to 20 Khz. Then there is, as mentioned, obviously soundstage property which I imagine has to with the respective size of the speakers in each type of headphone and/or the technology used for sound reproduction (dynamic, balanced armature, electrostatic...) and/or the method of wearing ie in-ear as opposed to on-ear etc.

 

[stevemoore]

I don't own any buds but want to know what's the comparison to buds vs cans.