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What is the difference in sound quality between the three types of headphones of similar value?
they are all different. how much are we talking 100.00-1,000.00?
between the iem and the on ear for instance. sound quality depends greatly on
for iem, drivers, are they dynamic? balanced armature? do they have a single driver or 8 balanced armatures? are they universal or custom fit do they have a high or low ohm impedance?
for over ear, are they 32ohm,250ohm,600ohm? open back,closed back,semi open?
everything i mentioned is going to effect the sound quality of on ear over ears or iem.
even in the same price ranges for instance if you have a 1,000.00 iem its possible to drive it by a source alone and have great sound quality.
where as if you have a 1,000.00 over ear, its possible it would need another 1,000.00 amp just to drive it depending on its impedance to get exceptional sound quality and volume.
there are alot of variables to take into consideration when comparing over, on and in ear monitors.