If I help you find some headphones, will you let me have your job? All joking aside (although I'm not really joking...), you should look into some Sennheiser HD-25's. They're lightweight, sound great, and require very little power to sound good. But, they're about $200 American. Not sure what...

Quote: Originally Posted by Big Al You get the $134.99 price? No, but in my order comments I mentioned the deal they gave you, and they let me have them for $148 shipped. So close enough. Thanks, by the way -Jesse

Well, I've ordered some 271's from www.djmart.com, and we'll see how I like them. -Jesse

Thanks guys. Nak Man, bass is not a big issue with me. As long as it's there, and it sounds accurately reproduced, then I don't need to have ear-splittingly powerful bass extension. However, I am a stickler for smooth mid-bass and mids, and crisp, clear highs. -Jesse

Okay, here's the deal. I'm looking for a set of closed cans for my iPod. I won't be walking around with them, though, so it's not really "portable" use. More like sitting in the bookstore with my iPod and headphones in a comfy chair I don't want canalphones or in-ear phones - I had a set of...

Well, I've tried them out over the last few days, and while I like the sound, I just don't like how they feel. They're not uncomfortable by any means...it just feels like there's a crayon stuck down my ear. Plus, I do a lot of moving around during the day - lots of walking around and talking to...

As I understand it, audiophile "detail" is the attention that speakers/headphones/whatever can pay to everything that may be happening simultaneously in a recording, and their subsequent ability to reproduce these simultaneous sounds. -Jesse

Quote: Originally Posted by AintJoM0mma Hey, I was wondering, some of my MP3 files are very low bitrate, like 128 kbps. Should I get the ER4P's or the Shure e3c's for my iPod. I want good sound quality, much better than the included headphones, I like bass but not to the point it...

So....is the jury still out on the bass question? -Jesse

First, regarding bass. How do tiny in-ear headphones produce bass? I thought the entire point of bass was moving enough air in a room at a low frequency, which requires woofers with a relatively large surface area with powerful drivers behind them. How do little in-ear 'phones produce bass? Is...

I just read 3 or 4 reviews that mentioned the discomfort of putting something that far down your ear canal, so now I'm a little worried :/ The ear buds that came with the iPod are really bothering me, but I think it's just because they're large pieces of uncomfortable plastic sitting in my...

Awesome. Thanks again for your help, guys. I just ordered some from www.earplugstore.com - they have a 30-day full refund policy with no restocking fee, so if I don't like them, I can just return them and only pay shipping. I paid $205 plus shipping for the full retail kit. Not a bad deal...

If I buy a new pair, will they be braided wire models? -Jesse

Quote: Originally Posted by AdamZuf well put, plainsong. if you compare what the Ety's are capable of on a good setup to what portables make of them, you could easily say that portables are an overkill. however, with a good portable, they do worth the price, especially for used...

Quote: Originally Posted by AdamZuf don't know. Well...I was asking TonyTripleA, but thanks In my experience, the more revealing your system is, the worse mp3s sound. That's the only thing I'm worried about with spending $200 on headphones. (edit) Well, that and how they...

Quote: Originally Posted by TonyTripleA No matter what cans you buy in the future the Etys will have a place in your listening equipment. Sure they are not going to bowl you over with bass slam but clarity is their defining plus and in that department they are "it". I usually listen to a...

I'll be extremely surprised if you ever catch me saying the same thing My home setup is a Cambridge Audio Azur 540c CD player going into a Cayin TA-30 integrated amp, which drives Klipsch RF-7's, their flagship speaker in the Reference line. In the right room, it sounds fantastic. The day...

Awesome. Thanks guys. -Jesse

Very good suggestions, guys. Thanks. EightyEight, I would think the ER-4P's would be more suited to me since I'm using a low-powered portable mp3 player (the iPod). I read many times that mp3 player amplifiers aren't powerful enough to make the ER-4S's sound as good as they can. That's...

After doing a lot of lurking and reading, I've decided to go with the ER-4P's for my iPod 3G 15GB model. I'm a clarity guy, so I think they're right for me. I have a question though...just how comfortable are they? There's a good chance I could be wearing them several hours a day (I carry my...