Quote: Orginally posted by chinesekiwi This thread is stupid as it depends on a number of things such as resistance in the cable, the player, how loud the source file is, the resistance of the output..... Sort of ... If you can give listening levels in dB by relating it to known dB...

Another vote for the PX100. Good all around and comfortable. What type of music do you listen to? For pop/rock I like the Koss Porta-pro. They have a "fun" sound. But when I am listening to a mix of genres (classical Jazz, Pop, etc.) I prefer the Senns.

Quote: I'm puzzled by IEMS differing in isolation so much. I am not an audio engineer nor do I play one on TV! That said I suspect that achieving great isolation is like so many other endeavors - it takes 80% of the effort to get that last 20%. I know from personal experience that...

What type of music do you listen to? Some phones do better with classical, others with rock, etc. A favorite of mine is the Etymotic ER6i. I think you can still find them for sale under $100. Accurate with a slightly inflated mid-range. But not the best if you are a "basshead". I switch out when...

Interesting. A minute or so before I clicked on this thread I noticed a low frequency thump between cuts. First time I can remember hearing it. (With several years of iem use.) I realized it was my pulse before I finished reading the first post. I have had issues with microphonics and...

I have done many experiments looking for a lawn mowing solution. Early on I used some open phones just lying inside the cups of a David Clark earmuff. Not hi-fi but it did work - sort of. To minimize noise even a pair of Koss plugs will work and as long as you don't really "listen" they sound...

A few thoughts: 1) To me "noise cancellation" implies an active system that generates an out of phase sound wave to cancel external noise. These are good for "steady state" noises such as engine noise but have little effect on conversation or other irregular noise. I am not aware of any good...

I remember gas wars dropping the price below $0.20/gal in the early-mid 1960's. My second car was an 1967 Austin Healey Sprite which got 40 MPG on the road. I remember filling the tank with Amoco Premium for about $2.50!! The first "crisis" was when the price of a gallon of regular jumped from...

x2 Comfortable and you won't find a better set for the price. You can probably find them for around $35 if you are patient.

Another vote for the Ety er-6i. Take the time to try out various tips for the best fit. For me I think it took about a month before I found the right (for me) tip but when I did, both comfort and sound quality jumped a level.

Quote: I will be using them at the gym and other noisy places so having enough volume is a concern. An iem is basically an earplug. Even without music playing, if you have a good seal any sound will be very muted. All you need is enough volume for normal listening plus a bit. My first...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mansize_tissue Which are more comfortable out of the PX100s and PX200s? I have not tried the PX200s but the PX100 rests lightly on my ears with just enough clamping force to hold them in place. My only complaint regarding fit is they are so comfortable...

Super deal. Congratulations. Sometimes patience pays off big.

Like Guarneri said, to me iem's and earbuds have a completely different feel. I never tried a bud I felt was comfortable but iems went from "OK" to "I forget they're there" when I get the right tip. My current iem for classical is the ER6i. For open portable phones and classical music, I like...

I found the ety double flange to be somewhat more comfortable than the triple flange. Enough so I did not try to modify the triples.

This thread reminds me of when I would write training programs and asked for "experienced" operators. There were those who had twenty years of experience and those who had one year of experience twenty times! While I have no doubt most of the Headphoneus Supremus folks have the knowledge (or...

Every provider has its pluses and minuses. I had BellSouth/Cingular for years. When my daughter went away to college, she could only get coverage by leaning in a certain spot against her 2nd floor dorm window. We changed her to Verizon and later my wife. I planned to stay with Cingular and asked...

This trick has been around for quite a while. About 20+ years ago I slipped some headphone drivers into an old pair of David Clark earmuffs. Now these were NOT slim and foldable but they did very well for what I needed. Between the very loose driver fit and the large volume I am sure they didn't...

I remember borrowing 4As and later 4AA eons ago. They sounded great to me then but my experience at that time was more low-fi. The most lasting memory was the clamping pressure. The longest I could last was one album then at least an equal amount of time for the headache to go away. There are...

If it doesn't have to be an iem there is always the well regarded Koss KSC-75. The ear clips are not too much larger to carry than iem's. I like their sound but for some reason the clips are uncomfortable for me. A number of people seem to complain about the comfort of iem's (or a few are...

I placed my order within minutes of the 12-3 sale start at Buy.com. By 12-6 it had been transfered from UPS Atlanta to USPS. Rome is only about 60 miles from the USPS facility but I finally got it today. (Could have walked round trip in less time!) Now to check it out!!

My experience with iem's is limited to er6i, Marshmallows and Plugs. For the prices I paid, none were a letdown. For dollar/sound quality the Plugs don't come close to Marshmallows but when I bought them I just needed something to drown out lawn mower noise and allow a bit of diversion. I used...

With great trepidation I clicked on the Head-Fi link expecting to see the outage message I have seen so often these past two weeks. NO ... WAIT ... ITS BACK UP!! (Sorry about the shouting) I did not realize how much this site was part of my routine. I tried to find an alternate site in case this...

What about Livewires? They are sold direct for $249 plus about $50 for impressions and for your $300 limit you get dual driver customs. I am considering them for my next upgrade when I get some discretionary funds (gas and food first!). www.livewiresforyou.com Use the search function in...

Krazr cell phone. Loud and annoying ring tone, and in a case so by the time I find it (not always in the same place like my alarm clock) open it and turn it off I am pretty much awake.