Is there something good for less than the cost of entry of a Benchmark ($1600-ish)?Thanks IEM-friendly (read: low noise & switchable gain) a plus TYIA

Heard the Beyer Amirons at a show yesterday & was really impressed. They more than held their own against the more expensive Focal Elears and even the MUCH more expensive Utopias. Plus my tastes seem to be changing due to influence of my other 'phones, all of which are more 'neutral'. I may be...

(Posted this in the wrong area.... sorry.) Anyway: ...It is designed much more with full size headphones in mind, I think. I don't want to take full size cans on the go. It swings 1V into 32 ohms which would split your head open with IEMs like my Ety hf's or Shure 535's. I like the form factor...

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Have a friend looking for wireless earbud or in-ear headphones that are separate, ie no connecting cable between the two earpieces (which of course means a separate receiver and power source in each side). A quick look on HeadRoom and Headphone Solutions turned up nothing but I'm pretty sure...

This is an Indiegogo project with a $200 preorder pricing. Street price going forward will apparently be $250. Who knows if they're any good or not; kind of hard to tell about build quality from what you can see in the photos and video. I'm fine with paying the extra $50 after they hit the...

A Chinese-production version of the "Anniversary" edition of the K702 (AKA "K712") are on Massdrop right now for $199. They list it as "K7xx". They are very cagey about not being specific about where it is made but they do say it has a "$650 MSRP"... And here is where my BS detector starts to...

Been ogling the SE535 Shures for awhile and am teetering on the edge of pulling the trigger. But I thought I would ask around to make certain I don't overlook a worthy contender in the $300-$500 range. I like a detailed, fairly-neutral-to-warm sound which most reviews seem to suggest these...

Hello. Toying with the thought of buying Shure 535 IEMs but before I drop that kind of coin on IEMs, I was wondering what kind of experiences people have had long term with this kind of transducers. Hasn't been a problem so far with my Ety's because Ive lost a few pair (the 535s aren't going to...

Hi. Looking for something with a different "flavor" to add to my "stable (Senn HD650 and Ety hf3 IEM's). A friend loaned me his K701's and I wanted to like them, I really did, but while the detail was impressive, to me they just sounded too bright and thin.   So at Capitol Audio fest recently...

Have a pair of Etymotic HF3s and have the following observations regarding the tips: The triple flange eartips don't work for me at all, even the smaller ones. The left ear is fine, the right won't go in far enough to get a seal. The foam tips work well but aren't very comfortable. The...

Anybody out there using Etymotics, what are your tip prefs? I use the foam tips, the "snowball" tips isolate well but are not as comfortable as the foams. The triple flanges, which are supposed to isolate the most: I get a good fit and near total isolation in the left ear but cannot get the same...

  Just wanted to pop in. I have known about Head-Fi for awhile and finally decided to join.    I am a headphone nut primarily because of the resolution available thru headphones, the freedom from room-setup headaches and placement issues, and because of how much farther an audio dollar...