[Chillybawls]

I listen to a lot of classic metal and classic rock but I want IEMs that are great across the board generally. How are the klipsch image s4's compared to similarly priced cans?

 

[shaddix]

Check this thread:
http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/512400/best-headphones-for-under-100

 

[4sound]

try the Fischer Audio products.  Silver Bullets or Eterna are less than $100. Silver Bullets are more bass heavy but sound great for rock. I like them better than the Klipsch S4 (I've listened to).  I own the Klipsch X10 which sound great but are well over the $100 you're looking for. 

 

[rawrster]

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try the Fischer Audio products.  Silver Bullets or Eterna are less than $100. Silver Bullets are more bass heavy but sound great for rock. I like them better than the Klipsch S4 (I've listened to).  I own the Klipsch X10 which sound great but are well over the $100 you're looking for. 

 
It's the Eterna that should be more bass heavy shouldnt it?
 

 

[tacomn]

radius ddm. also seems hje900 is awsome

 

[4sound]

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It's the Eterna that should be more bass heavy shouldnt it?
 

My experience the Silver Bullets had more bass.

 

[ethan961]

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My experience the Silver Bullets had more bass.

SB = more sub-bass, Eterna = more mid-bass. I too think the SBs actually edge out the Eterna for bass quantity, despite them having very different presentations.

 

[rawrster]

It's hard to imagine an earphone with more bass than the Eterna even if it's just part of the bass. The Eterna has way more bass than i would ever want in any phone

 

[ethan961]

It's hard to explain. It is certainly more balanced than than the Eterna - bass domination isn't what we are talking about. It's more that it just has deeper sub-bass. Overall there is less bass (if you count both sub and mid-bass) than the Eterna, but the sub-bass is about the same or a bit more than the Eterna. The rest of the spectrum does a good job of balancing that out though.

 

[4sound]

another factor is the fit.  Everyone's ears are different and the SB go in a lot easier than the eterna for me personally.

 

[shaddix]

I find the eterna have more bass than my IE8s heh