rodman
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so it seems like im entering a controversial topic on these forums but here goes.
i stumbled across this forum while researching for the iems and ive been reading feverishly for the last few days, learning a great deal along the way. but it seems like priorities will be the deciding factor with such a great variety and differing characteristics available, so here goes.
heres the scenario:
my girlfriend will be travelling to japan with me on a no entertainment (we are too cheap), 9 hr flight, so our mp3 players will be our greatest friends. i wish to buy an iem for her as a surprise present to make the flight enjoyable and to preserve her hearing. other than the flight, i intend for her to use it for commuting on two half hour noisy train rides daily in sydney.
here are the conditions:
she is not an audiophile
comfort is paramount
since its a surprise, she probably wont be able to try it first, so a good returns policy would be helpful
she has small ears, so the canal would probably b small too
next after comfort is durability, then isolation for the flight
the iem will be driven straight from an mp3 player
i wont mod the iem
she listens to classical and operas mostly, some jazz and some vocals so details seem to be preferable
budget: aroudn $100
possibilities: im leaning towards um1 and er6i, more towards the um1 because of the maintenance of the filters required for the er6i. also looked at e2c, super.fi 3
sorry for the long msg, and thanks for all the help uve given already!
i stumbled across this forum while researching for the iems and ive been reading feverishly for the last few days, learning a great deal along the way. but it seems like priorities will be the deciding factor with such a great variety and differing characteristics available, so here goes.
heres the scenario:
my girlfriend will be travelling to japan with me on a no entertainment (we are too cheap), 9 hr flight, so our mp3 players will be our greatest friends. i wish to buy an iem for her as a surprise present to make the flight enjoyable and to preserve her hearing. other than the flight, i intend for her to use it for commuting on two half hour noisy train rides daily in sydney.
here are the conditions:
she is not an audiophile
comfort is paramount
since its a surprise, she probably wont be able to try it first, so a good returns policy would be helpful
she has small ears, so the canal would probably b small too
next after comfort is durability, then isolation for the flight
the iem will be driven straight from an mp3 player
i wont mod the iem
she listens to classical and operas mostly, some jazz and some vocals so details seem to be preferable
budget: aroudn $100
possibilities: im leaning towards um1 and er6i, more towards the um1 because of the maintenance of the filters required for the er6i. also looked at e2c, super.fi 3
sorry for the long msg, and thanks for all the help uve given already!