Orlando
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I've got to get a good recommendation for my sister's birthday here. She needs some comfortable, good sounding phones, and I'm suggesting IEMs even though she's never had some before. She works in a dental lab and wants to shut out the noise.
Criteria:
1. Shuts out the noise
2. Will be used everywhere, but particularly in dental lab to drown out background noise
3. Need to be comfortable and sound good for a first time IEM user.
4. Driven by an iPod nano, probably. Maybe a laptop.
5. Preferably in the $100 to $150 range.
My Reasons to go IEM:
1. Can you even get over the ear cans that cancel noise for under $130?
2. I now use IEM for work. Hopefully she'll like.
My experience:
1. I got some Shure e2C's and loved them.
2. I upgraded to UE Triple.Fi 10's and think they're... pretty good. I put the Shure olives on them, and they're comfy, but I miss the bass. They sound good, but for the price, I wasn't as blown away as I'd hoped to be.
I have a hard time not wanting to go with Shure's because of my experience. They have the olives, so I figure comfort is a non issue. Not sure what model would be best.
Criteria:
1. Shuts out the noise
2. Will be used everywhere, but particularly in dental lab to drown out background noise
3. Need to be comfortable and sound good for a first time IEM user.
4. Driven by an iPod nano, probably. Maybe a laptop.
5. Preferably in the $100 to $150 range.
My Reasons to go IEM:
1. Can you even get over the ear cans that cancel noise for under $130?
2. I now use IEM for work. Hopefully she'll like.
My experience:
1. I got some Shure e2C's and loved them.
2. I upgraded to UE Triple.Fi 10's and think they're... pretty good. I put the Shure olives on them, and they're comfy, but I miss the bass. They sound good, but for the price, I wasn't as blown away as I'd hoped to be.
I have a hard time not wanting to go with Shure's because of my experience. They have the olives, so I figure comfort is a non issue. Not sure what model would be best.