Best earphones rightnow?

[reNppa]

Sennheiser mx500?

or?

MAX 100$

 

[dj_mocok]

how about those titanium ATH earphones ?

 

[Big D]

I vote for Shure E2c. It's possible to pick them up for around $65.

Good fit and isolation. Best sound quality vs price trade-off I've heard.

EDIT: I should add that I've used Shure E2c, E3, E5, Etymotic ER4-P, ER4-S, and Ultimate Ears UE-10 Pro.

 

[dj_mocok]

but those are canal phones..

 

[reNppa]

titanium ATH

pics?
links?

- Thanks

 

[commando]

That's perhaps the loosest spec i've ever seen here. "best earphones, max $100". Why do you think there's 13,000 members and 750,000 posts? It's because no-one agrees which is best!!!

Tell us where you want to use them, music types, portable or not, circumaural (around your ears), supraaural (on your ears), earbud, or ear canal.

 

[reNppa]

I have iRiver iGP-100 mp3 player

music types: trance,techno,pop&rock

earbud (like sennheiser mx500)

 

[commando]

What people around here usually say is the Sennheiser 400/500 are the best earbuds. Haven't tried them myself.

 

[lojay]

Do yourself a favour and buy a canalphone. The MX500's suck to the ground if you're thinking $100. For $50 you can get the Senn 497, which is at least 50 times better than the MX500 at $10 something $20 something. No kidding. Sure, it is crazy to compare it with a full sized can, but why buy something worse if you could spend a couple of bucks more? Afterall your budget's $100. Just do it.

From my experience, you can't get better than the Grado SR80 or Beyers (fellow headfi experience) around that price, cause canalphones only shine and outperform headphones at the price level of Ety ER4's and Shure e5's, which is way off budget. Get a full sized can (search) or get a canalphone if you must. PS: Canalphones don't get "that" deep inside the ear as you may think. EG. the e3c's I own are more comfortable than most and are more practical than earbuds, which tend to fall off. Get the e2c for a canalphone under $70 or a Sony EX71 which is cheaper.

 

[dj_mocok]

Quote:

Originally Posted by lojay Do yourself a favour and buy a canalphone. The MX500's suck to the ground if you're thinking $100. For $50 you can get the Senn 497, which is at least 50 times better than the MX500 at $10 something $20 something. No kidding. Sure, it is crazy to compare it with a full sized can, but why buy something worse if you could spend a couple of bucks more? Afterall your budget's $100. Just do it.

errr... maybe the reason he wants earbuds not headphones is because its portable ?

 

[lojay]

"Get a full sized can (search) or get a canalphone if you must. PS: Canalphones don't get "that" deep inside the ear as you may think. EG. the e3c's I own are more comfortable than most and are more practical than earbuds, which tend to fall off. Get the e2c for a canalphone under $70 or a Sony EX71 which is cheaper."

 

[reNppa]

I have HD497 rightnow, but i searching earbuds or earcanal...

 

[dj_mocok]

for budget, i recommend mx400.