[limathy]

Hi looking for iems for a friend that offer good levels of isolation with the silicone tips. Considering the Shure 102 i think it is?
but i hear they sound pretty aweful. its $100 is AUS which (about 90USD)

Is there any other budget options with good isolation and sound better for the price?

 

[goober-george]

Why not RE-0s? It probably doesn't have the best isolation like ER-4ps but, I think it's good enough. Does your friend find the isolation too poor with the RE-0s?

 

[limathy]

well mostly for plane travel and subway. where the added isolation is rather nice, otherwise yes, would have got the re0's

 

[Hentai11]

The Ety ER6i phones are no longer the cutting edge, but they're still among the strongest midprice phones, with excellent isolation using the triple-flanged tips.

 

[jsplice]

I'm currently using Shure SE115 and UE super.fi 4 (trying to decide between the two is difficult). I'd say the super.fi 4 has good isolation, but the SE115 is excellent. Only problem with the SE115s is that they seem to be a bit bass-heavy. The super.fi 4s on the other hand are clean sounding, but lean in the bass. Very tough decision.

 

[limathy]

se115s are 150 in AUS.... were on the list of considerations initially,


ooh er6i's, never thought of that, any idea on the cheapest place to get them?

 

[ljokerl]

I agree with the Er6i. Throw some Shure Olives on them for comfort and they will attenuate massive amounts of noise.

 

[rawrster]

another vote for the er6i. hard to beat them for isolation. i dont remember which blocked out more noise with the olives or triple flange but still great isolation regardless of which one you used.