Hi head-fi!
(WARNING: This first part is the story about my last IEMs and how they broke. It might help you to recommend me new ones, but you don't have to read it.)
So my MEElectronics M21 IEMs have finally just gone out in the right ear after about 7 months. That's the longest I've had a pair of IEMs without one of the sides blowing out.
(BTW, they were pretty great quality, I liked them better than the M9s, and better than the Skullcandy Titans. They were about as good as the Sennheiser CX200s, in different terms. They were pretty well balanced.)
I'm pretty harsh on my IEMs. I usually make sure to store them properly and not stuff them in my pockets or anything for the first month or so. Then I just give up and hope they last with a little abuse. I usually wear them with my iPod in my sweatshirt pocket, and the cord going up underneath the sweatshirt, then going behind my neck, then coming up over my left ear...and into it. Admittingly, I did stuff them into my pockets when I needed to store them during the school day. But, the vast majority of the time they were inside my sweatshirt pocket or plugged into my computer. I listen to music a lot...
The reason the right side stopped working (based on my educated guess) is that the cord became too cold (I live in Colorado) and eventually in pretty much just broke, exposing the part underneath the cord casing.
(End of story).
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START READING HERE FOR MY REQUIREMENTS
So, I need IEMs that will, preferably:
-Last longer than 6 months with lots of listening but not that much abuse. Of course, I would like if they lasted forever.
-Be somewhat balanced, but with more emphasis on bass.
-Have a cord that won't get too hard in the cold...so basically I need a non-cheap cord.
I mainly listen to thrash metal, heavy metal, classic metal, dubstep (mainstream type, not chillstep), D&B, electro/house, hard rock. I like hearing bass. To me, it makes it sound higher quality if you can feel the kick drum. And, I love bass lines in metal and rock.
My price range is <$50. I currently have $50 on Amazon, which is where I'm gonna buy them from, with no exceptions. If I have money left over after the first pair, I might buy another pair.
Ones I've owned: Sennheiser CX200, Sennheiser CX475, Skullcandy Titans, (fake) Sennheiser CX300-IIs, V-MODA Bass Freq, MEElectronics M9 and M21.
Ones I'm already considering: Ultimate Electronics UE500, VSONIC GR99, DUNU DN-12 Trident, Soundmagic E30 or E10, Ultimate Electronics UE 350, Creative EP-360, Sony MDR-XB20EX, Hi-FiMan RE-0,
So yeah, could anybody help?
(sorry for long post)