[LaurenceF]

  You realize that these takstars are open design? The 668B are also open. The only closed design headphones you listed were the edifiers. Just saying, because you said you wanted closed headphones

Apparently they are quite closed half-closed (lol) headphones, so I thought why not? They were cheap as well, on Taobao.

 

[kr0mka]

  Apparently they are quite closed half-closed (lol) headphones, so I thought why not? They were cheap as well, on Taobao.

Half-closed headphones are closer sounding to open headphones than fully closed ones. You most certainly won't get the full isolation like in the closed ones. 
 
The 668B's I have are supposedly half-closed too, but they feel like normal open headphones to me.

 

[LaurenceF]

  Half-closed headphones are closer sounding to open headphones than fully closed ones. You most certainly won't get the full isolation like in the closed ones. 
 
The 668B's I have are supposedly half-closed too, but they feel like normal open headphones to me.

A'ight! Isolation isn't a big deal, but I was used to it. There only was a handful of models I found that had full isolation. Everything's a matter of being used of, I'll just get used to the new design I guess. Thanks for the info!

 

[crabdog]

I've been going through some of my sadly neglected items tonight (original VE Monk, Tenmak Piano, VJJB K4) and have been listening to the same piece over and over again. It's amazing how changing iem can affect the same song. If you've got nothing better to do right now, pull out some of your favorites and have a go at this:
 
 
(Edit: posted wrong link, the first had a break in the audio.)

 

[Bob A (SD)]

Not a gamer so I'd never heard the Skyrim music.  Very very nice.  Used the YouTube search plug in in foobar2000 to play it through my Schiit/Senn setup.  Thank you
 
Moved to the full soundtrack which I'm playing now.  https://youtu.be/QTZiyF_Bki0

 

[crabdog]

  Not a gamer so I'd never heard the Skyrim music.  Very very nice.  Used the YouTube search plug in in foobar2000 to play it through my Schiit/Senn setup.  Thank you
 
Moved to the full soundtrack which I'm playing now.

Really glad you liked it Bob. Jeremy Soule has done some amazing stuff. Impatiently waiting to test it on my 808s which should be here on Monday. 

 

[audio123]

 

 

New AudioSense AS20 In-ear Earphone HiFi Headphones High Quality Stereo Metal Earbuds Noise cancelling earphones With Microphone

 
Anyone tried this?

help!

 

[teston]

I received the Easy M2 today. My impression ootb is that the sound is quite smooth with the silver nozzles and stock tips, although the bass is a little too much.
Too bad I don't have the yellow core tips that you guys mention. I do tips roll but the stock tips give the best sound atm.
The black filter however gives not enough bass for my taste.
I didn't try the Sendiy yet but the Easy M2 is quite ok for its price.

 

[mebaali]

@crabdog - Thanks for that wonderful audio link (Myself, not a big gamer and have never heard this track before). Being a sucker for OSTs with big orchestral setups, this was mesmerizing, enchanting and simply brilliant.
Cheers!

 
 
 
(p.s. I have used JVC Riptidz HA-FX8 with large JVC stock tips (but not spiral dot) for listening the above track. Riptidz, IMHO, a very under-rated gem of a beater phones at dirt cheap price of US$ 4, I got these for. To my ears, these IEMs provide great clarity, imaging, instrument separation among the el-cheapo IEMs that I own)

 

[crabdog]

@crabdog
 - Thanks for that wonderful audio link (Myself, not a big gamer and have never heard this track before). Being a sucker for OSTs with big orchestral setups, this was mesmerizing, enchanting and simply brilliant.
Cheers!



(p.s. I have used JVC Riptidz HA-FX8 with large JVC stock tips but not spiral dot for listening the above track. Riptidz, IMHO, a very under-rated gem of a beater phones at dirt cheap price of US$ 4, I got these for). To my ears, these IEMs provide great clarity, imaging, instrument separation among the el-cheapo IEMs that I own)

$4!I wonder if my local retailer has those. I've been looking at some jvc recently but don't recall the model numbers.

 

[mebaali]

$4!I wonder if my local retailer has those. I've been looking at some jvc recently but don't recall the model numbers.

Got these during clearance sale in bestbuy. Locally, these are available for 600 Indian rupees (which is roughly 9 US$) from Amazon and other Indian e-tailers.

 

[Sylmar]

 
Incredible! No idea how you found those, i tried for so long!
I hope they live up to the hype I built up. I really do think they're the best IEM tips I ever used.
 
FWIW i always use Small size silicon or foam and these work perfect for me.

I just took some keywords out of the posted link. 

 
Glad you mentioned them in one of your earlier posts. I got a pair with my Tingo FL600 and never bothered. Tried them out few days ago and I absolutely love these tips now!

 

[1clearhead]

  So, has anyone got any experience with another model in the same price range?
Or should I get the Superluxes?

Quote:

  So, update. What are the best under $40 over-ear closed headphones from Taobao?
Thank you.

Quote:

  I got a pair of Takstar HI2050's. I hope I didn't mess up. Thank you everyone!

 
The Takstar HI2050 are semi-open with an average soundstage and are a good pair for the price, but their are better options in that price range. I've listened and owned many Takstar and Superlux headphones, but the one that caught mostly my attention were the ISK HP-2011 (closed) headphones for its incredible transparency, soundstage and extended range from end to end and some of the greatest monitoring experiences I've listened to for such a low price. .....Take a look below at tmall (part of taobao) and aliexpress.
 
https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.6.Wb4fDa&id=43473855555&cm_id=140105335569ed55e27b&abbucket=6&sku_properties=5919063:6536025
 
http://www.aliexpress.com/af/isk-hp%25252d2011.html?ltype=wholesale&d=y&origin=n&isViewCP=y&catId=0&initiative_id=SB_20160507090110&SearchText=isk+hp-2011
 
Hope this helps! 

 
If you want to see some of my comparisons and reviews on Takstar and ISK?.....check out this post: http://www.head-fi.org/t/585356/the-takstar-technical-pro-gemini-greathon-cyberx-qpad-thread/4035#post_12436316
 

  I received the Easy M2 today. My impression ootb is that the sound is quite smooth with the silver nozzles and stock tips, although the bass is a little too much.
Too bad I don't have the yellow core tips that you guys mention. I do tips roll but the stock tips give the best sound atm.
The black filter however gives not enough bass for my taste.
I didn't try the Sendiy yet but the Easy M2 is quite ok for its price.

 
I'll have a Chinese friend call the Sendiy Audio company this week to see if they can post their Sendiy M2 on Aliexpress. .....Wish me luck!!!

 

[LaurenceF]

  Quote:
Quote:
 
The Takstar HI2050 are semi-open with an average soundstage and are a good pair for the price, but their are better options in that price range. I've listened and owned many Takstar and Superlux headphones, but the one that caught mostly my attention were the ISK HP-2011 (closed) headphones for its incredible transparency, soundstage and extended range from end to end and some of the greatest monitoring experiences I've listened to for such a low price. .....Take a look below at tmall (part of taobao) and aliexpress.
 
https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.6.Wb4fDa&id=43473855555&cm_id=140105335569ed55e27b&abbucket=6&sku_properties=5919063:6536025
 
http://www.aliexpress.com/af/isk-hp%25252d2011.html?ltype=wholesale&d=y&origin=n&isViewCP=y&catId=0&initiative_id=SB_20160507090110&SearchText=isk+hp-2011
 
Hope this helps! 

 
If you want to see some of my comparisons and reviews on Takstar and ISK?.....check out this post: http://www.head-fi.org/t/585356/the-takstar-technical-pro-gemini-greathon-cyberx-qpad-thread/4035#post_12436316
 
 
I'll have a Chinese friend call the Sendiy Audio company this week to see if they can post their Sendiy M2 on Aliexpress. .....Wish me luck!!!

I have a bad experience of the isk jacks, they tend to break and kill a channel when broken. I'll probably choose that one next time in that case. Thank you for the information!
 
Good luck by the way!
QQ is very good for contacting companies like this by the way.

 

[To.M]

I've been going through some of my sadly neglected items tonight (...Tenmak Piano...)

neglected items...how can you? and I can't take my Pianos out of my ears having had them for 3 days I can fully recommend them as what they can offer is good clarity,nice detail and good-quality bass