Ultrazino
Now known as HuoYuanJia
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After seeing how many people are convinced of IEMs in the Headphone VS Earphone thread I've decided to give IEMs another try.
My last pair were Senn's CX-500 and they couldn't convince me at all.
Source is an unamped iPhone 3GS. All music is at least encoded in AAC VBR 256 kBits/s. A few albums, of which I think are worth it, are kept in lossless format (I don't hear the difference, though... yet!).
Prefered music: Jazz, Rock, Electronic & Classical.
This is what I'm looking for:
Sadly I haven't ever been really interested in IEMs so I don't even know where to start. I grabbed some CX-400 & CX-500 some time ago, but I gave them away for free as I didn't like them. The CX-500 sounded overall too dark and muffled and was uncomfortable. The CX-400 was even worse but with much exaggerated bass. However, I'm sure you can recommend me some In-Ears that top these two (as one cost 25€ and the other 30€).
My budget is 150€ max. I don't know if it's even useful to go past the 100€ mark for an unamped source. You tell me.
Thank you!
P.S.: Sorry, I did search the forum and there are plenty recommendation threads with my budget level already, but I couldn't find any with emphasis on comfort and warm sound. The majority seems to prefer isolation and heavy bass. So please don't shoot me!
My last pair were Senn's CX-500 and they couldn't convince me at all.
Source is an unamped iPhone 3GS. All music is at least encoded in AAC VBR 256 kBits/s. A few albums, of which I think are worth it, are kept in lossless format (I don't hear the difference, though... yet!).
Prefered music: Jazz, Rock, Electronic & Classical.
This is what I'm looking for:
- Comfortability: they have to be comfortable. This is more important to me than isolation. I do know that this varies greatly from ear to ear.
- Warm sound: I'm looking for a warm and smooth sound. I don't want the earphones to sound cold or aggressive.
- Fun sound: I'm neither a musician nor a sound engineer. I just want to enjoy music. When it comes down to it I'll prefer an unusual sound signature over an analytical one. But only as long as it doesn't kill any details!
- Light emphasis on bass: I don't want to blast my head with techno or anything. An average bass amount will probably be enough, but I don't want it to come too short.
Sadly I haven't ever been really interested in IEMs so I don't even know where to start. I grabbed some CX-400 & CX-500 some time ago, but I gave them away for free as I didn't like them. The CX-500 sounded overall too dark and muffled and was uncomfortable. The CX-400 was even worse but with much exaggerated bass. However, I'm sure you can recommend me some In-Ears that top these two (as one cost 25€ and the other 30€).
My budget is 150€ max. I don't know if it's even useful to go past the 100€ mark for an unamped source. You tell me.
Thank you!
P.S.: Sorry, I did search the forum and there are plenty recommendation threads with my budget level already, but I couldn't find any with emphasis on comfort and warm sound. The majority seems to prefer isolation and heavy bass. So please don't shoot me!