XenatR
Head-Fier
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Hi guys, I need to buy a new pair of headphones and can't decide whether to go with IEM or Headphone.
My requirements are an ultra neutral sound, with no sibilance or heavy bass. I want to hear the music as the producer intended and don't want and frequencies too forward of one another
I listen to classical music, mainly Vivaldi, Bach, Dvorak, anything with a harpsichord, Pergolesi, Haydn, Handel and Choral work from King's College Choir.
I also play first person shooter games such as csgo and battlefield 3, so imaging is an important factor to consider. Perhaps a headphone/iem which enables good pinpointing of instruments would be a good option (for those who've never played games). Soundstage doesn't need to be big, nothing like K702 which i find too large and as a result imaging within that soundstage is poor.
Of course I've done a lot of research and narrowed down my options to the Etymonic E4SR and Ollo S4X. I aknowledge they're vastly different in application (isolating iem vs open headphone), but they seem to fit the bill in terms of neutrality.
I've heard a lot of praise of the HD600 but also negativity about the peak at 5.5khz (i don't really want to mess around with EQ). I've tried (mainly when i was focusing on a gaming headphone) K702, K712, Shure 1840, MMX300, DT 990, DT880, Sennheiser Gamer One, AD900X. None of which did it for me.
Open to your professional advice and suggestions. Many thanks
My requirements are an ultra neutral sound, with no sibilance or heavy bass. I want to hear the music as the producer intended and don't want and frequencies too forward of one another
I listen to classical music, mainly Vivaldi, Bach, Dvorak, anything with a harpsichord, Pergolesi, Haydn, Handel and Choral work from King's College Choir.
I also play first person shooter games such as csgo and battlefield 3, so imaging is an important factor to consider. Perhaps a headphone/iem which enables good pinpointing of instruments would be a good option (for those who've never played games). Soundstage doesn't need to be big, nothing like K702 which i find too large and as a result imaging within that soundstage is poor.
Of course I've done a lot of research and narrowed down my options to the Etymonic E4SR and Ollo S4X. I aknowledge they're vastly different in application (isolating iem vs open headphone), but they seem to fit the bill in terms of neutrality.
I've heard a lot of praise of the HD600 but also negativity about the peak at 5.5khz (i don't really want to mess around with EQ). I've tried (mainly when i was focusing on a gaming headphone) K702, K712, Shure 1840, MMX300, DT 990, DT880, Sennheiser Gamer One, AD900X. None of which did it for me.
Open to your professional advice and suggestions. Many thanks