[jonathanjong]

To elaborate, I'm looking for a pair of earphones/IEMs (well, music playing things to stick into my ears, regardless of depth) to go with my classical collection, and to a lesser extent, my jazz music as well. More specifically, I want a pair that'll play Mozart (esp. Requiem) and Mile Davis well. Any ideas? Price range between $50 and $150 (i.e., $100, with a large standard deviation). Thanks!

 

[samtheman11]

I'm kind of interested in iems for jazz at this price range (50-150) as well...

 

[nsx_23]

I love my SF5pros with Jazz.

What kind of jazz do you listen to? I mostly listen to modern smooth jazz.

 

[monolith]

ER-4Ps, no question.

After hearing those, the SF5Ps were unlistenable to me.

 

[samtheman11]

Quote:

Originally Posted by nsx_23 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I love my SF5pros with Jazz. What kind of jazz do you listen to? I mostly listen to modern smooth jazz.

Pretty much everything, except for smooth jazz. A lot of bebop, post-bop and also more modern stuff.

 

[nsx_23]

Yeah, I think I'm going to try and grab some ER4ps and compare.

Than again, I might just save up fro UM4 customs at the end of the year. I wonder how they'd work with jazz.

 

[dookiex]

The Klipsch line is perfect for jazz and classical. I will have to at least admit that, sadly I listen to more rock if anything in which there's not enough at the higher end of the frequencies for me.

 

[Aimless1]

My vote is for something Etymotic. At the low end I loved the ER-6i for classical. Wasn't listening to jazz when I had them so I won't comment there, other than to extrapolate and say I think they will do fine with most jazz genres, but not all.

 

[BigTony]

I have the ER-6i's and they are too 'clinical' for classical, they make it sound very cold. I'm not sure if any IEM will work well with classical music to be honest.

 

[insyte]

Id also say go for the etys. I actually like the way the details are heard

 

[fjf]

ER4 are a classic for classical

. I am now enjoying a lot my new yuin PK1. Amped from the ipod-mini³ and unamped from the cowon D2 are very nice. Very different from the etys, colored, bassy, but also with a sweet warm sound.

 

[dookiex]

The Ety's are not good for jazz. Jazz requires quite a bit of warmth to sound good which the Etys are lacking. Etys are great for classical but not ALL classical because again, they do lack that warmth.

 

[fjf]

True, but they (even the er4P, or specially them) improve with an amp. An ER4P (which is bassier than the S) connected to a mini³ has bass. Try it. Out of an ipod with its bass roll-off, they lack bass.