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Hey guys!
Long time head-fi lurker, I've finally come out of hiding to ask an important question that's a bit more specific than all the other comparison and review threads that I've gone over.
I'm an avid listener of indie music (mostly rock), bass isn't something that I feel that I'm obsessed with, here are some examples:
YouTube - Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) - Arcade Fire
YouTube - Titus Andronicus - A More Perfect Union
YouTube - Florence and the Machine - Cosmic Love
I'm looking for some IEM's for airplane travel (got a few long flights coming up) and also for use in libraries (so they can't leak sound). I'm looking for something that isn't too bright/fatiguing with the treble, comfortable and comes with foam (my ears tend to enjoy the small foam size of shure's and I can never seem to get a rubber/gel pad to stay inserted), good at isolating noise and a big one is build quality (as I like to throw around my electronics).
My price range is anything below $200 USD. So in my mind, this automatically rejected the triplefi's, westone 3's and the IE 8's. Which has led me to narrowing it down to the ER4-P's, IE7's and PFE 112's. I will be purchasing specifically from amazon as I have a decent amount of gift cards on there. Just to make sure I'm talking about the same things you will be, here are the three product pages:
Amazon.com: Etymotic ER-4P Portable In-Ear Earphones: Electronics
Amazon.com: Sennheiser IE 7 In-Ear Monitor Earphones: Electronics
Amazon.com: Audeo Phonak PFE112 Revision II Earphones: Electronics
A bit of additional info:
-I'll be using these unamped on a large HD Zune and laptop jack out of my ASUS.
-I'm one who likes budget cans, I currently enjoy my foam-modded Sennheiser HD-555's and Koss Portapros. Ones I didn't enjoy were the Shure E2C's (went to crap after cord damage x 2 pairs and I didn't like the sound coming out of them), Grado SR60's (too bright!), and the Head-Direct RE2's (really flimsy and a bit tinny, even with a friend's fiio amp, makes me worry about the RE0).
Thanks for taking the time to read this and for all the great advice over the years! Hope that you can understand my dilemma!
Long time head-fi lurker, I've finally come out of hiding to ask an important question that's a bit more specific than all the other comparison and review threads that I've gone over.
I'm an avid listener of indie music (mostly rock), bass isn't something that I feel that I'm obsessed with, here are some examples:
YouTube - Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) - Arcade Fire
YouTube - Titus Andronicus - A More Perfect Union
YouTube - Florence and the Machine - Cosmic Love
I'm looking for some IEM's for airplane travel (got a few long flights coming up) and also for use in libraries (so they can't leak sound). I'm looking for something that isn't too bright/fatiguing with the treble, comfortable and comes with foam (my ears tend to enjoy the small foam size of shure's and I can never seem to get a rubber/gel pad to stay inserted), good at isolating noise and a big one is build quality (as I like to throw around my electronics).
My price range is anything below $200 USD. So in my mind, this automatically rejected the triplefi's, westone 3's and the IE 8's. Which has led me to narrowing it down to the ER4-P's, IE7's and PFE 112's. I will be purchasing specifically from amazon as I have a decent amount of gift cards on there. Just to make sure I'm talking about the same things you will be, here are the three product pages:
Amazon.com: Etymotic ER-4P Portable In-Ear Earphones: Electronics
Amazon.com: Sennheiser IE 7 In-Ear Monitor Earphones: Electronics
Amazon.com: Audeo Phonak PFE112 Revision II Earphones: Electronics
A bit of additional info:
-I'll be using these unamped on a large HD Zune and laptop jack out of my ASUS.
-I'm one who likes budget cans, I currently enjoy my foam-modded Sennheiser HD-555's and Koss Portapros. Ones I didn't enjoy were the Shure E2C's (went to crap after cord damage x 2 pairs and I didn't like the sound coming out of them), Grado SR60's (too bright!), and the Head-Direct RE2's (really flimsy and a bit tinny, even with a friend's fiio amp, makes me worry about the RE0).
Thanks for taking the time to read this and for all the great advice over the years! Hope that you can understand my dilemma!