[haloskinner]

Never had an IEM before,Have always used the generic earbuds that come with mp3 players.Looking to spend no more than 450.

 

[boomy3555]

Universals: Westome 3's
or UE TF10

Customs: Hearyourself.com C-3's
or Alien Ears AE3's

 

[VoLTaG3]

If you love "midrange" in your music or just simply listen to rock, jazz, or audio books then the Shure SE530's are you best bet with the best MIDS in any IEM!

 

[jhoff80]

If you haven't ever used one before, I'd suggest maybe starting with a cheap pair and definitely not a $450 pair just to make sure you can get used to something in your ear like that.

 

[billybob_jcv]

Wow - you're going from generic earbuds to $450 IEMs? Nice.

 

[NajoBB]

Instead of spending allot of money on one (maybe) good iem for you i suggest taking two relatively inexpensive iems from both worlds: dynamic and armature. Then you can decide if you want to stick with one of them (or both) for a certain amount of time or search for a better one based on your experiences. For dynamic i reccomend Denon C551 or more expensive C751, Atrios. And for armatures you could try shure slc4 that are on sale for 80$ (there should be a couple of threads here, don't remmember the exact place), hf5 or er6i from etymotic or maybe new apple dual driver iem. They all have decent popularity here. If hoewer you'd like to skip all this and go for the best, you should post about your music prefferences, sound that you're looking for and i'm sure me and other members would like to help you on deciding. Oh yeah, welcome to head-fi!

 

[crowley]

the triple fi's, ie8, um3's and the se530 come to mind. Going from generic buds to these iem's is gonna be NICE

 

[haloskinner]

Quote:

Originally Posted by NajoBB /img/forum/go_quote.gif Instead of spending allot of money on one (maybe) good iem for you i suggest taking two relatively inexpensive iems from both worlds: dynamic and armature. Then you can decide if you want to stick with one of them (or both) for a certain amount of time or search for a better one based on your experiences. For dynamic i reccomend Denon C551 or more expensive C751, Atrios. And for armatures you could try shure slc4 that are on sale for 80$ (there should be a couple of threads here, don't remmember the exact place), hf5 or er6i from etymotic or maybe new apple dual driver iem. They all have decent popularity here. If hoewer you'd like to skip all this and go for the best, you should post about your music prefferences, sound that you're looking for and i'm sure me and other members would like to help you on deciding. Oh yeah, welcome to head-fi!

I really dont want to go through a couple of headphones,Just want to get right into it pretty much

.I listen to a lot of rock and alternative,But listen to pretty much everything.Need an all around IEM.

 

[NajoBB]

I was telling you that because there's some difference between armatures and dynamic (mainly in bass and soundstage) so you could do a little research on that matter. And since you want the best try looking for some reviews here on Sennheiser IE8, Westone W3, Shure SE530 and Ultimate Ears TF10. Ether one of these four is more or less guarantied to satisfy you.

 

[haloskinner]

I think I am gonna get the Triple.fi and if those do not fit well I will go for the Westone 3's.What is the best place to get the Triple.fi's that also have a good return policy?

 

[boomy3555]

It's hard ti find a place with a "good return policy" for IEM's because of the hygene issues. Ebay has them pretty cheap but I doubt any returns are possible. You may want to search the "For Sale" threads and pick up a used pair to audition. They hold thier value pretty well because they're the top of UE's universal line and the customs are the only way to go up from there with UE.

 

[Jack Karneval]

etymotic er6i + fiio e5 (amp)

can't go wrong as a beginner set

 

[homsar57]

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