vince32837
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I spent about a month absorbing the good posts on this site. I first set out to get the headphones. The path started at Koss ear-clip phones from Circuit City, which I sounded pretty damn good for $20.... then tried, Shure E2C, but I wanted more and I had more budget so based on the reviews at this site I stepped up to the Shure E4 (black). My generic player could only start to tap into these earphone's capabilties.
It was time to get a player that could do the Shure E4's justice! I set my boundary conditions on a 1GB flash player, since I had no need to load 500+songs. The X5 was not required for me....
To me it came down Iaudio vs. Iriver. Both vendors seem to put out sound quality that could have done the job, based on all the posts. Iaudio seems to have their act together and based on the S/N ratio of 95 dB, being a Radar Engineer, I know what 5 dB really means,.. whether I could hear it is another story............
If there is a higher level of sound quality than my combo it can't be more than 5% away. Either way
I will not pour the extra $$$ to reach it..That's for me, others may dump another $500-1K reaching that last 5% (ext amp etc.)
Just wanted to shell ouy my thoughts and say thanks for the posts,
Vince
It was time to get a player that could do the Shure E4's justice! I set my boundary conditions on a 1GB flash player, since I had no need to load 500+songs. The X5 was not required for me....
To me it came down Iaudio vs. Iriver. Both vendors seem to put out sound quality that could have done the job, based on all the posts. Iaudio seems to have their act together and based on the S/N ratio of 95 dB, being a Radar Engineer, I know what 5 dB really means,.. whether I could hear it is another story............
If there is a higher level of sound quality than my combo it can't be more than 5% away. Either way
Just wanted to shell ouy my thoughts and say thanks for the posts,
Vince