Zalithian
Headphoneus Supremus
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I currently own a few IEMS, in my sig. I like the PFE's in some aspects, Nuforce NE-7M's in others. I generally wear my PFE's with grey filters unamped, and I don't really have a good amp. As I generally port it around, even wear it in my gym class I don't want to bring an amp. I have the E3 and it's very small but I still don't like bringing it around, especially for such marginal improvement.
What I like about the PFE's - the clarity, soundstage are much better than the NE-7M's, and more balanced but...
I also like some things about the Nuforce NE-7M's - It's less balanced but I like the warmer sound signature sometimes. The soundstage seems very narrow to me which I'm not a big fan of but..
I've heard the Sennheiser IE8's have basically the same clarity as the PFE's with a much bigger soundstage. I do like a balanced sound sometimes, but a bigger soundstage and more bass impact would be great.
I generally listen to 192 minimum bitrate mp3's, usually 192 VBR. I've listened to flac but not much, and never noticed a real difference but maybe my equipment just wasn't good enough to detect it. For genre's it's really a lot of stuff, from rock, jpop, some rap, orchestral/classical, death metal and some other stuff.
The first issue is the price. People used to be getting the IE8's for around $250 US, but right now I can't find them for less than $450. There's no way they're worth that much to me at $450, but at $250 I would definitely want to snatch them up. I'd have to sell a small amount of assets to fund the purchase but it shouldn't be difficult.
Anyways, assuming I could find them again for $300 or less should I get them? Has anyone found them in the US for a reasonable price recently? If not, should I just wait until they come down in price?
Thanks.
What I like about the PFE's - the clarity, soundstage are much better than the NE-7M's, and more balanced but...
I also like some things about the Nuforce NE-7M's - It's less balanced but I like the warmer sound signature sometimes. The soundstage seems very narrow to me which I'm not a big fan of but..
I've heard the Sennheiser IE8's have basically the same clarity as the PFE's with a much bigger soundstage. I do like a balanced sound sometimes, but a bigger soundstage and more bass impact would be great.
I generally listen to 192 minimum bitrate mp3's, usually 192 VBR. I've listened to flac but not much, and never noticed a real difference but maybe my equipment just wasn't good enough to detect it. For genre's it's really a lot of stuff, from rock, jpop, some rap, orchestral/classical, death metal and some other stuff.
The first issue is the price. People used to be getting the IE8's for around $250 US, but right now I can't find them for less than $450. There's no way they're worth that much to me at $450, but at $250 I would definitely want to snatch them up. I'd have to sell a small amount of assets to fund the purchase but it shouldn't be difficult.
Anyways, assuming I could find them again for $300 or less should I get them? Has anyone found them in the US for a reasonable price recently? If not, should I just wait until they come down in price?
Thanks.
