N0051215
New Head-Fier
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Hi all,
Firstly, sorry for the ambiguous title, but thought it might help get a few more people to read a thread from a newbie!
I know there are a few already regarding IEMs (or ICMs or whatever - I don't want to start a debate over semantics!) but I thought I'd start a new one to solve my little conundrum, so here goes:
I do a lot of air miles through my job and decided that the isolation inherent in IEMs is the way forward for me, esp. as I like to travel light - which brings me onto the fact that I really don't want to have to employ an amp to get the most out of the things! Also because I'll be using the 'phones in the gym/ running/ on train etc etc I don't want the extra bulk, but do want comfort and durability (I don't ask for much, do I?!).
The other thing is that I'm playing music from a Creative Zen (soon to be replaced by the new 160Gb iPod classic) and although I always compress at the highest settings, to be honest, not much of my music uses lossless compression - I know, not brilliant - but I'm not prepared to give up all the music I've collected* from friends and downloads over the years.
(* for 'collected', see 'stolen')
Money isn't necessarily an object as I do like to treat myself on occasion, but I'm not going to pay through the nose for something I'm not going to fully appreciate.....I started looking at the shure 530's or Ety ER4P's for example. But came to the conclusion that there is no point in having top quality phones that reach the highest of highs or deepest of lows - if my music does not! Besides anything that is too 'analytical' (as I have heard the Ety's being called) will no doubt draw attention to compression and become very fatiguing, esp. as I spent a few years at uni doing some music production (and now do a bit as a kind of hobby) so my ears are geared towards analytical listening.
So with that in mind, I don't really mind if the IEM's are a little 'warm' or 'musical' - but I do want as decent as set as I can get my hands on!
Models I have come across that might fit the bill are:
Ultimate Ears Super.fi 3/ or 5eb's
Etymotic ER-6i
Denon AH C700
But I'm open to suggestion and advice - and as I'm new to Head-Fi, anything would be greatly appreciated!
Many thanks for listening......to those that are still here.
Gav
Firstly, sorry for the ambiguous title, but thought it might help get a few more people to read a thread from a newbie!
I know there are a few already regarding IEMs (or ICMs or whatever - I don't want to start a debate over semantics!) but I thought I'd start a new one to solve my little conundrum, so here goes:
I do a lot of air miles through my job and decided that the isolation inherent in IEMs is the way forward for me, esp. as I like to travel light - which brings me onto the fact that I really don't want to have to employ an amp to get the most out of the things! Also because I'll be using the 'phones in the gym/ running/ on train etc etc I don't want the extra bulk, but do want comfort and durability (I don't ask for much, do I?!).
The other thing is that I'm playing music from a Creative Zen (soon to be replaced by the new 160Gb iPod classic) and although I always compress at the highest settings, to be honest, not much of my music uses lossless compression - I know, not brilliant - but I'm not prepared to give up all the music I've collected* from friends and downloads over the years.
(* for 'collected', see 'stolen')
Money isn't necessarily an object as I do like to treat myself on occasion, but I'm not going to pay through the nose for something I'm not going to fully appreciate.....I started looking at the shure 530's or Ety ER4P's for example. But came to the conclusion that there is no point in having top quality phones that reach the highest of highs or deepest of lows - if my music does not! Besides anything that is too 'analytical' (as I have heard the Ety's being called) will no doubt draw attention to compression and become very fatiguing, esp. as I spent a few years at uni doing some music production (and now do a bit as a kind of hobby) so my ears are geared towards analytical listening.
So with that in mind, I don't really mind if the IEM's are a little 'warm' or 'musical' - but I do want as decent as set as I can get my hands on!
Models I have come across that might fit the bill are:
Ultimate Ears Super.fi 3/ or 5eb's
Etymotic ER-6i
Denon AH C700
But I'm open to suggestion and advice - and as I'm new to Head-Fi, anything would be greatly appreciated!
Many thanks for listening......to those that are still here.
Gav