In-ear for about $100?

[Yiep]

Hi, guess you get alot of these threads so sorry, here's another one...

Anyhow, my Creative Aurvana In-ear died today after about a year of heavy usage. So now I feel like buying a new pair, and at the same time step it up a notch.

I have a budget of about $100 at max. Saw in some other thread like this one that you asked for what music they're ment for, so there I'd probally have to say electro (no big beat techno, a little softer) and some random pop.

The first pair that came to mind was Shure SE110, but read somewhere that it was lacking quite a bit on the bass. So yeah, I dont know.

Gotta say I feel quite lost in the jungle of in-ear headphones, so please help me out with some recommendations

 

[ZZMitch]

Ouch, just missed the 50$ of sale on the HF5s at Amazon.

Since those are 150$ now, Id go look at the Klipsch Image S4s

 

[Yiep]

Thanks for the tip, seems like a nice pair after a quick research. One downside... not released in Sweden yet... Could order from some other country, but since my creative was my only acceptable pair I'd love it if you could give me some other tip

 

[kpfeifle]

Westone UM1

 

[mark2410]

jays are probably the most reasonable option in the land of snow and iron ore, S- Jays perhaps?

or buy stuff from the uk and ship it over

 

[03029174]

I was really impressed with the Monster Turbine IEMs at CanJam, especially with an amp
I personally perfered them amped compaired to my Triple fi Pro's (Mind you that was done on memory)
They have great bass when amped

 

[mp3]

Starting to sound like a broken record, but at that price point, check out the Crossroads Quattro as well.

 

[priest]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yiep /img/forum/go_quote.gif The first pair that came to mind was Shure SE110, but read somewhere that it was lacking quite a bit on the bass. So yeah, I dont know.

I'm not primarily an IEM guy, but I would say you're right to hesitate on the SE110, I hung onto mine for 6 months before I finally gave up on them. And it's not because I don't like Shure. I liked my E2c and currently use SCL3. The SE110 sound is thin and muddy to my ears.

 

[Nonchalance]

I've heard good things about the Westone UM1s. I'm thinking of getting a pair of that.

 

[jonathanjong]

There are lots of good candidates under $100, even if you're specifically looking for satisfying bass. NuForce NE-7 perhaps? Denon C551?