[AdnanHfuda]

Tired of skullcandies breaking on me, i liked the sound of the full metal jackets i had until they broke on me. any tips on what in ear headphones i should get that sound like that but wont bust on me for a very long time? currently considering the monster turbines

 

[11amaberry]

What's your price range? For 40 bucks the Nuforce ne-7m are good, while 80 bucks could get you the very good hifiman re0.

 

[AdnanHfuda]

willing to go up to 150 if the headphones are really amazing, trying to stay around $100

 

[11amaberry]

The RE0 are wonderfull for the price range, but you might need a portable amp to bring out heavier bass.

 

[AdnanHfuda]

if you had the choice between it and the turbines what would you take?

 

[hahahigh]

Are you looking for isolation? If not, the Yuin PK2s are right in your price range, and sound wonderful for the money.

 

[AdnanHfuda]

ya i need isolation, thanks anyways
 
quick question, whats impedence? i know it means resistance but what does that mean in terms of headphones and sound quality?

 

[Marcus_C]

Pretty much the higher the impedance the more power you'll need to get the same volume. Anything around 30Ω is about normal. What music do you listen to?? What about your SC's do you like?

 

[AdnanHfuda]

i listen to rap/techno kinda stuff. some RnB and pop. I like the full Metal Jackets the most 

 

[Marcus_C]

Well for that kind of music i'd steer towards the turbines.

 

[weibby]

If you like boom boom bass, theres IE8/Atrios and Eternas.

 

[11amaberry]

I suggest get the turbines, then report back on what you think of them. Personally I've not heard much about them.

 

[koonhua90]

To answer your question, for us engineering student, impedance is not exactly resistance. It is a complex sum, where the real part of it is resistance. The imaginary part represents the phase shift. The imaginary part has relation to w (omega), which is the frequency. According to wiki, the phase shift is the phase difference between current and voltage.
 
There is a whole field of knowledge on this matter, and how you use components like capacitors and inductor couple with resistors to create a low pass/bandpass/highpass filter (those will form the crossovers you often see in speakers and IEM)
 
You can read up this on wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_impedance
 
Usually, like what others have mentioned before, higher impedance makes the earphone/headphone harder to drive. I have heard people saying that using higher impedance smooth out the freq response curve and other things, but until you really study this in an electro-acoustic class, they should be taken with a grain of salt.

 

[muxenle]

oh, and just as an FYI your SK might have been breaking because you where being rough on them (wrapping around mp3 player, shoving in pockets, etc). so what ever you end up getting make sure to use the case they come with, or buy one if they don't come with one; and treat those wires nicely

 

[ZeusofBoost]

I demoed my brothers skullcandys and they were really bad. Way to much emphasis on the bottom end. They didnt even play the highs either.
 
I would go for the Turbines or S4's for bass. I had the S4's and they had tons of bass. I just ordered the Monster Turbine Pro Golds which should be here tomorrow though