ytisawfulnow
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I'd like to get some In ear headphones. My main headphone ever since 2011 has been the good old ATH-M50 which everyone certainly knows about. It's just always appealed to me the most even when compared to more high end headphones i've tried and I guess i'd like to get something that could be considered similar to the ATH-M50 sound wise in an In-ear headphone.
A sound signature that's similar to the ATH-M50s I think would be reasonably flat and well balanced, preferably on the warmer side, not too clinical, strident or dry sounding but a reasonably bright earphone, not too dark. I listen to a lot of rock music, folk music, music with natural instrumentation and production for the most part (Fleet foxes, Nick Drake, Neutral milk hotel, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, R.E.M., Radiohead, Slint) to name a few. I'd also be using them to play video games and maybe watch films sometimes, mostly for music.
I was interested in the Shure SE215's at first, they seemed very popular and well recieved but I don't think I'd like the bizarre way of wearing them and the noise cancellation doesn't appeal to me, obviously most in-ear headphones have decent isolation at the very least because they're creating a full seal right in your ear canal but I don't want something that's going to completely shut out the world around me, just decent isolation and minimal sound leakage.
Something very comfortable, under $200 prefered.
I've done some research and browsing through other forum posts but I can't quite seem to find what i'm looking for exactly so i'd like to know what you guys recommend and suggest. Thank you very much!
A sound signature that's similar to the ATH-M50s I think would be reasonably flat and well balanced, preferably on the warmer side, not too clinical, strident or dry sounding but a reasonably bright earphone, not too dark. I listen to a lot of rock music, folk music, music with natural instrumentation and production for the most part (Fleet foxes, Nick Drake, Neutral milk hotel, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, R.E.M., Radiohead, Slint) to name a few. I'd also be using them to play video games and maybe watch films sometimes, mostly for music.
I was interested in the Shure SE215's at first, they seemed very popular and well recieved but I don't think I'd like the bizarre way of wearing them and the noise cancellation doesn't appeal to me, obviously most in-ear headphones have decent isolation at the very least because they're creating a full seal right in your ear canal but I don't want something that's going to completely shut out the world around me, just decent isolation and minimal sound leakage.
Something very comfortable, under $200 prefered.
I've done some research and browsing through other forum posts but I can't quite seem to find what i'm looking for exactly so i'd like to know what you guys recommend and suggest. Thank you very much!
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