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Thanks for the suggestion
Checked the reviews and they say its pretty stressful at the high end.
I saw the review. These seemed like more analytical than musical. I am looking at more musical earphones, sorry i did not mention that in my first post. I will add these as well in the consideration list.
As kunlun says and by the amazon reviews, I see a high failure rate on the turbine series in general(number of reviews to failure ratio). Thats why I put it at the second place in my first post. Waiting for some suggestions on the UM2 as well.
Iam tired of searching tooo. I never read this much for my engineering exams or interviews
Joker, thanks for adding the Gr07 to the review list. Only making it more confusing for me to buy
The reason I had removed the DDM from my reason is that they scored less on the other divisions like comfort/microphonics etc.
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After 2 more days of Reading :
Ok, here let me refine it so that you guys can suggest me better and accurately. Here is what I am looking at:
1) Bass of the CX 55 (Review here -
http://realdeepsnow.com/?p=430 Please read this review, just 1st 2 paras.) I own this and I expect this much bass. Please assume the bass LEVEL based on that review. They are not very punchy, but bass is loud and undistorted, rumbles fine at low Hz w/o distortion. Its thicker than finer and does not decay very very fast and I like it that way. Am I a basshead?
2) Add wide sound stage and details to this CX55 mids which it slightly lacks. Mids should be slightly warm and details sud be there. Sounds should not merge at higher volume.
3) Make the highs clear and extended on the CX55 but not straining.
4) Remove the bad microphonics and thin cables from CX55.
5) I have a small ear canal and still the small sized earbuds of the cx55 were a lil tight fit. So big IEMs are a no no. I think I need to get used to this
6) They should be more musical(60%) than analytical(40%) and fun to hear and not boring. (For the sake of getting bored I have ordered the HD595
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So here is the tuned list, based on suggestions from you guys and reviews from joker and amazon.
1)Sub 100
a) XCape IE - Has good enough bass as cx55?
b) Silver Bullet - Has good enough bass as cx55?
c) Eterna
d) Ne 700X
2)100 to 200
a) GR07 - The Review is wonderful! Are these a little fun to listen. Is the bass strong enough?
b) Future sonic atrios -More analytical?
3) 200+
a) SM2 - IS this still available? I see the V2 is out.
b) Turbine copper - Afraid of high failure rate of turbines
c) UM2 - Any suggestions here?
I have described my preference to the BEST! Now which one do I buy
Please help me out here. Going to a shop and testing out/sending back is not an option for me.
Thanks a ton.