Please help a newbie decide on a pair of headphones under $100 on Amazon! All help will be very much appreciated, thank you.
Feb 18, 2014 at 7:31 PM Thread Starter Post #1 of 12

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Lately my pair of stock apple EarPods from my iPhone 5 broke :D!! Finally after 1 year I can get a new pair of earbuds. Now my parents are letting me spend <$100 on a new pair. 
I know that beats earbuds are crap. And i did some research and found these headphones on amazon, could you help me decide which to get? Or suggest a new pair! I will buy a pair at latest on 2/22. I Listen to all kinds of music, classical mostly piano, pop, rap, rock, electronic(avicii, skrillex etc). I want bass but not huge,( I have a pair of beats pro I got for a gift, and I absolutely detest them, p.s I sold them already). Also i want highs and kids clearly heard. Here are some of the headphones I found on amazon, and I don't care for remotes for iPhone (p.s I can only buy on amazon, I got 2 $50 gift cards):  
http://www.amazon.com/Shure-SE215-CL-Sound-Isolating-Earphones/dp/B004PO10E2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1392769143&sr=8-2&keywords=shure
http://www.amazon.com/Klipsch-Image-S4i-II-In-Ear-Headphones/dp/B008X8HZZO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1392769163&sr=8-3&keywords=klipsch
http://www.amazon.com/Etymotic-Research-Isolating-In-Ear-Earphones/dp/B003S3RFIQ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1392769217&sr=8-3&keywords=etymotic+research
http://www.amazon.com/Etymotic-Research-Portable-In-Ear-Earphones/dp/B000XPG2QI/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1392769242&sr=8-4&keywords=etymotic+research
http://www.amazon.com/Sleek-Audio-High-Fidelity-Rosewood-Earphones/dp/B007Y9SEJE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1392768348&sr=8-1&keywords=sleek+audio+sa6
http://www.amazon.com/MEElectronics-Balanced-Armature-Headphone-Microphone/dp/B00E38BP40/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1392769779&sr=8-9&keywords=meelectronics
 
 
All help and suggestions are greatly appreciated!
 
Feb 19, 2014 at 9:34 PM Post #2 of 12
bump please help, I have some one suggest these to me and said they are on par with headphones $1000+ for only 159$? Is that real? I never had headphones from sony before.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/840220-REG/Sony_XBA_4IP_XBA_4IP_Balanced_Armature_Headphones.html
 
Feb 20, 2014 at 1:29 AM Post #3 of 12
  i want highs and kids clearly heard.

LMAO I usually DON'T want to listen to kids, so shrieky. 
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I can attest to the awesomeness that is the Shure SE215, I'd pull the trigger again in a heartbeat.
 
Feb 20, 2014 at 12:35 PM Post #6 of 12
I'd highly recommend the Shures, while I have not heard the 215's, I currently use the SE 535, the sound isolation and sound is phenomenal (just ordered the JH Roxanne's, soooo excited to hear if there will be a huge sound difference or not) . It is my understanding that the 215's use the same shape/design of the 535's, and shure always puts out phenomenal products, I'd give my nod to them! You get a lot of bang for your buck!

Also, while I know most people here hate Bose, I have a pair of Sie 2's for the gym that are ultra comfortable for extended use, never fall out, and have great sound for the money that I would look into as well if I were you
 
Feb 20, 2014 at 3:39 PM Post #7 of 12
I would vote for the Shure. And throw in the Hifiman RE400....
 
Feb 20, 2014 at 4:36 PM Post #8 of 12
Right now it seems that the sures take the lead, but the Sony headphone for $150 has 4 balanced armature drivers in each ear? I think the sures only have 1 driver in each ear. Are 4 drivers are supposed to be better than 1?  Or are the drivers in the sony just crap? I looked at other headphones with 4 drivers and they all cost 400$+ The sony ones only cost 150$ with original price of $350, by the way they are called the sony xba 4ip and has a remote for iPhone which is lacking in the shures.
 
Feb 28, 2014 at 7:57 AM Post #12 of 12
If you can't listen to them all and decide for yourself, here is a great review: http://www.head-fi.org/t/478568/multi-iem-review-310-iems-compared-impressions-of-t-peos-narmoo-astrotec-olasonic-p-870-02-24-14
 
Cheers... Brian
 

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