Shoewreck
500+ Head-Fier
It's going to be a birthday or Christmas gift.
Her current setup is:
Creative Zen V with stock headphones (or K240Monitor directly out of PC at home). She used Porta Pros until they got broken.
The player is likely to be upgraded to some Sony-Ericsson Walkman phone. I can't bias her choice to any other brand.
Currently I'm choosing between Etymotic ER-6 and ER-6i. I'm familiar wth ER-6 (the headphones I use for portable), and find 'em adequate, but she may probably find bass lacking, so less bright ER-6i may be a better choice, but I'm not sure the player would drive 'em properly without losing bass extension and adding some distortions.
Regretfully, ER-4P is not an option - they're just too expensive.
So what would you recommend?
Her current setup is:
Creative Zen V with stock headphones (or K240Monitor directly out of PC at home). She used Porta Pros until they got broken.
The player is likely to be upgraded to some Sony-Ericsson Walkman phone. I can't bias her choice to any other brand.
Currently I'm choosing between Etymotic ER-6 and ER-6i. I'm familiar wth ER-6 (the headphones I use for portable), and find 'em adequate, but she may probably find bass lacking, so less bright ER-6i may be a better choice, but I'm not sure the player would drive 'em properly without losing bass extension and adding some distortions.
Regretfully, ER-4P is not an option - they're just too expensive.
So what would you recommend?