koonhua90
Headphoneus Supremus
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SM3 has pretty thick midrange, in fact for classical music I love my FX-700 (which was sold not long ago) for its timbre, but I wouldn't really recommend it as it has poor isolation. The revised version of SM3 might be better, though I am not sure as I have not heard it.
Problem with multiple balanced armature drivers is, even though they have excellent instrument separation, because of the passive crossover, there are phase differences that I could hear. In other words, compared to dynamic drivers, even though balanced armature earphones have better resolution, to my ears they lack the coherence.
Shure olives are typically black in color, and slightly firmer than the Comply's foam tips, so I'd expect them to last longer.
If you are stretching your budget to $400 plus, why not save up another $100 and get a custom in ear monitor?
The 1964ears comes to mind...http://1964ears.com/products.html
Classical music usually requires the earphones to be capable in a wide frequency range, more so than normal songs. An earphone with excellent imaging would do well too.
Problem with multiple balanced armature drivers is, even though they have excellent instrument separation, because of the passive crossover, there are phase differences that I could hear. In other words, compared to dynamic drivers, even though balanced armature earphones have better resolution, to my ears they lack the coherence.
Shure olives are typically black in color, and slightly firmer than the Comply's foam tips, so I'd expect them to last longer.
If you are stretching your budget to $400 plus, why not save up another $100 and get a custom in ear monitor?
Classical music usually requires the earphones to be capable in a wide frequency range, more so than normal songs. An earphone with excellent imaging would do well too.