Search for IEM's : Thanks for helping me define my music preferences.

[kkreiger]

Edit:

I think i can define my music preferences as rock with minor tonality and pop with major tonality,thanks to you an pandora.

I just need to zero in on the IEM's now. But if you can further refine my music preference you are welcome.

ORIGINAL :

I have been picking at the Head-fi forums for a while but still find it difficult to classify the type of music i prefer. I know that this is an important consideration for choosing iem's.

As a matter of fact i have a pair of shure Scl4 on back order ( which dont seem to be shipping) so i was also considering the scl3, apple iem ,er6i. I am looking for a good pair as i do not see myself spending this much on earphones at least for now. i have always used stock eabuds and owned a sony altus 777 headphone (the pinnacle of my audio equipment

)

Ever since i heard my friends grado gs1000 ( yes the $1000 headphones) i have been itching for an upgrade. i would really appreciate if you would help me define my music preference and choice of iem's.

So to start i think my music preference leans towards rock but on the contrary i hate some bands (may be i hate heavy metal). I like songs with good vocals and lyrics with guitar or piano background the most ( like "enrique iglesias" or "apologise by timbaland"). I also like fast paced songs with hoarse vocals, guitar and drums like bryan adams.

So i will let the audiophiles decide by listing a sampling of my favourite songs in alphebetical order.

*3 doors down
here i am.
kryptonite.

ac/dc
highway to hell

*black angels
young men dead

*Backstreet boys
drowning

*Boyzone
words (words are all i have)

*bryan adams
summer of 69
back to you
18 till i die

* Dido
White flag.

*Enrique
rythm devine
escape

george michael
*careless wisper

*fools garden
lemon tree
wild days

*guns and roses
-----i am not a big fan of the vocals "{would you call it high pitched}"


*Jennifer lopez
waiting for tonight

*linkin park
in the end

*nelly furtado
all good things

*nickel back
animals
how you remind me

*queen
we will rock you

*sting
desert rose
thousand years

*savage garden
crash and burn


and so on....i will list more if this is not enough

 

[Calexico]

It's rock and pop mainly. I don't know what sound signature fits those genres best.

 

[qusp]

yep rock and a majority of pop

sorry I cant help with sound sig either as I avoid pop like the plague TBH

but if you really liked the grados then I would say you like forward mids

 

[Young Spade]

I would say... Shure 530s. They have great mids that are emphesized and touted as being one of the things 530s have over the competition.

 

[kkreiger]

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Originally Posted by qusp /img/forum/go_quote.gif yep rock and a majority of pop sorry I cant help with sound sig either as I avoid pop like the plague TBH but if you really liked the grados then I would say you like forward mids

Thanks for the quick response guys.

So its rock and pop i see, any hint of blues?

In my understanding rock would be fastpaced music and a lot of instruments played at a high volume and raw energy am i right.

How would you define pop and blues?

As for the grados, i think i like them because it is a huge jump from the stock earbuds i am used to and could hear a lot of instruments. I must have used it for like 5 minutes.

So what would be a good signature for this kind of music?

Shures, Ety....

 

[kkreiger]

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Originally Posted by Young Spade /img/forum/go_quote.gif I would say... Shure 530s. They have great mids that are emphesized and touted as being one of the things 530s have over the competition.

I am in no position to buy the shure 530. i was just trying to categorise and give examples of IEM's with great high's mid's and low's.

So do you think i would benefit from iem's focussing on mid's?

 

[mark2410]

if your looking for mids then you prob as well to wait for the scl4 you have on order. shure excel in mids

 

[kkreiger]

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Originally Posted by mark2410 /img/forum/go_quote.gif if your looking for mids then you prob as well to wait for the scl4 you have on order. shure excel in mids

Thats the point i am not shure that i should look for mids in an iem

. what do you think my music preference leans towards?

 

[mark2410]

oh

in that case i would say wait for the scl4 then if you instantly love them problem solved, if you go OMG wheres the bass then you know thats what your after.

bit hard to know what frequencys it is you like in those songs

 

[Signal2Noise]

I'm a fan of neutrality.

 

[kkreiger]

I finally received the scl4 and i like them. Initially it was meh! but after a while i am able to appreciate it better.


I had to eq the bass just a tiny bit and it is wery nice and punchy.The sound is clear and i can hear some background instruments that i couldnt hear before but thats it.

I did not get the WOW! feeling at all.

 

[thechungster]

Those genres seems to suit the IE8's very well in my opinion.

 

[kkreiger]

After 2 weeks with the shure scl4 i went back to the apple buds and i was like.....are these broken!!

I think i can appreciate the sures much more now.

 

[mark2410]

im sure the mids in particular for things like dido you must find quite a difference