Mihai
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Hello, everyone! This is my first post on this forum..
First of all, I would like to let you know that I do not have much knowledge in regards to high end headphones/earphones/IEM's. I purchased my iPod Touch in 2008 (first generation, I believe) and have been using it ever since with the Apple earphones.
After losing my standard iPod earphones today, I made an impulsive and quite stupid decision to purchase the V-moda remix Remote (Nero) for $99 from the Apple retail store--without researching anything about it on the Internet. I am highly disappointed with my purchase and I intend to return this product as soon as possible.
Now, my main question is, what would be the best IEM that would match my "profile", as described below. I am going to give you some music-related information that I believe is crucial to me in choosing the best IEM:
1) I am absolutely devoted to a few particular electronic music sub-genres of house and techno-- Listening to music on average 6-8 hours per day (and probably around 3 hours on my iPod).
This is the order of my music preferences, starting with the most liked style. At least, this order of preference could not be completely accurate since my mood, state of mind and environment play a significant role in what I listen to. For instance, I'll be listening mostly to techno for a whole week and then mostly to deep or tech house in the following month. So here we go:
1) deep house, to be more specific, my musical taste for this particular genre ranges from mellow to high-energy tracks with progressive build-ups--both combined with melodic/ambient/disco/funk elements. On the other hand, I also listen to a lot of the more underground dark and dub sounding deep house with a much more steady bass line.
2) tech house Same preferences as with deep house, ranging from funky and more "housey" to a minimalistic, dark and/or repetitive style
3) techno dark, high quality bumping techno (Guy Gerber, Pan-Pot, etc.)
4) minimal techno Glitchy, I don't listen to it as often on my iPod even though glitchy minimal techno parties are among my favorites (Richie Hawtin, Magda, Troy Pierce, Ricardo Villalobos, to name a few).
I think an IEM that provides a high quality bass even when the volume is maxed.
The only problem is that I can't afford anything more than $100-120-- I live in the US btw. Perhaps my expectations are too high for such a low price. I'd appreciate to hear your suggestions, especially from you guys that are into the same genres. Thanks a lot!
Mihai
First of all, I would like to let you know that I do not have much knowledge in regards to high end headphones/earphones/IEM's. I purchased my iPod Touch in 2008 (first generation, I believe) and have been using it ever since with the Apple earphones.
After losing my standard iPod earphones today, I made an impulsive and quite stupid decision to purchase the V-moda remix Remote (Nero) for $99 from the Apple retail store--without researching anything about it on the Internet. I am highly disappointed with my purchase and I intend to return this product as soon as possible.
Now, my main question is, what would be the best IEM that would match my "profile", as described below. I am going to give you some music-related information that I believe is crucial to me in choosing the best IEM:
1) I am absolutely devoted to a few particular electronic music sub-genres of house and techno-- Listening to music on average 6-8 hours per day (and probably around 3 hours on my iPod).
This is the order of my music preferences, starting with the most liked style. At least, this order of preference could not be completely accurate since my mood, state of mind and environment play a significant role in what I listen to. For instance, I'll be listening mostly to techno for a whole week and then mostly to deep or tech house in the following month. So here we go:
1) deep house, to be more specific, my musical taste for this particular genre ranges from mellow to high-energy tracks with progressive build-ups--both combined with melodic/ambient/disco/funk elements. On the other hand, I also listen to a lot of the more underground dark and dub sounding deep house with a much more steady bass line.
2) tech house Same preferences as with deep house, ranging from funky and more "housey" to a minimalistic, dark and/or repetitive style
3) techno dark, high quality bumping techno (Guy Gerber, Pan-Pot, etc.)
4) minimal techno Glitchy, I don't listen to it as often on my iPod even though glitchy minimal techno parties are among my favorites (Richie Hawtin, Magda, Troy Pierce, Ricardo Villalobos, to name a few).
I think an IEM that provides a high quality bass even when the volume is maxed.
The only problem is that I can't afford anything more than $100-120-- I live in the US btw. Perhaps my expectations are too high for such a low price. I'd appreciate to hear your suggestions, especially from you guys that are into the same genres. Thanks a lot!
Mihai
