Raconteur
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Hi everyone;
Some years ago, I was planning to buy myself some Super.fi 3's or V-moda Vibes. However, at the moment I was about to order one of them, both my television and my bicycle stopped working - and I was left with not enough money to buy them. Eventually, I bought some crappy Creative EP630s which functioned quite well, untill now.
But as the years passed, my bank account got stuffed more and more, and recently, I decided to buy some good IEMs, along with a new iPod with lots and lots of gigabytes.
However, I don't quite know which one I should take - as I'm quite inexperienced with IEMs. At first, I thought about the V-moda Vibes or Super.fi 5s (not the pro's), but both don't have replaceable cables. I tend to wrap my cables around my MP3 player or just dump the bunch in my bag, so I'm afraid the cables will break in about a year or so.
So I looked further, and then, I saw those shiny Triple.fi 10s. They're great, but... a little expensive. And although I'll use them approx. 5/6 hours a day, 350 dollars is quite a lot money for a first-timer's IEMs. Besides, I heard you can't sleep on your side with triple.fis in your ears - and I like to listen to some music before I go to sleep.
So, what should I do? Buy the Triple.fis, go for some Vibes or SUper.fi 5s, or is there some other brand/model I should take a look at?
Additional information:
Listening 5/6 hours a day, mainly in busses and trains, so good isolation is a plus. Music: singer/songwriters like Patrick Watson, Beirut, Jeff Buckley, Anthony & the Johnsons; also, Radiohead, Franz Ferdinand, and some electronic; Hot Chip, Hercules & Love Affair, and Lindstrøm. No maximum budget, just want to keep it as cheap as possible.
Thanks in advance!
Raconteur
(post scriptum; I'm sorry for any language errors made in the text, but it ain't easy for me to type in English, as Dutch is my native language)
Some years ago, I was planning to buy myself some Super.fi 3's or V-moda Vibes. However, at the moment I was about to order one of them, both my television and my bicycle stopped working - and I was left with not enough money to buy them. Eventually, I bought some crappy Creative EP630s which functioned quite well, untill now.
But as the years passed, my bank account got stuffed more and more, and recently, I decided to buy some good IEMs, along with a new iPod with lots and lots of gigabytes.
However, I don't quite know which one I should take - as I'm quite inexperienced with IEMs. At first, I thought about the V-moda Vibes or Super.fi 5s (not the pro's), but both don't have replaceable cables. I tend to wrap my cables around my MP3 player or just dump the bunch in my bag, so I'm afraid the cables will break in about a year or so.
So I looked further, and then, I saw those shiny Triple.fi 10s. They're great, but... a little expensive. And although I'll use them approx. 5/6 hours a day, 350 dollars is quite a lot money for a first-timer's IEMs. Besides, I heard you can't sleep on your side with triple.fis in your ears - and I like to listen to some music before I go to sleep.
So, what should I do? Buy the Triple.fis, go for some Vibes or SUper.fi 5s, or is there some other brand/model I should take a look at?
Additional information:
Listening 5/6 hours a day, mainly in busses and trains, so good isolation is a plus. Music: singer/songwriters like Patrick Watson, Beirut, Jeff Buckley, Anthony & the Johnsons; also, Radiohead, Franz Ferdinand, and some electronic; Hot Chip, Hercules & Love Affair, and Lindstrøm. No maximum budget, just want to keep it as cheap as possible.
Thanks in advance!
Raconteur
(post scriptum; I'm sorry for any language errors made in the text, but it ain't easy for me to type in English, as Dutch is my native language)