[krelianx]

Howdy guys! An opportunity has arisen to get a pair of over-ear momentums 1.0 for about $100 bucks. Now, for portable use I own a pair of iems: Hifiman's re-400 and Vsonic vs3ds... both of which I enjoy a lot. For home listening I have a Sennheiser hd-600 and a Phillips Fidelio X1.

Would you guys reccomend getting those Momentums as an upgrade to my iem's? Will it be a substantial upgrade for portable use? I would be driving them primarily through my HTC One M8.

Thanks!

 

[krelianx]

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated! The offer is up for a very limited time, so I am kind of in a straightjacket. Sorry for bumping!

 

[KG Jag]

You are familiar with a quality mid-fi can and former flagship--and you like your IEM's.  I see any need to spend money on the Momentum.

 

[krelianx]

Well, I was just wondering how much of a bump in quality would be going from the iems to the momentums. I enjoy the iem's, but of course if the upgrade is a worthwhile one, given the price, why not?

 

[KG Jag]

  Well, I was just wondering how much of a bump in quality would be going from the iems to the momentums. I enjoy the iem's, but of course if the upgrade is a worthwhile one, given the price, why not?

 
Can't say the Momentum is "better" (which itself depends on so many subjective factors--including but not limited to your preferred sound signature).  Most of all they are just different--as you expect an IEM to be different from a closed can.