Best earphones
Tom Martin -- Tue, 04/10/2007 - 21:21
The new Shures have been out for a while, CM says good things about the new Denons, and Bose it taking a crack at this market. What are the best earphones?
The new Shures have been out for a while, CM says good things about the new Denons, and Bose it taking a crack at this market. What are the best earphones?
So, I bought the Shure SE210s, and I really like them. More comfortable that the Etymotics, with a more robust bass and very lovely if slightly romatantic high end. Also, very easy for my iPhone to drive.
Simply Sennheiser 600/650 and AKG 701. Ok, not for travel, not in ear but for listening music.
Those are headphones. And I have a hard time imagining the Sennheiser 650s at the top of anyone's list. Dark with inarticulate bass. Not up to the tradition established by earlier Sennheisers.
The Shure ES-5 and 530s are the only in-ear phones that fit my ears properly (triple flange only). I beat the crap out of my pair (sweaty work -outs three times a week and all travel duties) and they are on their second year with no ill effects (My first pair lasted three years before I lost them during a flight.)
The foam inserts never work right. If in-ear phones don't offer either flanges or a custom mold I can't use 'em.
If cost and size are no object, nothing beats Stax. Evenfor location recording the SR-30's are my first choice. At home the Lambda Pro's get the nod.
As far as conventional phones go for me its a toss-up between the Sennheiser 580/600/650 series and the top of the line Grados.
Steven Stone
Contributor to The Absolute Sound, EnjoytheMusic.com, Vintage Guitar Magazine, and other fine publications
If you're looking for the best value in headphones, the Grado SR-60 and SR-80 are unbeatable. They sound terrific, are durable, and amazingly inexpensive.
I want to know about best of the best ear phones of high quality performance with its prices.
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