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Headphone Choice
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nope nothing to plug into it.. its just a silver circle ..
i really dont like it much either.. but i love the earbuds..
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It's generally advisable to visit a specialized forum for items such as headphones which are unrelated to the iPhone. Not that there's anything wrong with asking your question here - I just think you'll get far more input at a specialized headphone forum. In this case, the forums at head-fi.org are what you want. Those people are REALLY into their headphones.
Just my $.02
It's generally advisable to visit a specialized forum for items such as headphones which are unrelated to the iPhone. Not that there's anything wrong with asking your question here - I just think you'll get far more input at a specialized headphone forum. In this case, the forums at head-fi.org are what you want. Those people are REALLY into their headphones.
Just my $.02
jeans..
and as far as i can tell.. some people probably knew about the having to "break in" their v-modas, now i can tell that doing that is not needed
I went over to the Apple store to see if they had them, but all they had was the older model...
Maury
I did the same when I first got my iPhone. I replaced the original ear buds with a pair of old Shure E2's. Here are fruits of my labor:
What the HELL is that hahaha. That looks pretty hard to do if you have never done it before..
It's the original iPhone headset with the "earphones" replaced with Shure E2 In-Ear Moniters (IEM), which sound a helluva lot better and offer better isolation from outside noise.
i just picked up these maximo imetal headsets
http://www.maximoproducts.com/iphone/iP-HS1.html
they aren't "in ear" headphones like most people use, but i really prefer the earbud type headsets. It sits more comfortably in my ear. It has a built in mic, as well as button to answer calls and change tracks.
The sound is better than the stock apple headsets with more bass response and crisper sound.
Definately recommended.
http://www.maximoproducts.com/iphone/iP-HS1.html
they aren't "in ear" headphones like most people use, but i really prefer the earbud type headsets. It sits more comfortably in my ear. It has a built in mic, as well as button to answer calls and change tracks.
The sound is better than the stock apple headsets with more bass response and crisper sound.
Definately recommended.
So I bought a pair of Ultimate Ears 4vi, and I like the build quality and the sound has high fidelity and great highs and mids... but there's very little bass!
I am using the correct tips and I have a seal, but the lows here are very quiet. I am coming from a pair of CX300's which had strong bass so coming to these it's a big difference. Yes, these headphones have a more 'accurate' and 'professional' sound and clarity is superb, but I don't think I can enjoy my music as much with little bass.
I might be returning these then unfortunately, I really wanted to like them. Now I don't know which set of headphones to get. Possibly the vibe duo's I guess, even though they apparantly have muddier sound and too bass heavy.
Anyone share the same opinions?
I am using the correct tips and I have a seal, but the lows here are very quiet. I am coming from a pair of CX300's which had strong bass so coming to these it's a big difference. Yes, these headphones have a more 'accurate' and 'professional' sound and clarity is superb, but I don't think I can enjoy my music as much with little bass.
I might be returning these then unfortunately, I really wanted to like them. Now I don't know which set of headphones to get. Possibly the vibe duo's I guess, even though they apparantly have muddier sound and too bass heavy.
Anyone share the same opinions?
Too bad you don't like the UE. For me the bass is great, but I was not coming from phones with heavy bass anyways. I know from talking with other people, if you are used to phones with heavy bass, you just kinda have to retrain your ears to get more used to the more acurate soundstage. Like I know some people have gone from the cheap JVC marshmellows which are somewhat bass heavy and then got customs or UE 10's and thought they sounded terrible. It just took time for them to retrain their ears, and now they love them. But to each his own. That is why so many different types are made.
Check out the forums at head-fi.org. These guys no a ton about phones.
If you want some decent sounding ones with great bass, try out the v-modas. Get the new ones though as hopefully these will be better build quality as the other ones were terrible and often only lasted people a few months.
Good luck.
WOW! This is amazing! I still have an old set of E2s with broken wires (still using a different set of E2s) and I'd love to build something like this.
I do have some basic soldering skills but I never got used to solder these "coax" type cables where there is one cable running in the middle and the other cable is basically surrounding it.
How did you pull this off? Any picture guides out there to show me how to do it?
Cheers,
Dembo
Yeah I would like to know the same please as I have some E2s.
Anyone tried the Sennheiser CX series mod? I have some CX300's but the plastic caps look like they are stuck on rigid and don't wanna budge...
Uggg
As an experiment I got a pair of $24 earbud phone's from The Source. I was astonished by how great they are at isolating the sound around me -- I can generally play the vol set to about 1/2, even on the subway, whereas I used to need at least 3/4 or more.
But the downside is that any movement of the cord, brushing on my jacket for instance, transmits MASSIVE sound into the buds! Do they all do this?
Maury
As an experiment I got a pair of $24 earbud phone's from The Source. I was astonished by how great they are at isolating the sound around me -- I can generally play the vol set to about 1/2, even on the subway, whereas I used to need at least 3/4 or more.
But the downside is that any movement of the cord, brushing on my jacket for instance, transmits MASSIVE sound into the buds! Do they all do this?
Maury
Unfortunately, yes, most of them to, you're basically doing the whole Cans on a String thing with your headphones. The reason passive noise cancel phones can provide such great noise canceling, is the same reason they transmit sound from the cable straight to your ear.
HOWEVER, I could be an idiot, so someone correct me if I'm wrong.