earphone advice...

dbeckett · 9 Jun 2006 at 15:43

i have a iriver h10 20gb and my have sony in ear earphones have just broken, so im now looking for a new set of earphones

im looking for earphones under £20, with the best quality possible for that amount of cash, any recommendations?

TooNice · 9 Jun 2006 at 15:57

Koss KSC-75. I don't think anything in the sub £20 area can match it from a sound point of view. To me, it compares favorably to £100-ish IEMs if isolation is not part of the equation.

If it HAS to be in-ear, non IEM, then the Sennheiser MX500.

If it HAS to be IEM, then the Creative EP-630 is getting a lot of prop.

dbeckett · 9 Jun 2006 at 16:22

whats iem??

both of those earphones look good, ill prob end up gettin them on the bay as theyre cheaper, plus the bay aint bad for products like these, they costa round £10

not so sure if i like da creative one, the texture of the rubber earpieces might annoy me

dbeckett · 9 Jun 2006 at 20:02

just wondering... is sennheiser mx550 better than mx500??

mx 550 spec- http://www.sennheiser.co.uk/uk/icm.nsf/root/500231#
mx 500 spec- http://www.sennheiser.co.uk/uk/icm.nsf/root/04854#

by the way, i really am a n00b when it comes to earphones

ichabod crane · 10 Jun 2006 at 07:49

the creative Ep 630s are excellent earphones for there price. so good that 3 companies make the same earphones creative, seinheisser and razer all do these earphones in different names. my ep 630's can almost compete against my shure ec2's

Speed · 16 Jun 2006 at 13:01

Also looking for some in-ear type headphones for under £20 and I'm also rather new to what's on the market at the moment.

What does IEM stand for / mean? Is it some form of snug fit for external sound isolation?

Anymore suggestions?

MichaelHo · 16 Jun 2006 at 15:50

i use Sony MDR-EX71SLB for my mp3 player and they are excellent. they are canal ear phones and block majority of the bacground noise. Because they go right inside your ear and create a kind of seal the bass is amazing. they come with 3 different sizes of ear plugs for the perfect fit. would definately recommend them.

TooNice · 17 Jun 2006 at 02:28

The aforementioned CX300/EP-630 are generally considered better than the EX-71 though.

IEM stands for In-Ear-Monitor.. Just another way to say canal phones. Those that goes deeper into your ears and seals background noise.

Speed · 17 Jun 2006 at 08:35

TooNice said:
The aforementioned CX300/EP-630 are generally considered better than the EX-71 though.

IEM stands for In-Ear-Monitor.. Just another way to say canal phones. Those that goes deeper into your ears and seals background noise.

Thanks for the info!