In ear headphones
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Tennmak Pro or Piano, both cost £22 on the rain forest.
The Pro has pause and skip forward & back controls while the Piano has a straight through silver cable, so no controls.
Sound wise, the Pro has stronger mids, more rolled off highs and bass is mostly mid bass rather than sub bass, probably better for female vocals.
The Piano is a different beast, it has good mids but they are a bit more recessed than with the Pro but the highs are more extended, providing a nice bit of sparkle without sounding sibilant. The bass is stupendous, it's powerful and pretty quick for a dynamic driver and goes very, very low, so you get plenty of growl and thud.
I have both of them and my favourite is the Piano, which is sharing ear time with my Brainwavz B100s.
The Pro has pause and skip forward & back controls while the Piano has a straight through silver cable, so no controls.
Sound wise, the Pro has stronger mids, more rolled off highs and bass is mostly mid bass rather than sub bass, probably better for female vocals.
The Piano is a different beast, it has good mids but they are a bit more recessed than with the Pro but the highs are more extended, providing a nice bit of sparkle without sounding sibilant. The bass is stupendous, it's powerful and pretty quick for a dynamic driver and goes very, very low, so you get plenty of growl and thud.
I have both of them and my favourite is the Piano, which is sharing ear time with my Brainwavz B100s.
SoundMagic E10C. Love mine
Thanks for the suggestions guys. I am leaning more toward the SoundMagic E10C i am just trying to find out what kind of warranty they have with them as every pair i seem to get never last more than a few months before they start to crackle.
The Tennmark Pro i might get a pair of these hmmmmm decisions, decisions.
The Tennmark Pro i might get a pair of these hmmmmm decisions, decisions.
1 year warranty. Get them from Richer Sounds on Amazon on on their site, their support/customer service is very good.
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Tennmak Pro or Piano, both cost £22 on the rain forest.
The Pro has pause and skip forward & back controls while the Piano has a straight through silver cable, so no controls.
Sound wise, the Pro has stronger mids, more rolled off highs and bass is mostly mid bass rather than sub bass, probably better for female vocals.
The Piano is a different beast, it has good mids but they are a bit more recessed than with the Pro but the highs are more extended, providing a nice bit of sparkle without sounding sibilant. The bass is stupendous, it's powerful and pretty quick for a dynamic driver and goes very, very low, so you get plenty of growl and thud.
I have both of them and my favourite is the Piano, which is sharing ear time with my Brainwavz B100s.
The Piano sounds fun, how does it compare to the VS3DS?
I don't have the VSD3S so can't do a direct comparison but from what I have read, the VSD3S would have slightly more forward mids, so vocals would be a little stronger but they have highs that are more prone to sibilance.
The Piano bass goes deeper and is more powerful but most of this extra bass is down in the sub-bass area, so there is no bass bleed into the lower mids which can cause IEMs to sound a little muddy, so these have quite a bit of growl and thump but the mids are still clear and detailed. The mids are a little more recessed than the VSD3S, so the frequencies that carry vocals will be down slightly in relative volume but because there is no bass bleed they don't get swamped by the bass. The highs are nicely detailed but have been tuned to avoid sibilance, so there is a nice bit of shimmer on cymbals and vocals are clean and crisp without leaving you cringing every time someone uses a word with an "s" in it.
The Piano bass goes deeper and is more powerful but most of this extra bass is down in the sub-bass area, so there is no bass bleed into the lower mids which can cause IEMs to sound a little muddy, so these have quite a bit of growl and thump but the mids are still clear and detailed. The mids are a little more recessed than the VSD3S, so the frequencies that carry vocals will be down slightly in relative volume but because there is no bass bleed they don't get swamped by the bass. The highs are nicely detailed but have been tuned to avoid sibilance, so there is a nice bit of shimmer on cymbals and vocals are clean and crisp without leaving you cringing every time someone uses a word with an "s" in it.
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Sound interesting, will keep an eye on them. Thanks