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House music fans help!

I am a big fan of Pete Tong style dance and house music, i have Sony EX71's and there fine.However is there any house music fans that have experience with this type of music on the raved about Etymotic 4's or 6i's...Do they work ok? or should I stick to me Sonys?:D :D :D :D...

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How (un)comfortable Shures E2c is?

Hi,I'm from Brazil. I'm going to New York in about two weeks and will get myself an iPod.I can see Shure's E2c is a good choice for a headphone for about $100.I can also see that most people prefer the way that the foam sleeves feel inside the ear, better than the flex rubber(?) ones....

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Honest review and comparison of apple in ears and Sony ex71s

UPDATEI have all three of these headphones, and I can honestly say that I personally prefer the shuresheres why:Apple In ears (cost me $22):Pros:-one piece, correct length cord-cord is thicker and stronger than the sony cord-clean sound (I am a non audiofile listener)-Bass is clear and less muddy-ap...

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Help: Shure E2c or Sony MDR-EX71SL?

Hi all,I've had it with Apple's Earbuds. I also have a pair of Apple In-Ear 'Phones and they aren't much better: the fit is horrible, they don't stay in my ear, and the sound is questionable...So I've decided to "upgrade" and for my budget and what I want, I've nar...

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Hidden headphones

heyy I love my shuffle, and i like to listen too it in.. less conventional areas, reaseach has been done to prove that music can help you concentrate, but i think ill be waiting a while until they get concusive proof, my idea is, well i had a dream where i had some painted headphoes (yes i am a bit...

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Hiss with Shure e2...

I just got my Shure E2's. They sound great... but when the e2's connector are up against the ipod I hear a loud hiss/static sound. I have to put the jack slightly off the ipod.Is this a problem all E2's and iPods have given the metal to metal contact or do I have defective E2'...

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Hissing using Sony Earbuds

Hi I have an ipod Video 60gb. Is it normal to get some hiss at very high volumes, during quiet passages when using my Sony MDR-EX71SLB or Sony MDRED31LP Earphones . I do not get any hiss at any volume when using the Apple earbuds, Senheisser PX 100's or Sennheiser HD 545's. Would I get his...

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Impedence - Dumb Question Low or high = good??

Thank you. This is probably an old question - and some nifty dude is gonna show me a link from two years ago - but I have read a lot of stuff about, going for phones with 32 ohms or higher to help with listening with the new Colour 4G's.But then most phones I look at are 16 ohms in the shops. A...

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Impedance/Resistance Explained

I origionally posted this at Head-fi, so the introduction applies more at the forum, but if anyone understands this better than I do, please correct me, I just thought people might like a better explaination of this. The amp section also may not apply to many iPod users, but I feel it is still wort...

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Improve Your Apple In-Ear Headphones

For those of you that own the Apple In-Ear Earphones, you must know that none of the 3 sets of fitting kit can provide good noise isolation, and the earphones just dont stay in your ears well.Here is the solution to improve the overall sound and conformability of your Apple In-Ear Earphones, by upgr...

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Improving ExtremeMac FS1s sound

Thanks to Juijui68 for the trade, I exchanged with her a pair of FS1 for a Shure e3g. Though the e3g sound was good (only with the foams), I did not like the lack of bass.A lot of people complains about the FS1 fittings (which are not BTW true sound isolating - they reduce ambient noise, but not co...

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Improving Etys sound quality

I recently bought Etymotic Research ER-4S Earphones. Because of my somewhat unusual inner-ear anatomy, i had to work really hard on getting a good seal, and even when i did, the sound quality was questionable at best. And for the money i payed for it ( i sold my TV set ) i was expecting to be blown...

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