Voltron Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 I can't believe I am starting one of these threads, but I am trying to help somebody find a $100 IEM and all I have is Innerfidelity as a guide. They do not have many new reviews and the wall of fame entries are at least a year old. Anything to add, Head-Case? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvdunhill Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 JH13 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 (edited) Wife really likes her RHA MA750. Amazon Warehouse Deals has them for about $100. Edited October 5, 2015 by Hopstretch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanDragon Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 I can't believe I am starting one of these threads, but I am trying to help somebody find a $100 IEM and all I have is Innerfidelity as a guide. They do not have many new reviews and the wall of fame entries are at least a year old. Anything to add, Head-Case?What a way to make a 25,000th post!n00b**BRENT** 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 The HiFiMAN RE-400, on the wall, is supposed to hit above its price point, but according to Amazon reviews seems to continue HiFiMan's reliability issues. An oldie, but a goodie - I pointed someone to the Ety HF series last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robm321 Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 ^ I owned the RE-400. Kind of sucked TBH. The Ety HF series is a winner though. That's all I know in the price range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullguise Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 I echo the Ety's. The sound is good/very good on most of their models, and the triple flange tips fit well in my narrow ear canals. Many other IEM's don't fit well so don't sound good (IME - In My Ears). Not sure of the Altec Lansing OEM'd Ety's (I think they were a copy of the ER-6's) are still available, but my wife loved them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymad Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 n00b indeed.... If I was looking, I would have to take a serious look at the HF5 But I have always liked the ETY sound.http://www.etymotic.com/consumer/earphones/hf5.htmlAbout $115 most of the time on the Amazons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 (edited) I would also get the Etymotic HF5 at that price point. I got them for Tim and they sounded pretty good (not as good as the ER4P but not that far off). Edited October 5, 2015 by shellylh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipsupt Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 Well hyped elsewhere, but pretty good for just under $40, the Zero Audio Carbon Tenore.http://www.amazon.com/AUDIO-ear-stereo-headphone-Tenore-ZH-DX200-CT/dp/B0093VVP0Q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpedo Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 If you can stretch the budget a bit, I'd recommend these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 The Kilpsch X10 are great and very very comfortable. The first pair I had for a couple of years but sold them to a friend. I bought a second pair at some point and they were very poorly made (they cut in and out on both ears if you wiggled them). I read that a lot of the ones made at that time also had these problems. I would not but another pair unless I knew for sure that they fixed these problems. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 seconding the klipsch but i don't know if there's anything better these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonardo Drummond Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 Never expected to see such a post from you, Al! Apart from the good suggestions already given (X10 and MA750, although I felt the latter had a treble spike that could be annoying sometimes) I'd give the Audio-Technica IM50 some serious thought. It's very natural and musical, kind of like an HD650, though a bit dark. And it has a removable cable, which to me is a big plus at this price point. The IM70 also fits in your budget, but I haven't heard that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvlgato Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 I like my Ety HFs. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister X Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Another vote for the HF-5s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlSeibert Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 My brother-in-law had the Shures at that price point for a while. (SE 215 I think) and they sounded pretty good. Shure-ish nice midrange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Etymotic ER-6i. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 ^They don't make those anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 What about the Wicked In-Ear Deuce? "I hooked these earbuds up to my computer which has an altec lansing speaker system built in. I got a special computer at WalMart. The earbuds sounded incredible. During one YouTube video, the soundtrack had a buzzing ringing sound which was part of the musical instrumentation of the musical interlude. It sounded like it was the buzzing of a thousand bees buzzing in the center of my head. A warm cosmic throb in my skull.These headphones are to me, the best earbuds I have ever heard. Well, the last earbuds I heard were 80s style general issue dollar store earbuds. This is one of the new generation hip hop high techno earbuds for skateboarders and shredders." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 ^They don't make those anymore.:*( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 The HF5 sound better than the ER6i IMO though (although it's been a long time since I have owned the ER6i). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 (edited) Thanks, will keep that in mind when I need new earbuds.Sorry, Al, can't recommend what I'm currently using, as they were a lot more than $100, IIRC. I think I got them on ... purk's (?) recommendation from the ... Hifiman store (again: ??) before they sold their own. Edited October 6, 2015 by Dusty Chalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 What about the Wicked In-Ear Deuce? "I hooked these earbuds up to my computer which has an altec lansing speaker system built in. I got a special computer at WalMart. The earbuds sounded incredible. During one YouTube video, the soundtrack had a buzzing ringing sound which was part of the musical instrumentation of the musical interlude. It sounded like it was the buzzing of a thousand bees buzzing in the center of my head. A warm cosmic throb in my skull.These headphones are to me, the best earbuds I have ever heard. Well, the last earbuds I heard were 80s style general issue dollar store earbuds. This is one of the new generation hip hop high techno earbuds for skateboarders and shredders." i don't want a wicked in-ear deuce in my ear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 (edited) You don't want a buzzing ringing sound to sound like a thousand bees in the center of your head, just like it's supposed to sound? They make it sound like a good thing.Someone listens to the same kind of music like I do. Edited October 6, 2015 by Dusty Chalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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