Jason Moyer on 17/4/2013 at 17:46
64 gigs? Holy hell. I guess it's time to upgrade to the + model. The base Clip sadly doesn't have an SD slot.
Muzman on 20/4/2013 at 04:00
Quote Posted by Firefreak
On the headphones sector I'm not so happy. For music listening on-the-go I don't like big headphones. Since day 1 I was used to and liked the earbuds. But those with quality appear to be extinct in favour to those in-ear thingies - which don't stay in my ears like they should. I still have to find the proper plugs that do the job. For now I settled with a standard pair from Sony on the lower end of the middle price range.
Yeah, I think buds are never going to be stable enough to produce decent bass easily. That's why all the lower end folks have jumped on the in-ear bandwagon as well now. They don't even need to change their components much. Just change the design so it jams in your ear and bingo; instantly fuller sound.
The more expensive ones usually do come with an array of different size and different material plugs for getting a good comfortable fit at least (although you can arguably do this with the cheap ones yourself, you just have to fidget about a bit more, buy separate packs of them etc. Potentially time consuming and annoying).
heywood on 20/4/2013 at 08:47
The best sounding portable phones I've ever had are Etymotic ER-4P IEMs. I'm a bit of an audio snob and they have the most neutral, accurate sound among those I've tried (Shure, Senn, Westone, other Etys). They're not really for bassheads though, and they do expose the bad qualities of bad recordings. But with a good player and good source material, they are hard to beat. I previously had the more reasonably priced Etymotic ER-6i (<$100). The ER-6i aren't quite as resolving as the ER-4P, but they're arguably better for all around use. If the ER-6i were still available, I would have gotten another pair instead of moving up to the ER-4P. The $150 Ety HF5 is a good sounding phone too.
Besides the accurate sound, the other thing I like about the Etys is the foam earplug tips. They seem a bit more comfortable and better isolating than other brand's foam tips I've tried (Shure & Westone). I don't really like the rubber mushroom tips that are pretty much standard for IEMs. I highly recommend trying foam tips if you can get them for your phones.
Among the other IEMs I've tried, I like the Westone phones second best. They emphasize the midrange with some roll off at the frequency extremes, but sound quite good. Shure phones are OK with good bass and decent midrange but dark treble. The Sennheiser CX300s I tried were horribly colored with fat sloppy bass. I haven't heard any Audiofly phones, but they have some good buzz on head-fi.org
When I'm not using my HTC phone, I still use a 5th gen iPod as my main portable source. Anybody know how the Sansa players compare? I'm going to have to get another player at some point since the iPod battery only lasts a couple hours now.
