Ned help on earpiece upgrade recommandation

[Pandalee 0]

hi i would wanna upgrade my earpiece, currently i using ath ck7 n listening to songs like "welcome to black parade' the music sounds 'chaotic' to me, which one shld i upgrade to UE super fi 10 Pro or upcomin um3?? my music preference is mostly pop

[radioactive28 0]

What do you mean by 'chaotic'? Resolution is poor, can't hear details?

Any details regarding your DAP and bitrates?

Edited May 30, 2007 by radioactive28

[Pandalee 0]

What do you mean by 'chaotic'? Resolution is poor, can't hear details?

Any details regarding your DAP and bitrates?

 

something like that

 

my player is iriver t10 the file is 192kbps

[Shiro MS08th 0]

Alot of ways to improve, most need money though.

 

1) Rip from CD to 320k or FLAC

2) Get a new earphone/headphone

3) Get an amp

 

The last 2 will not be that priority for your stage now.

 

4) Get a good quality interconnects

5) Change to a better mp3 player

[radioactive28 0]

Adding on to Shiro's points, let's take a look at the chain:

files -> player -> earphones

(I leave out amp and IC for obvious reasons: they have very little to offer for pop/rock besides giving you the ability to destroy your hearing)

 

(highest priority)

- files: rip from CD to higher bitrate.

If you don't already have the CDs, this is where the money should be going.

If you get CDs and the music still sounds bad, blame the mastering engineer of your favourite band.

 

(lowest priority)

- player: iriver players are some of the best portables you can get, period.

If they're the bottleneck at this point, well... I'm not even going into this.

 

(depends on files, may not even be necessary)

- earphones: the CK7 are pretty good stuff, fairly detailed as far as I've tried.

If they're still not detailed enough, you might want to go for the Etymotic ER6 or ER4S.

They are more than detailed enough for most, and you won't have to bleed your wallet out.

Edited May 30, 2007 by radioactive28

[Pandalee 0]

Adding on to Shiro's points, let's take a look at the chain:

files -> player -> earphones

(I leave out amp and IC for obvious reasons: they have very little to offer for pop/rock besides giving you the ability to destroy your hearing)

 

(highest priority)

- files: rip from CD to higher bitrate.

If you don't already have the CDs, this is where the money should be going.

If you get CDs and the music still sounds bad, blame the mastering engineer of your favourite band.

 

(lowest priority)

- player: iriver players are some of the best portables you can get, period.

If they're the bottleneck at this point, well... I'm not even going into this.

 

(depends on files, may not even be necessary)

- earphones: the CK7 are pretty good stuff, fairly detailed as far as I've tried.

If they're still not detailed enough, you might want to go for the Etymotic ER6 or ER4S.

They are more than detailed enough for most, and you won't have to bleed your wallet out.

 

thx for ur inputs; thou mp3s compression quality not to my decision cuz....

but er6 e cable look fragile to me

Edited May 30, 2007 by Pandalee

[Singapura 0]

Go to Jaben in Adelphi or Stereo and ask them to try different earphones. You might find something you like. If you like very "relaxed" then you should try the Crossroads Mylar One X3 with the Headamp AE-2. The first is a rather inexpensive earphone (IEM) with a phenomenal bang for the buck, the latter a very expensive amplifier with a very quiet and relaxed signature.

Edited May 30, 2007 by Singapura

[Shiro MS08th 0]

Then its time to buy...no?

Support the music you like!

[Pandalee 0]

Go to Jaben in Adelphi or Stereo and ask them to try different earphones. You might find something you like. If you like very "relaxed" then you should try the Crossroads Mylar One X3 with the Headamp AE-2. The first is a rather inexpensive earphone (IEM) with a phenomenal bang for the buck, the latter a very expensive amplifier with a very quiet and relaxed signature.

 

i had read up abt this crossroad mylar is that the quality build is not that good...

[Bushwacker 0]

The crossroads mylarone's build quality isnt that good. However, the Crossroads Mylarone X3 has good build quality. So far the failure is ard 7-8 per 1000.

[radioactive28 0]

Then its time to buy...no?

Support the music you like!

x2

 

 

On the more practical side,

effects of poor encoding and quality get amplified along the chain, and become very obvious if you get very good ear/headphones.

Edited May 30, 2007 by radioactive28