Originally Posted by
Smurklan
Price: around 50€ (68 USD) , less would be cool.
Location: Mainly on trains, -> noisy areas
Device: Creative Zen mp3 player
What for: 100% Music, mainly rock/metal
Important factors: isolating, in-ear and as robust as possible, don't want them to get broken too quickly.
edit: oh and yeah, I chose sound quality over comfort.
Take a look at head-direct.com
The Viasian (vsonic) RO2 is good.
So is the RE2 (and RE0).
Not sure how the prices translate exactly when you factor in cost.
Canalphones aren't going to last forever, but I've had my current ones (ER4P) for years and they're fine.
I'd probably recomment the vsonic, whose durability is ok. Soemtimes the casing comes off (could have been a bad batch about 6 months ago, though), but they're easily reglueable (not super glue, itll damage the driver).
I wouldn't (and can't) recommend anything cheaper than the RE2 or Vsonic in a canalphone
Originally Posted by
DjPz
I'm in the eastern USA region, any price under $80 is reasonable for me. I'm looking for head phones for drumming, so noise cancelation is a plus. A fair amount of bass would be nice in them too, comfortability is a plus too.
What would you guys recommend?
Sorry I didn't reply sooner. A lot of drummers I know use ultimate ears, however since being bought by logitech, they've had a LOT of failures.
I personally recommend using an Etymotic headphone (buy the best one you can afford).
They have the highest isolation I've personally experienced (that includes customs) and they offer very clear sound more or less across the range (particularly the ER4).
However, if you're looking for more bass, a Vsonic (mentioned above) is a good idea.
Other bassy canalphone options (an area i'm not exactly full bottle on) that I think are outside of your price range are Sennheiser IE8, Radius TWF11R and Atrio M5.
Last edited by m0o; Feb 4, 2011 at 11:56 PM.