I like smooth-midrange for vocals and from what I've read, E500 has the smoothest mid-range ever in an IEM...

I like a little bit of bass, but not overpowering like the CX300 and Shure seems to have lots of bass from what I've heard...

I had the CX300 but it broke after 2 months...

Btw, I'm not planning to get any sort of amp. I hate amps.

I'm currently in the UK and can get Shure E500 for around 200 pounds off the US Ebay...

Contacted shure about this and they said the warranty (2 years) will still be applicable even if i buy it from ebay. Gotta be fast though, they are changing their policy this summer.. well..that's what their customer support told me anyway...

Anyway, should I just say **** it and get another CX300?. After all, I don't have a golden ears or anything.

This post has been edited by verticalforce: Feb 10 2007, 07:25 PM

Technically, your DAP has in internal amplifier too, just crappier than the external ones.

Anyway, since you don't want an external amp to go with your DAP, i'd suggest you spend all moolah on a single high end IEM that you find the most interesting/good sounding. Full sized cans requires an amp due to their lower efficiency.

Do try out the IM716 too, you might like it . It's cheap and sound close to the ER4s, what's there to lose?

Vocals... Try ER4 then, since you bass is too much (but a bit too little for me ). E500PTH, Super.Fi.10 are among the highest you can get here.

Any idea on what the prices are for those models you recommended? And they look kinda bulky.. not sure if its just from the pictures only. Any less bulky models around?

any recommend for headphone which are selling in Malacca ?? i couldn't find much headphones selling in Malacca... budget bout +- RM 100...

forget it. Malacca doesn't even have a hi-fi shop. At most you can find those China headphones from computer shops.

lol... sort of expected it d... Malacca sux... haha... seems like i have to go lowyat after this CNY to get myself 1... thanks anyway...

if you just want to get a normal headphones, you can visit those computer shops at Jln Ong Kim Wee. But if you want hi-fi headphones, sorry to say you can't find any in Malacca.

hey i look carefully at JB they have some hi-fi shops. But dont expect very branded speakers/amps la. At most they have Jamo. And I found some AKG headphones there!!! But very old models, collecting dust lol.

philips shp805 at senq mahkota parade. rm90. i think that is the best headphone for rm100

philips shp805 ??!! which floor ?? i rarely go MP... haha...

2nd floor, beside thai kuang (book store), used to be the food court before they build the new one. the shop is senQ. i believe most of us know senQ. i also saw test unit. maybe u can test the headphone there. i have used shp805 before shp890. for money/performance ratio, shp805 is better than 890, IMO.

805 better than 890?
Pcwork, anything to say?

why do we have to care bout what to say anyway? Our mileage may vary, and what sounds good to one might be shit to another

Anyone knows which headphone has the best SQ for RM400? Thanks. I just want to know.

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Added on February 12, 2007, 9:51 pmPrice/Performance ratio. I think performance wise, SHP890 is still better than SHP805. I heard the SHP805 from SenQ in Sunway Pyramid. Not really convincing to me though. The sounds produced were crackling. I wonder if it's the source's fault(it's from a discman, if I'm not wrong).

This post has been edited by Aquanox28: Feb 12 2007, 09:51 PM

IMHO 805 is very good for ultra bass heady. Last time I owned one.

RM400? Some of the entry phone for Grado/Alessandro.

This post has been edited by walabies: Feb 12 2007, 10:13 PM

nope. i dont mean 805 is better than 890 for sound quality. why i change for 890 in the 1st place if the 805 better. i mean 805 is really nice in rm100 price range. my english so bad. sorry. maybe i use the hp with the bad source too. sorry ya

read some reviews on SHP805... i think i'll get SHP805... hehe...
to owners of SHP805, care to tell me bout how long was the headphone's lifespan ?? thanks in advance...

The replacement of SHP 805 will be SHP2700,the new model in market. The SHP 805 model will getting less in market. So better buy SHP2700 instead of SHP 805.

SHP2700 new model ?? is in the market d ?? shit la... after i got myself in malacca i became so out of date.. haha...