In-ear headphones that sound good and have a reasonable level of bass...

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Hi,

I'm looking to get some new in-ear headphones - I've been using some Shure E3C's for a while but they've now broken and need replacing.

I tried a pair of UE 5's but was very unhappy with the bass (as in, it seemed non-existant when compared to the Shure).

I listen to mainly electronic music and the odd bit of hip-hop, Jazz, Classical and so on so they need to sound good across the frequency range.

I'm curious to see how the new Shure 435's perform and that's definately my price ceiling (£299).

Any suggestions? Also, any ideas of retailers in the Northampton/Peterborough area who have the kind of earphones so I can listen to them?

(I listen to them on my Zune as it offers a much better sound than the iDevices)

Cheers,

Andy

 

[Anonymous]

£300 will get you pretty much most top of the range iems, apart from
the new Shure SE535s.

I personally use ther Earsonics SM3s, which
you can get from Handheld Audio in the UK. They are a french company,
and the SM3 is a triple driver balanced armature iem which is rated by
many (including myself) on head-fi.org as the best universal iem on the
market.

If you can get to Handheld Audio in north London, they will let
you audition any of their stock.