I've searched the thread and found nothing, so apologies if a repeat, but is there a model that has a mute button or ability to set a mute button AND doesn't sound like crap for calls? I end up walking and talking a lot of conference calls, and it would be real handy to have an actual mute...

Hi all,   Started a new thread and missed this sticky. Correcting that error now. Looking for IEMs with no microphonics and tangle free cords. Prefer with a  microphone so I can get on the phone when needed. $100 or less seems about right in terms of $pend.   Sound quality secondary to...

Thanks for the tips. Going to move over to the big thread.   And as to type of music, eclectic taste and prefer balanced sound across the tonal spectrum (Paradigm speakers at home) as opposed to uber-bassy.

With microphone preferred.   Sound quality secondary to having tanglefree cord and lack of microphonics. Going to use for travel, gym, etc. Nothing worse than being woken awake by microphonics :)   Have anything for me?

Also, I've tried the flip flop mod, but seems hard to get a good seal. Perhaps I'm not doing it quite right, but I'm definitely getting chewing/swallowing feedback so I'm there. Just wasn't as much isolation as I was expecting OR I was surrounded by some really loud people.

Thanks for the replies - I think I had some fantasy expectations Or maybe wasn't prepared for 5 screaming babies and a rocky flight on my first voyage using IEMs. So yes, with music I do get a decent seal and isolation that is good but definitely doesn't block out the engine hum of a plane...

Ok, I guess I have a good seal then. I definitely get the mini-suction but it doesn't stay consistently. I've been using the UE super fi 3's with either the medium tips or the biflange. I have been saving the foamies for a flight to Asia this week.

I'm a new IEM user and just got a pair of super.fi.3's. How silent should the outside world be with no music playing? I can still hear things that you're supposed to hear, like cars and airline announcements. I'd rather not, though. Should I be shoving the phones deeper in the ear with a...

Next update. So far I've had a bit of trouble with the fit, with all sizes. That has left the bass lacking as I can't get a great seal. I've also tried the alternate fit - the cable swap method, but that seemed worse to me. I'm going to use the foamies on a flight to Asia this week, and if...

Quote: Originally Posted by acegazda as of yet, haven't found a good one. A lot of the mentions of marshmallow tip DIY are in threads with 1000+ posts. I've gone through the first few pages of a couple, but I'm not going to look through the whole thing. I will keep looking, however, but...

Personally active noise cancellation makes me a bit dizzy after a while. I prefer the passive. I ended up buying, mainly because of price and availability, the Super Fi 3's at Radioshack. They were $40 after a $10 coupon (from your local paper). So far the fit hasn't come naturally to me...

There's also a $10 coupon floating around local newspapers that makes the super.fi.3's only $40. I think I'm going that route tomorrow - seems like a good deal and should be easy to return if need be.

I hate to do the fast bump, but I want to buy before a trip next week - do you have any recs for me?

Use foobar and do an A/B test - you'll quickly see whether you can tell the difference or not. My guess is that you won't care as long as the tunes are flowing and the outside world is shut out.

Bose have an open design - you'd need to plug the driver and that would make them sound terrible. Using foam is probably as good as you'll get. If you find the best post for you can you link it back here? This place needs a wiki badly.

I would go for those IM716's myself, but I can't stand microphonics. I have a set of Sennheiser buds that crackle every noise up to my ears when it's cold - so annoying to me. As long as the lady isn't moving around much, it shouldn't be a problem, though.

I'll hijack this thread for my own purposes now. What should I buy for $100 or less to use on an airplane? I'm thinking that it needs to be an IEM (canal phone or what-have-you), but am open. Priorities for me: * Price < $100 and lower is better since I may not like them * excellent...

I'll suggest that reripping in lossless will not be required for subway riding with any headphone.

So, what did you get litetraveler?

Quote: Originally Posted by PouncePony If want to start by just dipping your toes into the digital audio player market, you may want to check out the Insignia NS-DV4G. It has 4GB of memory and a microSD slot to add more. It has a decent sound and a 5 band custom equalizer. It works in...

Quote: Originally Posted by Febs You gain far more features than you lose with Rockbox. Whether that makes Rockbox worth your while, of course, depends on the relative weight that you put on those features. Remember, though, that Rockbox allows you to dual boot, so installing Rockbox...

The 30 gb equivalent zen is on sale for the same price. Any preferences between the two? Of course, neither is as good as my long-dead karma.

Question for the experts, my volume buttons are broken on my uber-beaten karma. I'm not going to open the case up for a while as I'm terribly lazy. I do use MX-500s, which come with a volume slider. Sometimes I feel like the volume is going down unequally on the channels when I use it. I swore...

Quote: Originally Posted by baselinebruiser i am going to buy one and they have some on ebay that are factory referbished by rio and then factory sealed. anyone buy one of these and if so are they perfectly fine? thanks Having a broken Karma that I bought new I would run from...

I have tons of ripped music, and have been slowly ripping my whole cd collection to lossless. I use a Rio Karma with transcoded oggs on the subway and at home (my evo n600c has the worst headphone jack of all time--thank god my t42p at work is better). Because I'm the one deciding this, work...