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IEM in 2-3k

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nomad47
nomad47 Original post #1
Jun 30, 2014 at 2:14 PM
Hey all, I need to buy a new IEM as the earphone provided with Moto G is crap. I am looking for something in 2-3k range.
The bass should be decent but should not be all over the range. The mids and highs should be clear. In short it should be a good balance between bass and treble with good sound quality.

I listen to Metallica, Creed, soft rock, LP and melodious Bollywood songs (not the crap Honey Singh ones). Will be using my phone only as of now and preferred player Poweramp.

My shortlist
Signature Acoustics c12
Tpeos Popular
Senheisser cx300ii precision
anirbandd
Jun 30, 2014 at 2:17 PM
You answered yourself... its the signature acoustics c-12 :)
nomad47
nomad47 #3
Jun 30, 2014 at 2:18 PM
Hey you are using it right? I read in a review that the mids and highs lack clarity. Is it true?
H
Jun 30, 2014 at 3:11 PM
T-Peos Popular is the most balanced IEM with the best clarity out of the three.
nomad47
nomad47 #5
Jul 5, 2014 at 4:10 PM
Bought Signature Acoustics C12. Delivered today. And they are in one word awesome. Thanks guys. And [MENTION=148045]anirbandd[/MENTION] and [MENTION=139494]powerhoney[/MENTION] thanks for the introduction to these great pair.
sandynator
Jul 5, 2014 at 4:26 PM
Bought Signature Acoustics C12. Delivered today. And they are in one word awesome. Thanks guys. And [MENTION=148045]anirbandd[/MENTION] and [MENTION=139494]powerhoney[/MENTION] thanks for the introduction to these great pair.

Mids feel blanketed due to the midbass hump. The bass is not that fast paced for my liking. Overall its good but around 2-2.2k now.
Why the prices have gone up now?
nomad47
nomad47 #7
Jul 5, 2014 at 4:30 PM
Mids feel blanketed due to the midbass hump. The bass is not that fast paced for my liking. Overall its good but around 2-2.2k now.
Why the prices have gone up now?

This is an upgrade over stock earphones. So pretty good for me :p. I am not that a bass head but the bass is pretty good and to my liking. And I think this was priced at 2.7k from the very beginning.
sandynator
Jul 5, 2014 at 4:44 PM
This is an upgrade over stock earphones. So pretty good for me :p. I am not that a bass head but the bass is pretty good and to my liking. And I think this was priced at 2.7k from the very beginning.

I guess the pricing 2.7k was with brass case??
I got mine for 2.2k in November 2013.
N-Joy these awesome Indian IEMs.

BTW these are the Bassier earphones with warmer midrange. For Non Bass heads like you should have looked somewhere else... ;)
nomad47
nomad47 #9
Jul 5, 2014 at 5:24 PM
I guess the pricing 2.7k was with brass case??
I got mine for 2.2k in November 2013.
N-Joy these awesome Indian IEMs.

BTW these are the Bassier earphones with warmer midrange. For Non Bass heads like you should have looked somewhere else... ;)

I got the brass case one. I thought of T-peos popular, but after referring to Anirban and powerhoney decided on this. And am loving it.
sandynator
Jul 5, 2014 at 7:01 PM
I got the brass case one. I thought of T-peos popular, but after referring to Anirban and powerhoney decided on this. And am loving it.

Tpeos Popular is definitely better that c12's. Only '-'ve point to consider is its somewhat harsh treble.

Best of T peos is T-Peos D200R as per joker. Not sure when it will arrive here but the next best T peos Rich which is better than popular is arriving soon in India. Both are valued around US $35.

I was bit of bored with all my IEM's especially C12 so just ordered BrainWavz R1 Dual Dynamic Earphone @ $24.55 from MP4Nation which are around US $44.50 normally.
nomad47
nomad47 #11
Jul 5, 2014 at 7:07 PM
Tpeos Popular is definitely better that c12's. Only '-'ve point to consider is its somewhat harsh treble.

Best of T peos is T-Peos D200R as per joker. Not sure when it will arrive here but the next best T peos Rich which is better than popular is arriving soon in India. Both are valued around US $35.

I was bit of bored with all my IEM's especially C12 so just ordered BrainWavz R1 Dual Dynamic Earphone @ $24.55 from MP4Nation which are around US $44.50 normally.

Ah nice.
sandynator
Jul 5, 2014 at 7:17 PM
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