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in-ear vs normal earphone

15 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/in-ear-vs-normal-earphone.137090/

mohityadavx
mohityadavx Original post #1
Feb 22, 2011 at 5:09 PM
I own these earphones:-
sennheiser cx180 In-ear (costed 1500)
Philips SHH4520 In-Ear (costed 1100)

Normal Earphone:-
sennheiser mx760(costed 2100)
nokia earphone (Came with N95)
nokia earphone(Came with 2600c)
nokia earphone(Came with N70)
Motorola earphone(Came with Motorola V3i)

I have used all of these on N95 and my PMP PHILIPS SA52XX (Except the motorola one it doesn't fit it has micro usb connector)From my personal experience i say in-ear earphone are not only cheaper but also better in terms of sound quality.

What do you have to say!!!!!:mrgreen::mrgreen:
desiibond
desiibond #2
Feb 22, 2011 at 5:45 PM
Re: inear vs normal earphone

agree with you. I never used earbud since I started using IEMs. totally worth the price.
skippednote
skippednote #3
Feb 22, 2011 at 8:44 PM
Re: inear vs normal earphone

IEM's are hands down the better choice. Noise Isolation make the difference, but for me the normal earphones keep falling every second :p
pulkitpopli2004
pulkitpopli2004 #4
Feb 23, 2011 at 1:00 PM
Re: inear vs normal earphone

arent these in-ear are harmful in comparison to normal earphone as they are put deeply into an ear canal?
desiibond
desiibond #5
Feb 23, 2011 at 1:06 PM
Re: inear vs normal earphone

pulkitpopli2004 said:
arent these in-ear are harmful in comparison to normal earphone as they are put deeply into an ear canal?
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nah. not at all as long as you keep the volume low (which applies to any headgear)
Sarath
Sarath #6
Apr 24, 2011 at 10:19 PM
i have been using both on my pc. in ear ones do seem to cause more harm as they beam sound directly into the canal. But that is only when used at high volume which is when they can do more damage than normal phones. I say this because most of us have a tendency to keep increasing the volume.

However in ear ones provide passive noise isolation and thus require a lower volume for the same perception that would require a higher volume in normal phones. So when used wisely they are actually safer.

Also for the sound quality in ear ones are much better. Using sennheiser CX 180.
Krow
Krow #7
Apr 27, 2011 at 7:22 PM
IEMs all the way. :) Best for distraction free listening.
sujoyp
sujoyp #8
Apr 30, 2011 at 3:42 PM
I got Sony ED12LP and it have superb sound quality

Its between inear and normal headphones:smile:
*sp.sony-asia.com/media/109/54152
pulkitpopli2004
pulkitpopli2004 #9
Apr 30, 2011 at 4:14 PM
^^ great designing...

its price?
pulkitpopli2004
pulkitpopli2004 #11
Apr 30, 2011 at 5:00 PM
it dont fall off from the ear easily
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this is the best part then seriously.. otherwise falling off is very irritating thing..
and rs 750 is not a bad price..
sujoyp
sujoyp #12
Apr 30, 2011 at 7:06 PM
Actually I dont like the inear feeling coz it create a vacuum sort of:-(

This one have no problem...try these if u ever get a chance:smile:
xtremevicky
xtremevicky #13
Apr 30, 2011 at 7:24 PM
12Lp is bass bosters . For more balanced sound 12Lp for 500 and 50Lp for 1k are better choices .

Depends on what you want really !
sujoyp
sujoyp #14
Apr 30, 2011 at 8:15 PM
yup I bought it due to bass reflex...but sound is nice and after using this I am feeling that my desktop speakers are really useless:lol:
pulkitpopli2004
pulkitpopli2004 #15
Apr 30, 2011 at 10:09 PM
sujoyp.. would you recommend your in-ear phone? Do u somewhere find anything missing?

is it worth 750?