Suggest a IEM around 600

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Budget- 600

Will use it for watching tv series, movies, listening mostly bollywood/punjabi songs while travelling, in Galaxy S3

Requirements- Good quality as i will take it along daily in my bag to college.

Source- Galaxy S3

Es-18, using them currently, cant stretch more on how awesome they are
price-670

+1 to es18

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How are Philips she 3590 compared to this?

deepanshuchg said:
How are Philips she 3590 compared to this?

Nowhere close. I had used Panasonic HJE120 and SHE3590 hoping that they would be worthy replacement for my broken ES18 but I got disappointed. ES18 is simply the best earphone money can buy upto 1k.

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But still is there any other close to it in performance and cost less than 600 bucks?
Actually have a very tight budget.

it's available at Rs. 640 at snapdeal. Its upto you whether you will save 50 bucks to compromise on quality or not.

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I will probably go for this but how is the build quality of the es18?
As I will carry it daily in my bag build quality is one of the major factor I need to consider.

^ it comes with carry pouch. close your eyes and get it. ES18 (using since last 3 days and mindblown)

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There are a lot of es 18 fans here. It will surely be a good buy then.

deepanshuchg said:
There are a lot of es 18 fans here. It will surely be a good buy then.

Go ahead.
For Slightly better sound quality & very good built consider Cowon EM1, but costs 800 INR

^ or get ES18 & if you dont like there are many buyers here as you can read :lol:

Don't get me wrong, and i know there are many sound magic fans in this forum. I also use the SM E30 and even though they cost 2000/-, their built quality sucks, they are quite flimsy and you will have to be very careful. I had mine replaced once in warranty and i took utmost care of them. But of course the sound quality when compared to the other companies in the same range is better if not all that great...Would i buy them again? Of course not. Just use them carefully...

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SM E30, ES18 sound good but their build quality sucks big time, no doubt about that. At the same price, you can get T-Peos IEM which has been reviewed by someone on techenclave.

Yes, Sound magic indeed have a very balanced sound..Only I wish they had better quality, they would have kicked most good names out of competition... The T-peos also are a good name as well, but my only concern with these foreign brands is the after sales...cant rely much on them IMO...

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I am seeing all the IEMs in your signature are of foreign brands :mrgreen:

. Well if the Indian dealer is having good after sales support so there is no worries to try international brands. You can get T-Peos in India.

High-Fidelity said:
I am seeing all the IEMs in your signature are of foreign brands . Well if the Indian dealer is having good after sales support so there is no worries to try international brands. You can get T-Peos in India.

Yeah they are foreign technically

Are the T-peos available here...I have only seen them on mp4nation?

High-Fidelity said:
SM E30, ES18 sound good but their build quality sucks big time, no doubt about that. At the same price, you can get T-Peos IEM which has been reviewed by someone on techenclave.

which T- peos iem on par or better than soundmagic e30?

I was thinking of e30, if t peos better in sq then will buy it.

T peos are available with hifinage.

thanks for sharing

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So is there any alternative to es 18 in this range with better build quality even if I have to compromise a bit on performance.

get the es18, however use it carefully. Another better option is philips She3590....

cowon em1

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820 on Flipkart. It is way our of my budget.

deepanshuchg said:
820 on Flipkart. It is way our of my budget.

Its 800 on official website.
Worth the money.

Id recommend ES 18 or PL11

BTW

travelling in Galaxy S3

, the value of a comma

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Nerevarine said:
, the value of a comma

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