High-end headphones

I just recieved my pair of Ultimate Ears super.fi 5Pro IEMs, and they are awesome. Great bass, great mids, clear and crisp highs, and stunning resolution. I'm hearing things in my music I've never heard before, things I never even knew existed within the songs. I use the double-cupped rubber tips, and the sound isolation is great, I can't hear anything on the outside with them in.

With my other headphones, I had to turn my iPod's volume about 9/10 of the way up to hear them, with these, I only have to turn it about 3/10 of the way up at the most to get the same effect.

Truly worth the money.

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Originally Posted by Mucknuggle

I really don't feel like signing up at that forum and asking noob questions, so I'll ask for a product comparison here. I read the CNET reviews for both the Shure E4g and the Ultimate Ears Super.Fi 5 Pro - they gave a higher score to the E4g despite the fact that the Ultimate Ears have two drivers while the Shure ones only have a single driver. Theoretically the Ultimate Ears set should have higher sound quality due to separate drivers for different frequencies - is this true in application? I'll be buying one of the two.

This all depends. I know they weren't reviewed by the same person, maybe the one who reviewed the E4gs felt more enthusiastic about them than the person who reviewed the Super.fi 5 Pros, even though they both thought that the particular pair they reviewed was excellent. Perhaps the person who reviewed the E4gs has never even heard sound from the super.fi 5 Pros, and vice versa. Some reviewers may have higher standards or be more conservative with their ratings, even if their subjective listening experience was excellent.

The slightly fragile cord of the super.fi 5 Pros may have lowered the score slightly as well. I haven't had any problems with it, although I can understand how some might. The part of the cord near your ear has a small metal wire inside of it, I can see how it might snap if you keep flexing it over and over again, so I try to keep mine in the same position all the time.

Also of note is that the average user rating for the super.fis is as high as the main review for the E4gs. Another interesting thing from the user reviews:

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i have both the super.fi 5 pro's and the shure E4C and i love them both. and although it may just be in my head, it seems that hte super.fi's quality is a little better. although the cord is thin, i love the fact that the cord is replaceable, as i've already gone through one E3C with cord problems... who knows how long the E4C's will last. the cord is the perfect length. others are longer and they snag on things easily. also, the flexible ear loops are handy!

All I can tell you is that aside from the ocassional ear canal discomfort (which is most likely a personal problem), I totally satisfied with my super.fi 5 Pros.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

True, but it's actually very nice to have wire secured over the ear. It has already saved me several times from having to re-insert my phones after accidentally yanking on the cord.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

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I recently returned my Ultimate Ears S5FPs for a pair of Shure E4Gs. To put it bluntly, the E4Gs are better than the 5Pros in every possible way. The most prominent difference are the extremely smooth and clear midtones, which seemed lacking in the 5Pros, especially in the vocal range. Voices always sounded distant and lacking in volume, which made me want to turn the volume up. They have less bass than the 5Pros, but there is still plenty of it, and it is much tighter and more controlled. The terble is just as good and the sound as a whole is clearer, smoother, and more detailed. They are also much more balanced than the 5Pros. It doesn't seem to stress any particular part of the audio range over another.

More importantly, the phones themselves are much smaller than the 5Pros, and I can actually stand to have them in my ears for extended periods of time. The housing on the 5Pros was so big that it was constantly rubbing against my ears, and it hurt. A lot.

All in all, they're clearly a technically superior phone. I'm going to have Sensaphonics make me some custom ear tips soon, and then I'll really be in business.



Oh, and that reminds me: Mucknuggle, how are your Shures working out for you?

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