Canal phones

smithcorp · Post by **smithcorp** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:02 pm

Can anyone recommend some reasonably-priced canal earphones please?

ysu · Post by **ysu** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:43 am

no.
but I'd look around here:
http://headphones.com.au/
best goddam headphone site with honest reviews and quality headphones. Excellent search too.
I've bought my audio-technica open headphones here, very happy with it for more than a year now.

Peptis · Post by **Peptis** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:27 am

I've tried a number of canalphones. From my experience, stay away from the Koss (just crappy sound) and Sony ones (overly bassy).

I have some Etymotic ER-4P canalphones, but they're not exactly "reasonably priced". The ER-6 are nearly as good for a fraction of the cost. It really depends on what you want to spend.

With the Australian dollar as it is right now, you're probably better off buying from the US. This is where I got mine: http://www.headphone.com/products/headp ... r-monitor/

If you don't like that idea, my brother got some ER-6's from eBay Australia. From memory, they were a pretty good deal (around $120 ???).

Overall, canalphones are much better value for money than the more traditional style headphones as the sound isolation is much better. My ER-6P's are about as good as my Senheisser HD-650's and at about a third of the cost. They're also excellent on airplanes as they offer better sound isolation than those crappy noise-cancelling gimmicky things. I recommend getting one of those plane adapter thingies if you fly a lot.

c.j · Post by **c.j** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:35 am

holy fuck, look at the prices of that shit... geezuz

ysu · Post by **ysu** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:13 pm

Sin wrote:holy fuck, look at the prices of that shit... geezuz

Please don't tell me you wanted to buy hi-fi headphones for $20 with a free xbox on the side?

c.j · Post by **c.j** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:42 pm

lol...

just never expected a set of canal phones to go for almost $700...

ysu · Post by **ysu** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:48 pm

Sin wrote:lol...

just never expected a set of canal phones to go for almost $700...

ah, now that is indeed a rather expensive toy

But I reckon for normal people around $200-$300 you can find very decent stuff, canal or otherwise. They last too. (not like those flimsy bose triports)

smithcorp · Post by **smithcorp** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:49 pm

Thanks for the replies chaps. I bought these...:

http://www.headphones.com.au/psingle?productID=321

smiss

c.j · Post by **c.j** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:04 pm

i wonder what would be good, comfy ones to wear whilst i am wearing my helmet.... i always listen to music when riding... but damn it hurts after a few hours....

Peptis · Post by **Peptis** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:37 am

I wouldn't recommend canalphones for riding. They'd block out too much of the surrounding sounds and could be very dangerous. I sometimes run with my cheaper ones and I have to look three times before crossing the road.

kwijibo · Post by **kwijibo** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:10 am

smithcorp wrote:Thanks for the replies chaps. I bought these...:

http://www.headphones.com.au/psingle?productID=321

smiss

excellent choice.. once my current ones bite the dust i'll be getting those based on the reviews I've seen

nutty · Post by **nutty** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:26 pm

I went and ordered the R02-Pro today, the guy seems to know what he is going on about, and they look like a good choice

smithcorp · Post by **smithcorp** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:57 pm

They're nice, that's for sure. Perfect for on the train or on a plane. Still tinkering with the different sleeve thingies for best fit. So far, no discomfort from wearing 45-mins at a time.

smith

nutty · Post by **nutty** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:13 pm

Excellent, mine got posted today so hoping to get them tomorrow seeing im flying around for work next week

nutty · Post by **nutty** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 2:19 pm

Got them delevered today, very very good sound quality, and it blocks out all the noise outside (fantastic for work

) just I cant seem to find any of those sleeves that feel decent in my ears.. I guess it just takes some getting used to

Nigel · Post by **Nigel** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 4:37 pm

Don't get Sony. I have had them twice and on both occasions the core turned to sticky glug and came away from the wire. Sound was below average. I would go for Sennheiser. Considerably better sound quality, good bass and the cording doesn't disintegrate.

ysu · Post by **ysu** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:40 am

fourthof5 wrote:Don't get Sony. I have had them twice and on both occasions the core turned to sticky glug and came away from the wire. Sound was below average. I would go for Sennheiser. Considerably better sound quality, good bass and the cording doesn't disintegrate.

Yeah sony is not hifi, it's a big bloody brand, that's all. Fairly crap in all divisions if you ask anybody knowing anything about sound quality.

SE1Z · Post by **SE1Z** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:42 am

Bumping a bloody old thread here...

But i'm looking at spending no more than $200 on some canal phones.
Can any of you blokes recommend anything to me?

I am currently using Seinheisser CX300 'phones.

I find the bass to be... well... garbage.
I understand that a canalphone will be nowhere near as good as headphones (or speakers for that matter) - but even so, I expected better.

For comparison, I had a pair of Philips canalphones prior to these, and in my opinion, the Philips sound better!

If it makes a difference... I mostly listen to Rock.

I found these, they appear to be back in stock now.
Anyone used them before?
http://headphones.com.au/psingle?productID=413

kwijibo · Post by **kwijibo** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 1:09 pm

Go on the forums at headphones.com.au and ask the question. The mod there is very helpful with honest answers.

Myself, I picked up some vmoda or some shit from catch of the day, $50. Sound fine

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