high end earphones

[karma]

whats the best earphone's on the market to date. kinda sat on mine. so manny to choose from.....

thanks...........

[Prune]

Stax SR-007 (Omega 2) are the best heaphones. You can find them for about $2000 (without the amp). They need a good amp; Kevin Gilmore's Blue Hawaii DIY amp is reportedly better than the commercial ones (and cheaper even if you use top of the line components):
http://www4.head-fi.org/forums/showt...&postid=194620

[trwh]

karma, have a look here:

http://www4.head-fi.org/forums/

In terms of earphones (canalphones), the Etymotic ER4s are probably the holy grail.

See ya,
Tim.

[planet10]

Originally posted by karma
whats the best earphone's on the market to date. kinda sat on mine. so manny to choose from.....

Don't listen to Cans much, but the STAX are right up there. Particularily if you build your own tube OTL to drive them.

dave

[audiorasp]

Hello,

I don't use headphones or earphones, but Siegfried Linkwitz has an article on earphones at http://www.linkwitzlab.com/reference_earphones.htm yhat may be of interest.

Regards,
George

[karma]

thanks for thr info

[Brett]

<b>whats the best earphone's on the market</b>

STAX

[JOE DIRT®]

Binaurial sound>??? anyone???

[Brett]

Originally posted by JOE DIRT®
Binaurial sound&gt;??? anyone???

Not sure what you mean, however, if you're asking if anyone has heard a true binaural recording, yes, I have. Very much better at getting the sound out of your head, but there are few recordings, of anything at all in this format, let alone stuff I would listen to, so it's a moot point. Bibaural recording played on speakers sound very strange, even in mono.

Trouble with headphones is they don't allow any body experience (physical sensation of sound, even at a low level), so I find it harder to get into them.

[Prune]

Here's a source of some binaural recordings:
http://www.binaural.com/
(disclaimer: I haven't tried any of their offerings so I can't comment)
One of the problem of binaural recordings is that they would only be good for headphone listening and probably wouldn't sound well if you also want to use speakers with them.