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<blockquote data-quote="John O&amp;#039;Brien" data-source="post: 57183" data-attributes="member: 390">re: Decent Budget Ear Buds for Under $150?As an owner of molds and someone who has tried just about every &#039;mainstream&#039; universal fit out there, the fitment is the only way you&#039;ll ever get a good sound. If they don&#039;t seal correctly, it changes EVERYTHING. When I&#039;m on monitors doing IEM&#039;s for a band that isn&#039;t used to them, we have a little lessons on proper IEM fitment, just so I can start out a few paces ahead. Granted if the artist shows up with iPod headphones, all is lost from the start. I&#039;ll agree to David&#039;s assessment to the UM1&#039;s, even though I still recommend them. They are not &#039;stellar&#039; compared to say, the triple driver IEM&#039;s that I&#039;m used to. It&#039;s been my experience that nothing from Ultimate Ears universals sound good to me, and from Westone, the higher end ones only sound good to me. The Westone UM3x&#039;s are quite possibly one of the best headphones I&#039;ve ever had the chance to listen to. Personally, if I only have $100 dollars, I&#039;m going to save it until I can get in to a higher priced molded set. But, not everyone wants/needs to do something like that, and if you aren&#039;t going to use them, it&#039;s a complete waste of money. Unless you fly a lot, which in that case, they make the best possible solution to crying babies on an air plane. It&#039;s amazing to see what they&#039;re doing with IEM&#039;s these days. Ultimate Ears just came out with a set of ears that can be fine tuned to your exact needs and wants. Don&#039;t like the way any of their tunings sound? Tell them and they tune it your way. I don&#039;t know too much about how they do it, but I think it&#039;s a cool concept. But you wont catch me paying $1,999 for them!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John O'Brien, post: 57183, member: 390"] re: Decent Budget Ear Buds for Under $150? As an owner of molds and someone who has tried just about every 'mainstream' universal fit out there, the fitment is the only way you'll ever get a good sound. If they don't seal correctly, it changes EVERYTHING. When I'm on monitors doing IEM's for a band that isn't used to them, we have a little lessons on proper IEM fitment, just so I can start out a few paces ahead. Granted if the artist shows up with iPod headphones, all is lost from the start. I'll agree to David's assessment to the UM1's, even though I still recommend them. They are not 'stellar' compared to say, the triple driver IEM's that I'm used to. It's been my experience that nothing from Ultimate Ears universals sound good to me, and from Westone, the higher end ones only sound good to me. The Westone UM3x's are quite possibly one of the best headphones I've ever had the chance to listen to. Personally, if I only have $100 dollars, I'm going to save it until I can get in to a higher priced molded set. But, not everyone wants/needs to do something like that, and if you aren't going to use them, it's a complete waste of money. Unless you fly a lot, which in that case, they make the best possible solution to crying babies on an air plane. It's amazing to see what they're doing with IEM's these days. Ultimate Ears just came out with a set of ears that can be fine tuned to your exact needs and wants. Don't like the way any of their tunings sound? Tell them and they tune it your way. I don't know too much about how they do it, but I think it's a cool concept. But you wont catch me paying $1,999 for them! [/QUOTE]

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