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Buying IEMs (earbuds)

 
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Smudger



Joined: 26 Sep 2010
PostPosted: Mon May 23, 2011 6:29 pm    Post subject: Buying IEMs (earbuds) Reply with quote
Just wondering if places like Technomart and Yongsan are worthwhile for tracking down decent IEMs at a fair price. My Brainwavz quit on me and I'm looking for something new I hopefully don't have to ship in but the Korean internet prices are really jacked up.
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Swampfox10mm



Joined: 24 Mar 2011
PostPosted: Mon May 23, 2011 7:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Anything high quality is insane here. Try searching www.enuri.com
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eamo



Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
PostPosted: Mon May 23, 2011 8:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The Klipsch Image S4's are decent quality and are now a reasonable 80,000 or less in Korea.
http://blog.danawa.com/prod/?prod_c=1047810&cate_c1=22592&cate_c2=22918&cate_c3=24780&cate_c4=
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nstick13



Joined: 02 Aug 2009
PostPosted: Mon May 23, 2011 10:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
On floor 5 at Yongsan is the Headphones Shop. Take your ipod, you can try them all out. Probably about 75 different earbud selections there.
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Swampfox10mm



Joined: 24 Mar 2011
PostPosted: Tue May 24, 2011 12:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
That Apple store in COEX has a wide variety of models for testing, as well.
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Smudger



Joined: 26 Sep 2010
PostPosted: Tue May 24, 2011 1:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'll certainly head out and test drive some but judging on these prices on Korean websites that's all I'll be doing and then hittin ebay.
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akcrono



Joined: 11 Mar 2010
PostPosted: Tue May 24, 2011 2:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'd like to recommend the motorokr eh20. I have 2, they sound good (especially for the price), have a quality mic built in, and have a remote control built in as well. There are some EOM on gmarket right now at:

http://item.gmarket.co.kr/detailview/Item.asp?goodscode=195219102&pos_shop_cd=SH&pos_class_cd=111111111&pos_class_kind=T&keyword_order=eh20&keyword_seqno=110882164&search_keyword=eh20

but if you want a retail pair they have those also. The 5th floor shop at yongsan has them as well (for 55,000) if you want to try them out.

I'm sure there are plenty of other great sets out there, but I freakin love these things; they're a great balance of performance, price, comfort, and features.
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pkang0202



Joined: 09 Mar 2007
PostPosted: Tue May 24, 2011 4:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I second the Klipsch Image S4 buds. I highly recommend you get the Comply Foam tips for them. The Bass will blow your mind.
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ulsanchris



Joined: 19 Jun 2003
Location: take a wild guess
PostPosted: Tue May 24, 2011 6:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I love my klipsch s4. they are great.
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Swampfox10mm



Joined: 24 Mar 2011
PostPosted: Tue May 24, 2011 5:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Smudger wrote:
I'll certainly head out and test drive some but judging on these prices on Korean websites that's all I'll be doing and then hittin ebay.


That is my advice but remember you are charged customs if the shipping plus product price exceeds 150,000 won, I believe. So have a family member ship them and value them accordingly.
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pkang0202



Joined: 09 Mar 2007
PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2011 7:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/klipschs-black-white-image-s4i-and-s4-earbuds-filtering-out-to/

Just got these in the mail. Looks gorgeous with my white Ipad.
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murmanjake



Joined: 21 Oct 2008
PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2011 7:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
akcrono wrote:
I'd like to recommend the motorokr eh20. I have 2, they sound good (especially for the price), have a quality mic built in, and have a remote control built in as well. There are some EOM on gmarket right now at:

http://item.gmarket.co.kr/detailview/Item.asp?goodscode=195219102&pos_shop_cd=SH&pos_class_cd=111111111&pos_class_kind=T&keyword_order=eh20&keyword_seqno=110882164&search_keyword=eh20

but if you want a retail pair they have those also. The 5th floor shop at yongsan has them as well (for 55,000) if you want to try them out.

I'm sure there are plenty of other great sets out there, but I freakin love these things; they're a great balance of performance, price, comfort, and features.


I didn't see any pics of the remote in that link. Is it part of the mic? Can you control the volume?

Stupidly bought a pair of chinese knock-off Ipod headphones at yongsan. Never knew electronics could fall apart in so many ways...
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chevro1et



Joined: 01 Feb 2007
Location: Busan, ROK
PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2011 3:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
zappadelta has a few pairs of nice iem's in the buy/sell/trade forum.
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zappadelta



Joined: 31 Aug 2004
PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2011 6:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
chevro1et wrote:
zappadelta has a few pairs of nice iem's in the buy/sell/trade forum.


Yes thank you, and still for sale!
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Smudger



Joined: 26 Sep 2010
PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2011 7:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
There's quite the Kilpsch love-in going on here. No doubt they're a decent IEM but I think you can do better in the price range and even lower.
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