Quality IEM in the $500-1,500 range?

How many IEM drivers is best for Bassists?

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    Votes: 7 35.0%

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#21
I’ve been super happy with the custom fit Westone’s with I believe 4 drivers. Sound soooo good plenty of low end.

I rarely use an amp these days as a result. In fact what sold me in this was a Reheasal where 6 songs in I realized I never turned my amp off mute. Sound was coming from my pedal board to Mixer only. That pretty much convinced me I’m good to go amp less.

I do sometimes still use an amp buts more and more rare.
 
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Ethereal Thorn said:
The Bgvp and Fearless Audio iems both offer custom molds that was why I mentioned them they are both under the 1k mark even for their flagship iems im going to be ordering a set of custom Bgvp dm7's as soon as I get caught up on bills the sound quality is insane for only $350
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Just to reference this: I just got my DM7's in today, and I've been wearing them around work to more or less get used to wearing them while listening to music. While I don't have custom molds, the uni's work just fine for keeping out the majority of noise. I can walk through our shop and hardly hear the air tools or anything. Looking forward to using them at rehearsal this week and getting my IEM mix right.
 
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I've had Ultimate UE-10's for quite a while, and never found anything they lacked on. Both stage as well as international travel (wear 12+ hours at a time and sleep . . . ) they are comfortable and sound great (and gotta love turning that screaming little bugger three rows in back into a mime act as well!). The UE-11 is the successor, and after these, I could never possibly consider anything other than custom molds ever again . . .
 
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I use the KZ AS06, for bass. Got them for $30. There are a lot of KZ models, a significant of them suffer from harsher highs than one would like. They have 3 BA's in each. The AS06 are the best ones yet. I use to use over-ear headphones that did an okay of getting the note through, however since they were semi-open back, the low/low/low frequencies didn't punch through as well as with in-ears especially since the stage could be relatively loud sometimes. Once you get a seal, the bass is in there are tight, and it's clear. I'd recommend getting aftermarket foam ear tips, the silicone tips do seal, but at a specific angle with not much wiggle room, but they stay in.
 
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Gigglingbuns said:
I use the KZ AS06, for bass. Got them for $30. There are a lot of KZ models, a significant of them suffer from harsher highs than one would like. They have 3 BA's in each. The AS06 are the best ones yet. I use to use over-ear headphones that did an okay of getting the note through, however since they were semi-open back, the low/low/low frequencies didn't punch through as well as with in-ears especially since the stage could be relatively loud sometimes. Once you get a seal, the bass is in there are tight, and it's clear. I'd recommend getting aftermarket foam ear tips, the silicone tips do seal, but at a specific angle with not much wiggle room, but they stay in.
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Based on personal research - other than the DM7's mentioned above, the TOTL/value buds - for those who can use universal fit buds - are the AS10, KZ ZS6 and ZS5.
If, like me, universal fit are NOT an option, then there's a HUGE choice range under $1500.
 
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s0c9 said:
Based on personal research - other than the DM7's mentioned above, the TOTL/value buds - for those who can use universal fit buds - are the AS10, KZ ZS6 and ZS5.
If, like me, universal fit are NOT an option, then there's a HUGE choice range under $1500.
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I personally used the smallest tips they have (they come with 3 sizes), but I solve the problem of buds that don't fit, by getting foam tips from somewhere, foam tips are a good investment for in-ears if they don't already come with it, because the seal is critical to get the full range.
 
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Gigglingbuns said:
I personally used the smallest tips they have (they come with 3 sizes), but I solve the problem of buds that don't fit, by getting foam tips from somewhere, foam tips are a good investment for in-ears if they don't already come with it, because the seal is critical to get the full range.
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+1000% I started my IEM journey some 7+ yrs ago with universals, assuming they would work for me. Why shouldn't they, right?
However, I tried every type of tip from Comply to XYZ tips, from silicone to foam to rubber to ______ to try and retain the seal during a gig!!! Open my mouth, turn my head, even simple movement caused the seal to "break". I was ready to give up.
Then, I [accidentally] found out during an annual hearing test having a conversation about IEM's with the audiologist that I have small canals and was told I would likely have to go the custom route if I wanted something that worked. Been on custom molds for close to 5 yrs now.. Couldn't be happier with my 64Audio A8's.
 
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So it turns out 64 Audio had a 15% off 4th of July sale, and I was going to be in Portland mid-July. (64 Audio is in Vancouver, WA, just across the bridge from Portland.) So I ordered a set of A4t with the plan of stopping by their shop 10 days later to drop off my impressions and check out the different models in person.

The customer service was amazing, both via email and in person. When I asked for recommendations on where to get my ear impressions made they recommended a guy just down the road from them. He consistently makes the best impressions they receive and he only charges $30. Most places I researched charge $60-100.

I had my impressions made then drove 2 miles down the road to drop them off at 64 Audio. While there I had many questions answered and I got to try out as many of their models as I wanted. I tried out the A4t I ordered, and the A6t which I was heavily considering before hand. After listening to both I opted to upgrade my order to the A6t’s, and they still let me use the 15% discount when doing so. I also changed the faceplate colors after seeing them in person, since they weren’t exactly what they appeared in pics online.

The build time is 2-3 weeks and it’s only been 2, so I’m anxiously awaiting my new IEM to be delivered.
 
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SLO Surfer said:
So it turns out 64 Audio had a 15% off 4th of July sale, and I was going to be in Portland mid-July. (64 Audio is in Vancouver, WA, just across the bridge from Portland.) So I ordered a set of A4t with the plan of stopping by their shop 10 days later to drop off my impressions and check out the different models in person.

The customer service was amazing, both via email and in person. When I asked for recommendations on where to get my ear impressions made they recommended a guy just down the road from them. He consistently makes the best impressions they receive and he only charges $30. Most places I researched charge $60-100.

I had my impressions made then drove 2 miles down the road to drop them off at 64 Audio. While there I had many questions answered and I got to try out as many of their models as I wanted. I tried out the A4t I ordered, and the A6t which I was heavily considering before hand. After listening to both I opted to upgrade my order to the A6t’s, and they still let me use the 15% discount when doing so. I also changed the faceplate colors after seeing them in person, since they weren’t exactly what they appeared in pics online.

The build time is 2-3 weeks and it’s only been 2, so I’m anxiously awaiting my new IEM to be delivered.
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NEAT !!
I have a set of Qi's (the old A4t's now used as backups) and a set of A8's.
The lead/build time on both was about 6 weeks, even tho they say 2-3.
They may produce them faster now that when I got mine.. but hope it is 2-3 weeks :)
 
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SLO Surfer said:
Haven’t heard about that. I emailed them and just heard back that my ears are in the face plating stage now. I’ll log in tomorrow and see if they have that feature.
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Back when I ordered both my sets of ears, you logged into your acct and we're able to see what stage of the build you were at. Saved them a bunch of customer calls I guess.
 
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