Why do you guys buy headphones over IEM ?

[avi]

What are the reasons makes you guys buy headphones over IEMs ? Is it comfortableness ? OR they look cool ?

What are your reasons ?

 

[kuki_295]

For me comfort + durability and mic for multiplayer games.

 

[avi]

I heard otherwise, IEMs are more durable than HPs :S

 

[whatsinaname]

Don't Headphones in general provide a much better soundstage than IEMs?

 

[W@rrier]

^^ The headphones i have tried are not as comfortable as an iem, after few hours, the neck feels the weight on top

and ears get hot

 

[vivek.krishnan]

I had an iBall headphones set from sunny27, had used it for small VoIP chatting. IMO, they serve differant purposes. IEMs are very good for music, IMO. HPs, well they tend to do a lot of other things OKish, and IMO, more durable.

 

[Sarath_]

They both sound a lot different. I feel headphones are more comfortable. I mean for prolonged use. IEMs make my earache.

Speaking with (limited) experience with IEM: Sennheiser CX180 & Brainwavz M1 and Headphones: Steelseries Siberia V1 (headset)

 

[santhoshr]

IEMs are portable while headphones are not, you can take but can you argue with iem? It's small and easier. For sound definitely you should go for headphone, so for movies, games, laptop, desktop IEM would be sillier choice no matter how great they sound. So my logic mini portables + tabs = iem, big portables like laptop/net book/pc = Hp

So you need both :tongue:

 

[lll_aritra_lll]

I used headphone for couple of years, for voice chatting, music and movies.. though all were very basic level, and i am using IEMs for mobile phone, I found HPs are more comfortable. about durability, my M2p is more durable than those headphones.. in long run, the cord got damaged in all my HPs. I had a portable (w/o band) HP of iBall, that lasted over a year

 

[iPwnz]

What are the reasons makes you guys buy headphones over IEMs ? Is it comfortableness ? OR they look cool ?

What are your reasons ?

Some of mine:

1. Full noise canceling/full ear cover: i can game with no one disturbing X)

2. Loud volume.

3. Mic.

4. Also, most good headphones give surround sound, this is really good to have for gamers. Good example, Logitech G35

5. Often affordable for what it gives.

 

[Brendon]

I use both. They all have their uses. My headphones stay at home, the IEMs go with me when I wish to listen to music on the move.

Both are comfortable and SQwise both have their advantages and disadvantages.

 

[RD274]

I don't. IEMs just give better sound for the price in comparison to headphones. Ofcourse if I we were rich, ....

 

[dOm1naTOr]

Comparing just the SQ, on the first listening, IEM sure would sound impressing, mainly because we benchmark using music, and the isolation it provides gives the sense of better SQ. But in long run or other uses like gaming, movies IEMs are horrible.

I use my SHP 8900 recabled for movies and AT AD-700 for movies and games as well as music on PC, while use my IEMs with my clip+ and fuze only.

 

[kuki_295]

I heard otherwise, IEMs are more durable than HPs :S

I meant the wire of headphones are thicker wire so they don't easily get stretched, sometimes when there is a loose connection, headphones are easier to repair(at home).

Oh and the iball or techcom (or whatever indian brands) thier wire are pathetic in my experience, i had to change them about every 2 months maybe. sometimes after a year or 2, you can break wire with your fingers just like a toothpick.

When i say good wire i mean my sennhieser hd485 cable or JVC rx900 cable, compared to them M2, tf10, JVC marshmellow( giving me some wire problem as we speek) wires are weak/less durable imo.