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Ear buds VS. Headphones

I keep seeing more and more DJ's using earbuds. For you guys that actually still use tables and don't cheat on transitions or mixing(ableton junkies), do the earbuds really reduce the noise as much or more than good headphones?

I've been really wanting to get a pair of those Shure earbuds.

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Originally posted by Zild I've been really wanting to get a pair of those Shure earbuds.

I think thsoe are the ones I have been seeing. Know much about them???

I know they sound fucking awesome I haven't heard the best ones but if I remember correctly a friend of mine has some of the cheaper ones and he loves em.

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Originally posted by Zild I know they sound fucking awesome I haven't heard the best ones but if I remember correctly a friend of mine has some of the cheaper ones and he loves em.

That's what I needed to know. Thanks bro.

I want the $500 ones so badly!

Etymotic makes nice earbuds too might want to look at those also.

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Originally posted by Zild I want the $500 ones so badly! Etymotic makes nice earbuds too might want to look at those also.

Not sure I want to spend that much but I might change my mind if I ever get the chance to give them a test drive. My problem is that I can't justify getting them when I have a really good expensive set of sennheiser headphones. The wife watches the spending, ya know.

Personally I'm probably going to get the $100 ones because that is all I can afford and I have to save up at that.

I use the shure e4 ear buds and I love them

takes some getting used to

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Originally posted by Slow Motion I use the shure e4 ear buds and I love them takes some getting used to

In what way?

They just get some getting used to... anytime you introduce new equipment, you have to learn how it is different. Best thing you can do is get 3 hours and a sixpack of beer and learn to use them.

Headphones are bulky and a pain to deal with. I like to be compact and able to hear what I'm doing.

good luck

did i hear Kompakt?

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Originally posted by Slow Motion They just get some getting used to... anytime you introduce new equipment, you have to learn how it is different. Best thing you can do is get 3 hours and a sixpack of beer and learn to use them. Headphones are bulky and a pain to deal with. I like to be compact and able to hear what I'm doing. good luck

F**k it. I'm just gonna get me a pair of flip flops and two woofers. To hell with headphones and ear buds. I'm much cooler than that.

I bought the Sure E4c's at my job. They sound great but I really hate the feeling of having constant pressure on my ear to cancel out noise. Over all good headphones, just don't like the idea of having sound waves hitting my ear drum directly.

yeah earbuds will probably make you go deaf faster than headphones.

i've had the e2c's for a long time. i did consider djing with them, but i just didn't want to change up how i do it. they would be fine and double as ear protection also.

I recenty started to use ear buds, After seeing lance use em at barcelona, I never seen any other Dj before use them, so I was curious and I was blown away with the difference that I heard. I also noticed that I did not have to turn up the volume so much as opposed to standard earphones. plus when you have god like features like me, the blocking of that profile by an earcup is just wrong lol

If you have shitty monitors in the booth. The earbuds can protect, and if you have to... you can mix in them with no monitors pretty easily.

I mix at low volumes already b/c my ears are sensitive... The earbuds feel more natural to me. You can completely block out all outside sound if you need to. You can adjust the placement in your ear to your liking... depending on how you like to mix. I found that headphones just got in my way.

At the end of the night, my ears are not nearly as fatigued as when I use headphones

The only qualm I have about earbuds is that it might look funny standing there with one in my ear and one just dangling.

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Originally posted by Zild The only qualm I have about earbuds is that it might look funny standing there with one in my ear and one just dangling.

Who cares how it looks?

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Originally posted by Slow Motion Who cares how it looks?

I do.

Z-if you do and I see you I am going to point and laugh.

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Originally posted by Slow Motion Who cares how it looks?

Lance Cashion, Shameless Godfather. Not ashamed to wear a scarf in a Texas summer and let it all hang out of an ear for good measure.

He's right, though. Last I checked, you were spinning, not modeling. Function over form!

It would be awesome if they had single earbuds and I could just keep one in my left ear, but I guess I could always stick the other one in a shirt pocket. Come to think about it even with the danglie it would probably still look better than my huge Sennheiser cans.

I got the E3c's. about 140 on amazon. They really work well, esp with the foam inserts. The sound is crystal clear, cancels noise very well. Only prob is bass is not strong enough, the E5c's fixes that prob, other than that they rock.

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Originally posted by Zild It would be awesome if they had single earbuds and I could just keep one in my left ear, but I guess I could always stick the other one in a shirt pocket. Come to think about it even with the danglie it would probably still look better than my huge Sennheiser cans.

Hey, don't know the Senns though. I have those and love em

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