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Originally Posted by masraum
My question was more about quality of sound. Can you get comparable sound quality out of a small in-ear bud that you can get out of an over the ear phone. I'm guessing maybe you can, but it's more difficult which is probably why there are Shure ear buds that cost nearly a grand compared to they most expensive headphones that are less than half of that.
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I would say yes and there is a huge selection of IEMs available including some with 3 drivers that can reproduce amazing things. Sound effects engineers often use them to tune soundtracks for major motion pictures. One company does a personal listening appointment where they form the IEM to the shape of your ear and allow you to test several different models extensively with your own music sources. These are often the $800-$1200 variety. Several musician friends chose these and like em:
https://pro.ultimateears.com/
My needs are simpler. I just want a reasonably smooth flat response from 50hz-15khz and no big bumps in the bass, mids or highs. No "boom and sizzle" for me as sometimes I wear them for 8 hours or longer and I find really hot phones with a lot of *character* to be tiring after a while.