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How would those compare to each other and to the IE80s?

 

They are all more balanced compared to IE80s, I believe linus grabbed his IE80 from edzel's recommendation. The SE535 is a mid or vocal forward sounding IEM, while westone 4R is warm sounding with good bass and thick rich mids.

 

I believe ath-im04 is similiar to SE535

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I'm looking for some in ear monitors and I've got about $400. I think Linus would recommend Sennheiser IE80s, but I want to know what you guys prefer.

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Ath-im04, westone 4r or shure se535

You probably could find used westone or shure for $300

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Ath-im04, westone 4r or shure se535

You probably could find used westone or shure for $300

How would those compare to each other and to the IE80s?

Main PC: 4690k, LMG Edition G1 Gaming GTX 980, 16GB Hyper X Fury, Asus Z97-A, EVGA G2 850W, Crucial MX100 128GB, WD Red 1TB 2.5", Dark Rock 3

Laptop: Asus UX305 Monitor: Asus PB278Q Keyboard: Filco Majestouch 2 TKL Mouse: Corsair M65

 

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How would those compare to each other and to the IE80s?

 

They are all more balanced compared to IE80s, I believe linus grabbed his IE80 from edzel's recommendation. The SE535 is a mid or vocal forward sounding IEM, while westone 4R is warm sounding with good bass and thick rich mids.

 

I believe ath-im04 is similiar to SE535

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They are all more balanced compared to IE80s, I believe linus grabbed his IE80 from edzel's recommendation. The SE535 is a mid or vocal forward sounding IEM, while westone 4R is warm sounding with good bass and thick rich mids.

 

I believe ath-im04 is similiar to SE535

Great. Thanks!

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If you're going to spend $400 on an IEM you should probably look at custom IEMs. 

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