where do you buy the s4's for less than 100? (unless its on sale in which ignore this). they are usually $120ish without taxes. I have also heard good things about them but i haven't decided not to try them since i'm coming from SHURE SE310's.
now im not saying the SE310's are amazing.. they arent.. they give you nice highs and clarity but it lacks boomy bass and DURABILITY.. that is the main problem with old SHURE's. the cords are utter crap and they will fray on you in no time. the bright side is shure came out with a new line with upgraded replaceable cables so that problem is fixed hopefully. The SE310's are not horrible in a good player (cowon,S:Flo2,Sansa,or a sony) but if you are gonna use it in an ipod then dont waste your money.
I am currently satisfied with the SE310's and people are saying that it is crap, so now im looking into the SE425's or the SE535's because the bass is supposedly better and the cables are now replaceable and more durable.. the problem is the price.. the markup on these are horrendous.. the stores literally mark these things up 100%.. so the 535 costs are only around 260ish and 425's only cost around 180ish.. hopefully i can get an ok staff discount on them..
IF NOT.. then im gonna try to claim my last warranty and sell the SE310's to get these bad boys
http://www.accessoryjack.com/-strse-...mic/Detail.bok
http://www.audio-technica.co.jp/atj/...ass/index.html
the bass on these are apparently better than the sennheiser IE8's and have a similar sound stage.
Reviews on head-fi say the bass is like a in car sub woofer : D
other cheap well regarded options you can choose are the Panasonic HJE900, the Victor (JVC) FX-5000 (less bass more treble), Head-Direct RE0, Etymotic mc5, and the Denon C710