| Adequate IEM earbuds for bassists/vocalists?
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I need some recommendations for earbuds that will work decently for me. I'm the bass player but I also sing lead vocals most of the night, and backing harmonies the rest of the night.
I'm used to playing with ER-20 earplugs in and like how they clean up the sound. I can't stand playing without them now. I realize that there's a big price jump between 'adequate' and 'audiophile-quality' sound, but I'd like to know where that line is. I don't want to buy a set of earbuds that I can't hear my bass in, but I'm on a budget and would like to minimize my expense.
I was looking at the dual-driver Ultimate Ears Super.fi 5 Pros, and feel pretty confident that I'd like them, but don't know if they'd be overkill. They are definitely in the upper end... actually budget-stretching realm... of my price range. I'm not all that picky, adequate is fine with me. I just won a P2R beltpack on Ebay and don't think it comes with earbuds (which is fine, because I hear that the Shure E2's aren't all that good anyways).
Another thing is that some of the other band members will NOT want to spend $175 or so for earbuds, so I'm kind of looking for them too.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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