I'd get the longer cable option...probably a matter if preference but I feel like the 48" seems a little short at times to me (more when practicing than when I'm playing live with a belt pack)
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I'd get the longer cable option...probably a matter if preference but I feel like the 48" seems a little short at times to me (more when practicing than when I'm playing live with a belt pack)
Trust me, you'll want the longer cord. I'm 5'10" and I am always wishing I had the extra few inches of cord.
I have to give a shout out to 1964 Ears for their customer service. IMO it is second only to Disney! Specifically, Roman and the whole refit team are amazing to work with. I've had to do a few refits to the Quads I ordered and they have gone out of their way to help me. They even turned the latest refit around in less than a week, including shipping from TN to OR, to help me out with having to play all last weekend.
It's great to know that customer service is still alive and well! If you're on the fence about ordering, don't let the fear of not getting a good product with great support hold you back.
It's great to know that customer service is still alive and well! If you're on the fence about ordering, don't let the fear of not getting a good product with great support hold you back.
I'd agree with the others - get the longer cord. Standard length cord is barely long enough if you put your pack in/on your back pocket (I'm 5'11").
My experience with 1964 Ears has been no less fantastic than the ones I've read about from everyone else here. My first pair (Quads) had hard tips & ambient ports. Ambient ports just cut bass, IMHO, and aren't worth getting unless you're playing something other than bass. Hard tips worked fine for a minute, but anytime I'd sing, I'd lose the seal & it wouldn't come back without shoving the things back into my ears. Since losing seal = losing bass, that didn't work for me. [I'll note that I was told by the audiologist that I have unusually large ear canals, so uhhh.. don't make fun of me
] Got refitted (make sure you get open AND closed mouth impressions from the audiologist - should be same cost and it does matter), sent back to Portland, had some email exchanges with Roman describing the problem and possible solutions, and I had a new set with soft tips and no ambient ports in 2-3 weeks. Awesome customer service, and I'm so happy with the new Quads!
So, in a nutshell, my subjective opinion:
longer cord, open & closed mouth impressions, soft tips
ambient ports, hard tips :***:
My experience with 1964 Ears has been no less fantastic than the ones I've read about from everyone else here. My first pair (Quads) had hard tips & ambient ports. Ambient ports just cut bass, IMHO, and aren't worth getting unless you're playing something other than bass. Hard tips worked fine for a minute, but anytime I'd sing, I'd lose the seal & it wouldn't come back without shoving the things back into my ears. Since losing seal = losing bass, that didn't work for me. [I'll note that I was told by the audiologist that I have unusually large ear canals, so uhhh.. don't make fun of me
] Got refitted (make sure you get open AND closed mouth impressions from the audiologist - should be same cost and it does matter), sent back to Portland, had some email exchanges with Roman describing the problem and possible solutions, and I had a new set with soft tips and no ambient ports in 2-3 weeks. Awesome customer service, and I'm so happy with the new Quads!So, in a nutshell, my subjective opinion:
longer cord, open & closed mouth impressions, soft tips
ambient ports, hard tips :***:
I'd agree with the others - get the longer cord. Standard length cord is barely long enough if you put your pack in/on your back pocket (I'm 5'11").
My experience with 1964 Ears has been no less fantastic than the ones I've read about from everyone else here. My first pair (Quads) had hard tips & ambient ports. Ambient ports just cut bass, IMHO, and aren't worth getting unless you're playing something other than bass. Hard tips worked fine for a minute, but anytime I'd sing, I'd lose the seal & it wouldn't come back without shoving the things back into my ears. Since losing seal = losing bass, that didn't work for me. [I'll note that I was told by the audiologist that I have unusually large ear canals, so uhhh.. don't make fun of me
So, in a nutshell, my subjective opinion:
longer cord, open & closed mouth impressions, soft tips
ambient ports, hard tips :***:
Nice summary! I've never understood the appeal of ambient ports when you can just use a room mic and get the same (essentially) effect without sacrificing audio quality.
Anyone order the V8's upgrade from quads? Worth the step up? Not that I'm willing or ready to step up, just wondering if there is a noticeable difference. Seems a little overkill.
But it's more...isn't more always better?
I would be interested to hear about this as well. I did a gig over the weekend and my Quads were rock solid yet again. I also did some mixing with them from the recording we took and I was pleased with the result.
Obligatory gig shot!
I'm in!
I got my 1964 Quad's right before Easter 2013. I had spoken to a few guys on TB before and after and I've never spent better money on anything for playing out. My ears have thanked me ever since. I agree with everbody about service, selection and quality; they are all that and a bag of chips. It really trips me out when I stop and think about how low the volume actually is in my ears but that the fidelity I'm getting is so far superior to anything I could get with an amp and monitor rig.
It's hard to tell by the image but mine are sort of a dark tinted or smoke colored variation on clear with no marking on them. In retrospect I would have had them put something on the outside of one so that I could easily ID (like in a half second instead of one or two) the right from the left.
We are using various digital mixers to do our own mixes via iPad and loving it. I've been collecting preamps for the last year or so and have four to choose from depending on what I'm after tonally. But honestly I've been going direct with a Radial JDI for the most part.
I just burned through my first Radio Shack headphone extension and as a result changed my cable setup just a bit. On the first version of my cable I'd taken my Canare GS-6 based instrument cable and put it in that loom stuff with the Radio Shack headphone extension. This time I took my same instrument cable out of the loom and used some very flexible heat shrink cut in one inch pieces and bundled the cable about every eighteen inches. I liked the neatness of the loom but it was not flexible enough. The headphone extension I used this time was from ProCo and had a proper rubber jacket so it's much more like just having my instrument cable on its own.
I got a bit of a wild hair a few months ago and pulled the trigger on a "higher" end headphone amp. I'd been using a Creek OBH-11 up to this but now all I can say is wow, it took my 1964 Quad's into a new sonic realm, tons of air, warmth and about as much boo-tay as you could ever want for. It's the next best money I've spent in recent times on playing out. The amp is by a company call Schiit (yes it's pronounced how it reads) Audio and the model is the Asgard 2. Its inputs though RCA have a gob of headroom and handle a pro +4dB input signal just fine. I had originally made my first set of RCA to XLR cables but I just bought a set from the infamous monoprice.com and they are working out quite well. The Schiit guys know there stuff and I discussed my concerns with them pretty extensively before I bought the Asgard 2. Everything they promised was fact. Like my 1964 Quad's the Schiit Asgard 2 is a killer addition to my IEM setup.
I'm down to one SWR Goliath II which is very dusty from non-use. But I'm keeping it just in case. It's worth nothing so there no guilt for me about keeping it around.
I got my 1964 Quad's right before Easter 2013. I had spoken to a few guys on TB before and after and I've never spent better money on anything for playing out. My ears have thanked me ever since. I agree with everbody about service, selection and quality; they are all that and a bag of chips. It really trips me out when I stop and think about how low the volume actually is in my ears but that the fidelity I'm getting is so far superior to anything I could get with an amp and monitor rig.
It's hard to tell by the image but mine are sort of a dark tinted or smoke colored variation on clear with no marking on them. In retrospect I would have had them put something on the outside of one so that I could easily ID (like in a half second instead of one or two) the right from the left.
We are using various digital mixers to do our own mixes via iPad and loving it. I've been collecting preamps for the last year or so and have four to choose from depending on what I'm after tonally. But honestly I've been going direct with a Radial JDI for the most part.
I just burned through my first Radio Shack headphone extension and as a result changed my cable setup just a bit. On the first version of my cable I'd taken my Canare GS-6 based instrument cable and put it in that loom stuff with the Radio Shack headphone extension. This time I took my same instrument cable out of the loom and used some very flexible heat shrink cut in one inch pieces and bundled the cable about every eighteen inches. I liked the neatness of the loom but it was not flexible enough. The headphone extension I used this time was from ProCo and had a proper rubber jacket so it's much more like just having my instrument cable on its own.
I got a bit of a wild hair a few months ago and pulled the trigger on a "higher" end headphone amp. I'd been using a Creek OBH-11 up to this but now all I can say is wow, it took my 1964 Quad's into a new sonic realm, tons of air, warmth and about as much boo-tay as you could ever want for. It's the next best money I've spent in recent times on playing out. The amp is by a company call Schiit (yes it's pronounced how it reads) Audio and the model is the Asgard 2. Its inputs though RCA have a gob of headroom and handle a pro +4dB input signal just fine. I had originally made my first set of RCA to XLR cables but I just bought a set from the infamous monoprice.com and they are working out quite well. The Schiit guys know there stuff and I discussed my concerns with them pretty extensively before I bought the Asgard 2. Everything they promised was fact. Like my 1964 Quad's the Schiit Asgard 2 is a killer addition to my IEM setup.
I'm down to one SWR Goliath II which is very dusty from non-use. But I'm keeping it just in case. It's worth nothing so there no guilt for me about keeping it around.
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How about applying a strategic drop of colored nail polish on one of them?
I have a set of duals since I mostly play guitar. Will start using them for bass soon with a Rolls PM351.
I've liked them so far. Even as a budget model.
I've liked them so far. Even as a budget model.
That just might work. The idea of putting nail polish on my IEM's makes me cringe in principle but in reality is not a bad idea though.
Not to worry. Put the dot where the sun don't shine and the Department of IEM Inspections won't have a clue that you are non-compliant.
I've never heard of these. That's some pretty impressive stuff from something so tiny. I have to ask, how do these compare to Bose and others?
You can't put Bose in the same conversation as these IEM's. These blow Bose out of the water and any other good headphones (ie: beats) And I'm a big Bose fan. Actually Bose makes a good product, they just don't play in the true In Ear Monitor market.
I have both the on ear and in ear headphones from Bose, and really enjoy them. The thing with Bose and other big players in the headphone market is that their sound is somewhat artificial. Thats actually what I like about Bose, they're "fun" to listen to. Really scooped mids with nice punchy bass. But you lose a lot of nuance and articulation that you get with a true in ear. Not to mention the advantages to fully sealed molded IEM's.
Make sense?
Make sense?
There is really no comparison, especially in the realm of live music. For personal listening, these might be overkill unless you need to block out sound. That being said, I prefer to use these for personal listening over the Bose, Klipsch, Etymotic, Beats, and AKG headphones/buds I have
