| Monster Turbine High-Performance In-Ear Speakers |  | Brand: Monster
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Department: Headphones
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Rating:  147 reviews
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Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.8 x 2.1
MPN: MH TRB IE
Model: MH TRB IE
UPC: 050644450266
EAN: 0050644450266
ASIN: B001LNO722
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| • | Low mass, wide bandwidth driver for precision response | | • | Black chrome all-metal housing eliminates vibration for pure sound | | • | Monster sound isolating eartips in multiple sizes provide a perfect fit to seal out noise | | • | Tangle-resistant cable design | | • | MicroStrand cable for extended frequency response |
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Product Description
Life is Too Short to Listen to Bad Headphones
These days, we spend a lot of time listening to music with headphones. Every minute you spend enjoying your music should be the best it can be, but ordinary headphones can't deliver the rich dynamics, full range, and emotional impact of your favorite music.
Sound So Incredible, We Had to Call Them In-Ear Speakers
Bass So Deep, it Sounds Like There's a Subwoofer
Unlike other headphones that can't reproduce deep bass, Monster Turbines accurately reproduce even the lowest bass notes without distortion. You'll hear thunderous low-end for incredible sound with every kind of music, from the thumping bass beats of hip hop tracks to the deepest pipe organ notes in classical compositions.
Turbine Headphones Less Noise, More Music
We live in a noisy world that can interfere with your listening. Monster Turbines include multiple sound isolating eartips to give you a perfect fit that seals out unwanted noise for a pure listening experience.
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 My recommendation March 20, 2009
Finn Christensen
75 out of 80 found this review helpful
I have had the opportunity to listen to the Monster Turbine for a month or so. In my experience the earphones I have purchased, especially the ones with dynamic drivers, they often need a certain amount of burn-in time before they reach their full potential. I have burned in the Monster with a mix of pink noise and a variety of music for around 100 hours before I started listening to them seriously.
In the past couple of years I have "collected" earphones in my search for the ultimate sound. I have used these to compare to the Monster Turbine and I have categorized them into three groups:
Lower budget earphones($15-40): Koss Sparkplug, Skullcandy Ink'd JVC HAFX66, JVC HAFX33, Sennheiser CX300, Soundmagic PL-30 and 12, Maximo IM-390. Mid budget earphones($50-90): Ultimate Ears Super fi.3, NUFORCE NE-7M, Denon 551, Shure E2c Crossroads mylarone Bijou 3 and Altec Lansing IM716. Upper budget earphones($100-200) Audeo PFE 112, Shure SE310, Q-Jays and Yuin OK2.
The music I have been listening to The Turbines with has been a mix of different artist and genres.
Classical rock (Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Eagles, Neil Young, The Doors, Dire Straits, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath, Rush). Electronica (Infected Mushrooms, Daft Punks, Kraftwerk, Aphex Twins )
New wave/eighties music (Spandau Ballet, Lloyd Cole, Talking Heads, The Clash, New Order, Peter Gabriel). Alt.Rock ( Nirvana, REM, Pearl Jam, Coldplay, Smashing Pumkins, The Pixies). New Metal (Nightwish, Dream Theatre, Porcupine Three, Evanescence, Metallica). Female artists within Jazz/folk/opera ( Diana Krall, Kari Bremnes, Joni Mitchell, Sara Brightman) Jazz/fusion (John Mchauglin, Al di Meola, Andy Mckee, Charlie Parker John Coltrane, Pat Metheny) And many more..
My sources has primarily been a very portable Sansa Clip, a less portable Creative Zen Vision M and an old classic, but great sounding Rio Karma. Also PC with an internal creative soundcard, also been listening through USB D/A converter amped with an ibasso headphone amplifier.
I have on the portable primarily been listening to 192-320 lame mp3 or wma compressed files. On my PC I usually listen to FLAC lossless files.
The Monster Turbine comes in a very impressive, classy and well designed box, making them look like a much more expensive item. The build quality is as impressive as well. The Monsters metal housing has a sturdy, solid and smooth looking design and build. The build quality is in general much better than any of the earphones I'm comparing them with. It has been mentioned that the cable looks a little weak, but I have encountered no problems so far.
The supplied eartips works very well for me. I usually use medium sized eartips, but with the Turbines I get a decent fit with the small ones.
The same type of Shure eartips(small) fits me slightly better.
The large triple flange tips gives a great seal and isolation, but not as comfortable over an extended period of time.
Soundwise I will characterize the Monster Turbines as an bassy type of earphone, but also with very decent presentation of mid and higher frequencies.
The bass is in a total different league than any of the lower and mid budget earphones I'm referring to. It's definetely not bloated, muddy or over dominating the mid and higs, but the bass has great quality. It's very well defined with a nice airy and punchy sound that sounds great with electronica or rock type of music, where you may want to hear the lower frequencies being emphazised and presented in a dynamic and powerful way. It's a diffent quality of bass that you can hear with for instance the Audeo PFE or Q-Jays where the bass tends to have a more lean sound.
The mid frequencies are well presented in the Turbines. Many bass oriented earhones (basically any earphone below $100) lacks a decent mid representation or almost have none at all, but with the Turbines the voices of for instance Dina Krall or Joni Mitchell sounds very forward, natural and clear. This is something where I experienced that the Turbines really benefitted from the long time burn-in before they adjusted to this level.
The higher frequencies benefits from a burn-in time as well. The higs sounds clean and undistorted, maybe not as detailed as the PFE, IM716 or Q-Jays, but more pleasent to listen to if you are listening for a longer period of time.
The soundstage of the Turbines in width and depth is much better than most of the lower and mid budget earphones I have mentioned. It's pretty much close to the Audeo PFE, that I reckon has the widest soundstage of the ones I have heard.
The Monster Turbine is a very fun and enjoyable sounding earphone. The sound and build quailty is in any aspect way above any cheaper $15-70 earphone I have heard so far, so is it worth the price 2-4 times as much? I believe they are.
Comparing the Turbines to a pricely evenly match earphone like the Phonak Audeo, which today is regarded as one of the better earphones on the marked and by many regarded very close to high end earphones like Shure 530 or Sennheiser IE8. The Turbines may not be a detailed or accurate as the Phonak PFE, but I would say that enjoy both evenly for different reasons since they complement each other well. The details, tonal balance and soundstage of the Audeo PFE are prefered for some type of music or time of day.. The Monster Turbine with it's wonderful deep, punchy and subwoofer like bass and at the same time very smooth balanced mids and highs, is preferable for other types of music and moods.
If you enjoy the sound signature I been trying to describe and also listen to some of music I have mentioned, you won't be disapointed listening to the turbines. Defenitely a step up from budget earphones to a pleasent entry level of a Hi Fi(End) experience for your ears.
Very Impressive BUT... Quality will vary depending on your device January 13, 2009
Mahlers2nd
49 out of 55 found this review helpful
I have eclectic and diverse tastes in music. My first love is classical music -- particular Bach Unaccompanied Violin and Cello, Mahler, Brahms, and piano music. But, as a "child of the 80s", I also like Annie Lennox, Police, Jesus Jones, Alanis Morrisette, Beastie Boys, Guns and Roses... you get the idea.
I live in cubicle-ville and my music is my salvation. I have two sets of headphones that I will rotate depending on comfort. The first is a set of Shure Shure E500PTH Sound Isolating Earphones which cost close to $500.00 bucks. They are great in-ear headphones and really close out the sounds from the rest of the world. Unfortunately, you have to jam them in pretty good to get a good seal and being in-ear head phones, you have ear-hygiene issues where you can wind up giving yourself a middle ear infection if you don't keep them clean.
When I don't feel like jamming something into my ears, I also have a set of Denon Denon AH-D5000 Reference Headphones that are over ear closed design. These also run about 500 bucks. Again, great sound. However, big and bulky and they don't block sound as effectively as in-ear headphones.
I decided to try the Monster Turbine because they claim to be comparable in quality with the high-end headphones (like Grado and Shure) but at a fraction of the price.
First thing I did was use the tree-shaped tips. I have these on my Shures and find them very comfortable for staying in the ear and blocking sound. I plugged them into my Nokia N96 phone and turned on one of my songs. The sound quality was TERRIBLE! Buzzing, muddy. I thought, uh oh. Then I decided to try them on our home stereo system (using an adapter plug) and so glad i did. The sound became crystal clear. I realized it must have been the source of the music -- not the headphones themselves.
Finally, I plugged them into my computer figuring that would be the ultimate test. I'm happy to report that they sound WONDERFUL. Every bit as good as my Shures but more comfortable because you don't have to jam them in as much. In fact, if you do stick them in too far, you will find the sound quality is not as clear and is more muddy.
There is solid base -- just listen to Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue to hear the deep rumble. However, the high ranges are crystal clear as well -- listening to the Bach Chaconne sounds so sweet and beautiful. Rock and Roll, alternative and grunge also sound great.
A word about keeping these things clean. The instructions recommend removing the tips regularly and washing in warm water. However, my experience is that you really should wipe these off every time you where them to kill the germs. If you use the same type of wipes that are designed for LCD screen, you will be able to remove the bacteria and crud that builds up but not damage the ear pieces themselves. You can also buy replacement tree earpieces that are designed for the Shures but will also fit on these: Shure EA306 Triple Flange Sleeves for E3c, E3g, E4c, E4g, E5c, I3, I4c, E3c-n and E4c-n models. Clean ears are happy ears ;-)
Before I got these, I was skeptical because of all the one-star reviews. However, after doing some research, I realized that one's preference for headphones (and their makers) can turn into something akin to a holy war and took some of those reviews with a grain of salt.
[NCJAR]
Awesome sound on the go January 22, 2009
Gen of North Coast Gardening (California)
46 out of 52 found this review helpful
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R10REZFTK08IPJ I'm a gardener by profession, so I listen to my MP3 player a LOT. I love that I can get concert-quality sound out in the field and while being active. The no-tangle wires actually work and save me a lot of hassle. I'm very glad I got them!
Monster Turbines Vs ER-6 April 3, 2009
J. Brack (NJ USA)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is a review of the Monster Turbine earphones. I will compare them to the ER-6 headphones that I have been using for years.
When I got the Monster Turbine Earphones, they came in a really cool box! I was not expecting headphones to come in an elaborate book-style box, but it is really cool! The packaging and the graphic design of the box and materails are very nice. Not that they have anything to do with sound quality or product durability, but they do look really good and the box is so strong it will protect the headphones well during shipping. The headphones are all metal with a nice heavy & cool feel to them. It is a great looking pair of earplug style headphones.
I must tell you first about my old headphones, the ER6. I got the ER6 about 5 years ago to totally block out all outside sounds so that I could listen to my music at a much lower volume level to protect my hearing and allow me to enjoy my music. I could actually mow the lawn with them in my ears and not hear the lawn mower, but be able to hear my music just fine! This is something that everyone should have. Standard earphones that come with MP3 players, i-pods, cellphones and other gadgets are always of the lowest quality for sound and the worst for your ears! The reason they are so bad for your ears is because they do not isolate/block all outside sounds. So you end up blasting the sound at a much higher level to compensate for the outside noises around you like the subway, traffic, crowds of people, etc. With earplug isolating headphones like the ER6 and Monster Turbines, the headphones totally seal around your ears so that the only thing you hear is your music. Thats why they are way better for your hearing because you can then lower the volume by a huge amount and still be able to enjoy the music and not hear any outside noises.
The experience I had with the ER-6 was good. I listed to music and I also used it on my DVD player, played PC games, xbox 360 games and PSP games using these ER6 headphones. Everything sounded good, but over time I noticed that I was having trouble with the sound on the left ear. I thought the wire may have broken. I figured out that it was poor product design that causes the ER6 to break easily. The ER6 almost goes entirely into your ear which means the only way to get them out is to pull on the wire and if you do that twice a day, the huge stress eventually breaks the wires. So then a few months later, the right ear started to have the same problem. When I wiggled the wire and twisted it, the sound would come back partially, but never as good as it was before. It was also awkward to have to hold the wire in a bent shape while I watched a DVD just to keep the sound good.
Another problem with the ER6 was when I wanted to walk around while listening to the headphones, the wire would cause a strange sound. Its not that bad, but a small annoyance. Also eating tough food while listening causes the tight seal on the headphones to push on your ears which can pop open the seal breifly or cause another slightly annoying sound while chewing, but not that bad. For the first month or so of wearing the ER6 daily, my ears would hurt. This is not pain from listening to music for long periods of time and its not pain from loud music.. it was just pain from my ear muscles being stretched open larger than normal from the very tight seal and very hard earplugs of the ER6.
So anyway back to the Monster Turbines! When I first tried them on, I assumed they would offer a similar experience with probably the similar problems. but I was in total shock from the difference in these 2 heaphones! I tried song after song, various action DVD's and the latest games on PC and XBox360.. and the difference is huge! Where I thought was good sound in the ER6, I was wrong! The Turbines produce such a great range of sound, that I can now hear things in my songs, movies and games that I could never hear before in my ER6's or regular speakers! The Monster Turbines add such a depth in sound quality at the high, middle and low end that all of your songs, movies and games sound better! I can now hear separation between individual instruments, voices and sound effects that were only muffles of blurry noise or muted sounds on the ER6! And the bass is so much greater that it sounds like you are in a movie theater! The only thing missing is the whole body vibration of true speaker bass in a movie theater. Other than that, these headphones are the best I have ever listened to. Movies like the Lord of the Rings and Star Wars showed the biggest difference in sound from the incredible musical score to the powerful battle scenes were all way better with the Monster Turbines. You really feel the warmth of the sounds and the weight of the deep bass. Its an amazing difference! On CD songs, it was equally amazing.. I would listen to some of my favorite songs, and it was like I was hearing them brand new for the first time. Voices have more character and definition. The separation of the instruments and sounds brings such a 3D sound depth that you feel like your inside the song. The craziest thing that happened to me is that I heard an old song that I hated before on one of my CDs, and now with the Monster Turbines, the song actually sounds good! On lesser quality speakers and headphones, that song could not perform well enough, so the highs, mid tones and lows all got muffled into a mess of sound and noise, but when listening to it on the Monster Turbines it just all made sense! The noises were actually sounds that were well beyond the high and low range of my other headphones and speakers which is why it sounded bad on those others and so good on the Turbines.
Then I listened to some MP3 songs. Wow I can now tell the difference between standard MP3/itunes compressed songs and uncompressed WAV songs! You can really hear the huge difference when a song is uncompressed. I think most people will never know with their regular headphones because the sound range is not wide enough. But with the Turbines you really hear such an incredible range of sounds that you begin to realize why uncompressed sound is the best format for all music. You begin to appreciate music and recording quality more than you ever could before. Most songs on itunes and standard quality MP3s are so heavily compressed that you miss out on a lot of great sound from your favorite songs. A lucky few like me have most of their CDs converted to WAV or low compression MP3. I made most of my CD songs into WAVs many years ago when MP3's were still new. The hevily compressed songs on itunes sound like they are recorded underwater with muffled sounds, less bass and poor highs/mid-tones compared with WAVs and CDs. Its amazing how much better they sound with the Turbines and when its from an uncompressed source.
The Monster Turbine bass is not like any bass I have heard before in a headphone. Usually the bass on other headphones is flat like in the ER6. But on the Turbines, the bass has a powerful presence from the deepest punch to the softest whisper. And its always sharp and clear bass, not foggy or muffled. Its a very powerful punch!
I have to agree with Monster's marketing claim that the Turbines sound like full range, full-size speakers. The sound quality is unlike anything I have had before. There may be more expensive super high-end earplug style headphones from other companies.. but if you compare large studio headphones, ER6 earplug headphones, full range stereo speakers and MP3 player headphones Vs the Turbines, you will find the Turbines are the best. At least for me anyway.
Even at a low sound volume level, the sound quality remains excellent.
Now if you are still reading this and remember from above, I had a few complaints about the ER6.
Here is how the Turbines stacked up against the ER6's problems:
-The ER6 cord makes a sound when you walk or run. This is not a problem on the Turbines!
-The ER6 cord breaks easily at the eartips where you pull the earplug out of your ear... This is not a problem on the Turbines because its a large and easy piece of metal to remove from your ear and the eartips are so soft that it comes off easy. Also the Turbines wires are of a way higher quality which makes them much much stronger and resistant to wear&tear from normal use. The Turbines wires are also thicker and not cheap looking like the new ER6.
-The ER6 hurts your ears for the first month from its large size and hard plastic. This is not a problem with the Turbines! The Turbines never hurt my ears and have much softer ear tips.
-The ER6 makes a popping sound when chewing food. This is not a problem for the Turbines because of the softer seal and smaller size tip.
-The ER6 wire gets constantly tangled. This is less of a problem for the Turbines since it is a thicker and stronger wire.
That said, I have only 3 complaints about the Turbines:
--The cord length is just short enough to not reach my head from my computer on the floor. If they could add maybe 1 more foot of cord length it would be perfect. For now I will just use a headphone wire extension.
--The included eartips are not as good as the ER6 for totally blocking outside sounds & noises. This could be considered a good thing if you are doing something dangerous like listening to your headphones while walking in a city/accross intersections... But I would like to see Monster build an eartip for the turbines that would form a perfect isolation seal like the ER6 for people who need to block out all sounds. You could always switch to the other eartips for city walking.
--The included pocket case for the Turbines has 4 very large gaps/holes on the sides that allow pocket lint, dust and dirt to get in. This is a very poor case design for such amazing headphones. The ER6 comes with a zippered pocket pouch that protects the headphones way better than the Turbine pouch. This should be fixed right away if you want to keep your Turbines in excellent condition longer.
So other than those 3 minor problems, the Monster Turbines are an incredible pair of earplug headphones with the power of full range speakers!
These are the best headphones I have ever had.
Insanely Great Headphones January 16, 2009
James John Hollandsworth, M.D.
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Everyone is looking for something better than the earbuds that came with their iPod, iPhone, or other MP3 player.
So, what do these "Monster Turbines" have going for them, besides saying to your friends, "Yea, I got MONSTER TURBINES in my ears!"
1. They're in ear, which is the best type of ear phone to have.
2. They're iPhone compatible (have the extra small jack just like Apple earbuds).
3. They come with 5 different styles of eartips, which is a necessity for in ear phones because everyone has ear canals of a different size and shape.
4. They boast about how the cord is specially designed to resist tangling, and they're right--- you can mash up the phones and the cords in your pocket and they just won't tangle.
5. They come with a small case, which sounds hokey, but actually is really handy to slip a case in your pocket or briefcase or car rather than just putting in a crumpled tangle of cord & headphones.
6. Now for the big one: KILLER SOUND! I have a pair of SONY MDR-V600 over your ear headphones, which many "audiophiles" believe to be the best on the market. I tested the turbines against the MDR-V600 on my iPhone with a variety of music from Bach to The Bangles. My non-audiophile ears could tell very little difference in quality between the two, which was frankly amazing to me. The turbines were especially good with bass and with subtle texturings of music like jazz. There were some subtleties on one favorite jazz track that I heard brought out with the turbines that I had NEVER heard before, even when listening with my BOSE speakers at home. Very impressive.
Bottom line: if you want top of the line audio for your ears, you will be very pleased with these phones.
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