Audio-TechnicaATH-E70 Professional In-Ear Monitor Headphones, Black

I am finally finished with my search for a quality set of earbuds!! I was beginning to wonder if such an animal was even possible with this style of monitor. This is the 5th pair I have owned in the last 30 days and with each purchase and return I have had to add more money to the total amount trying to spend as little as possible to have the quality needed for a bass player to be able to track with on stage. I started out with the Shure 112 moving to the Shure Se215 immediately and then to the Audio Technica IM02 to the Future Sonic G10 and have now sunk more than I had ever thought reasonable into these Audio Technica ATH-E70's. They are the real deal but to me still seem overpriced. I am glad though at least I didn't have to spend stupid money like $3000 or even $1500 to get this quality of sound.So I just got these today but upon trying them out for just a little while I can tell right away that they are what I have been looking for. The sound is full and gives me everything I want to hear as a bass player. I can tell that they won't give me trouble falling out and can tell that they are made with extremely high build quality. The fit is amazing and I don't have to worry about them hurting my ears by pressing on my outer ear too much like the Shure se215's did. I am super happy with the product itself but just wish it came at a lower price point so I could refer the rest of my band members to them. You're not going to find your average worship team volunteer willing to sink $400 into a pair of earbuds but unfortunately to get a sound that makes you want to put them on that's how much it costs.... I challenge anyone to find a set that has the type of audio quality and range of deep all around sound that these have at a lower price.

I've been using these since Dec 2020. I play electric and acoustic guitar in a band with 7 other musicians. We play about one or two gigs per week. I've tried several different IEMs and can safely say that for me at least, these are my favorite. They are a little pricey but the sound and durability justify it for me. Your mileage may vary.

I bought these a couple years ago when I first started experimenting with the IEM world because I have the M50X over ears and know that they're widely regarded as being pretty solid for the price, so I figured the E70 would also come with a certain amount of quality. My naive untrained ears thought they were ok, but coming back to them now, they're laughably bad. I've gotten way deeper into the IEM/audiophile world at this point and I found these in a drawer and decided to pop them in to see what they sounded like now with my matured knowledge of the hobby, and hooooooo boy. Muffled mids and muddy bass accompanies the only thing the E70s have going for them, which is decent treble. Also I have no idea what kind of connector these use for the cable, but it's not an MMCX like I first thought, so I don't even know what replaceable cables exist for the E70, because the stock cable is pretty awful. They're also FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS, which is insane when you consider the poor audio quality. I've heard better IEMs in the sub-$100 price bracket at this point. And in a similar price bracket, you could get the Moondrop Blessing 2 for $320 and they blow the E70 out of the water. If you want to go higher, for $520 you could get the Moondrop Variations, widely regarded as a competitor for a $1000 end game IEM for half the price. I just don't understand the point of the E70 when comparing it to other offerings within the space, especially now with new competitors being introduced to all sorts of price brackets nearly every month. The Audiotechnica E70s simply are not competitive, if they ever were, and your money would be better spent elsewhere.

The law of diminishing return is well summarized in regards to purchasing earbuds. While these are very good earbuds and maybe even the best at this price point - you really aren't getting anything special at this price. As some other reviewers hinted at, these are very bright. The clarity of the high end is fantastic, but the clarity on the low end is about the same as you'd get from a cheaper, 150 dollar earbud. In side by side listening, these iems sound very similar to my $100 Grado SR 80e headphones. Granted, these are earbuds, but you're essentially paying the additional $300 for the form factor. I will be unfortunately sending these back as the Shure 846s were more along the lines of what I was looking for.In summary, get cheaper earbuds in the 100-200 range or take the plunge and look towards the earbuds closer to 1000. You're just not getting anything spectacular in these. If these were 200, I'd recommend them night and day. While they do sound marginally better than the 1more quad earbuds that I own, the improvement is genuinely marginal - and most people will probably prefer the sound of the much cheaper 1mores