Tony, I am delighted to read your review. I have been sitting quietly in the background in the 10 days since I bought the Triple-Fi's down in Hong Kong and I'm more pleased every day. The soundstage is surprisingly wide. There certainly isn't the soundstage depth of my Darths but for an IEM, it's quite remarkable. Mostly I love the quality of the treble detail up there. It makes the soundstage come alive. Bass seems entirely dependant on fit. I bought these because (unlike reviews I had read) I was getting a great fit right away. Then I switched to large tips which improved fit but introduced a kind of thud when I walked (admittedly I'm not light of feet). My revelation now is the biflanges. Once you figure out how to insert them (kind of angled backwards) you get a beautiful seal without the vacuum effect from the standard tips. Best sound yet and very quiet. (No thud from my sloppy feet!)
High quality bass. Full without a hint of boom. The mids certainly aren't forward but they're clean. These are nicely balanced headphones.
I'm using these straight from the headphone out of my H140. I find that they're so transparent that the my iPod Video doesn't quite cut it. Headsix on the way and hopefully things will get even better.
Anyway, great review. These really are nice IEMs. Add another fan here to the list.
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Portable: iPod Touch > UE Triple-Fi 10 Pro (Westone cable)
Movies: Pioneer DVR-550H > Denko ETPC interconnect > Millet Hybrid (diamond buffers) > Darth Beyer V3 (Wenge Blackmax)
Home: Thinkpad T60 (Maxtor external HDD, Foobar) > Headroom MicroDAC > Headphile Blackmax interconnect > Earmax Pro (1954 Philips ECC81 or 1961 Mullard M8162 or 1949 Valvo ECC81 coin base or 1956 Amperex Bugle Boy ECC81 + matched 1965 Philips E188CC or matched 1968 Telefunken PCC88) > Beyer DT880 (600 ohm)
(Other favourite gear: USB Monica, iPod Video 30GB, Turbodock, iRiver iFP-799, Meier Headsix, Sony D77 eggos)
Beyer: an Open and Closed case
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