[Bones13]

Mine arrived today. Holiday shipping and all.

Be sure to bring the buck knife to get into this box. Bubble wrap shipping envelope, plastic bag, 2 clear plastic boxes with clear disk tape, and one cardboard box with same tape disks. No way to get in there without some sharp object.

Out of the box onto my 2G Nano (mp3/aac holiday tracks) sound was pretty good. Enough bass right outta the box, was a bit worried with the midrange though, as I listen to jazz and bluegrass. Let it go here about an hour.

Moved the Image to my Raptor listening to some of my reference tracks on lossless (ALAC in Foobar via my office rig below) Enya - Orinocco Flow and Storms in Africa. Her music has a lot of layered sounds which separate with better gear. Also Nickel Creek - Ode To a Lighthouse, one with a lot of midrange and a lot of hand on instrument sounds to pick up. The midrange was up to my expectation on this gear, and even early on, I am excited about these very tiny, very comfortable IEMs.

I plan to let them burn in over my vacation week after Christmas, with the iPod Touch that I will get then. I will try some more careful comparison with the Shure E4c and UE-10pro. Unfair to call it at this point, but so far these are a great addition to my portable gear.