Totally. However, the UPS guy turned up today, and I took a deep breath and swallowed my anger, and handed over the cash to get my tiny but expensive envelope (surely more expensive than gold, pound for pound!), and set about whittling the ends to make them fit my 4Rs. And it works really well...

Word of warning for international customers - the cable costs $49, but postage costs $30, UK VAT costs £10.79, and UPS's "brokering fee" costs £11. So the total price of purchase is more than $110! Blimey.

Quote: Outstanding. Have ordered one this morning. Thanks very much for your help!   Cheers, Al

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Och! I wish I'd seen this advice sooner! I've been humming and hawing over this for so long hat, just a purple of days ago, I panic-bought a set of Westone 4Rs. They arrived yesterday and I'm relieved to say that they did sound great, right out of the box, which strengthens my belief that the...

Apologies if this seems like repetition of a theme, but I've searched through various threads and haven't found much comparative info regarding the current options with iPhone controls, and I'd be grateful for any recommendations. Money's not an important factor; I'd like to ensure I get the...

Thanks all for the feedback so far. Audiobreeder - I wouldn't call the sound 'tinny' - that suggests a weak bass and a bias towards the high end, but in fact it's the high end that's completely missing from my XBA30s. It's just not there at all. That's what I meant about sounding like it's stuck...

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