Weeks after this post, my triple-flanges arrived and while there was *some* change, they still fail to impress me. I stand by my opinion that these are only "balanced" by the analitic-lover definition of "balanced". Oh, and one day later the cables suddendly started to fail at the L-plug while...

Quote: Foam tips degrade, and it's both impractical and too expensive to have new tips every two weeks.

Quote:   Good thing I ordered a bunch of triple-flanges from  MEElectronics (or whatever they are called) just yesterday.

Seems like the Heir beats the GR07 easily enough.... but then again it's twice the price. Let's see how the GR08 fares. While we are talking about comparisons, has anyone compared the GR07 to the Unique Melody Aero? EDIT: I should also point out how I couldn't agree more with Cotnijoe's...

Not sure if going to buy Heir 3.A or GR08... would be nice to know how the Heir compares to the GR07 for starters.

While the small and thin bars of neodymium (which itself is quite light) are a far cry from Yamaha's old "giant disc magnet with holes in it", I too am curious about the magnets. I focus, however, on whether they are going to shrink that number of slender bars to fit in an IEM (which is hard...

Indeed. After reading again that fascinating Inner  Fidelity article about Orthos, it sure seems that they would theoretically the ultimate Dynamic-Electrostatic hybrids, as their operation method would suggest... if it weren't for damping, that is. That can cause some imaging/soundstage issues...

(I didn't mean for the text to get badly formatted like that, sorry) Now I'm desperately going to read reviews on Hifiman orthos to try and find out whether poor imaging/dynamics is inherent to orthos and thus whether I should shoot down my hopes for this and just hope the GR08 is badass...

Argh, this, GR09, Focus 007... Why you make me so confused, Vsonic?

Vsonic? Those guys making that GR07 I own? Are making an IEM? That's planar magnetic? The technology I have always been curious about but have never heard before?      OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOD Ok, here are the things that need to happen in order for me to buy this: - Cost less than...

My ZO2 will be arriving shortly. Will post comparisons of it's Level 0 (no bass boost) and Level 1 contouring against my iPod nano 6th gen sound here and at the ljokerl thread. Hoping that they'll bring some improvement over the iPod's sound, even without contouring.

I thought that ADDIEMs had nice vocals but with the GR07 I can clearly understand WTH Thom Yorke is saying most of the time. Quite a feat...   The ZO2 order has just been confirmed.

Hey, I like their cables! Their rubberiness makes me feel safer, I couldn't care less about the greeness (couldn't be worse than Apple white cables getting dirty...) or the bends that resulted from the packaging.

  Quote:   Of course I am =P. I am very hard to please, I tend to place high expectations on things I research and buy, especially if they cost so much more than the average person thinks it's sane to.   In the end I'd be complaining about the Turbines too. And would go absolutely...

Quote:   Glad to see I'm not the only one. I was really started to question my supposed preference for balanced sound        As to Joker, there simply isn't enough that can be said. Your guide has proven to be invaluable, and I'd have probably bought Monster Turbines (or god...