Ok, here is the break down.
They are broken. The left ear has a light hiss in it, and the right one has no bass anymore. Even with correct seal.
I called my insurance company and they told me they did not cover Washing machine, but suggested I call my credit card company. So I called them, and they were wildly helpful. However since I was on a recorded line and said: washing machine... they could not do anything. But suggested that any other thing that could have happened to them would have been covered. So I learned my lesson, but have stayed on the good side of law and not committed insurance fraud, but am now out a pair of (in my opinion) high quality head phones, which I used for at least 200+ hours since I got them about 2 months ago.
I am disappointed, but I have just ordered my CK10s, to see if they stack up next to my others. I hear they are quite possibly very much better. So I am excited, but I am not going to hold them up to rigorous expectations anymore than my first impressions with the Triple.fi. Though with my speaker set up and my studio headphones, I think they are going to have to really impress me.
Thanks for the tips and help. The brooding excitement of possibly not losing my investment was fun, but the let down, was expected. I have learned a very important lesson, so I am going to take that with me. And treat these as if they were my fetus, gestating in my ears, and in their carrying case only. No more pockets of things that get washed.
