Hey guys
I kinda quit head-fi a while back (see link in my sub) but I thought that this was too good not to share with the rest of you budget-fiers.
About a year ago, I purchased a pair of Jet Black idAmerica Spark IEMs for $29.99 (MSRP $59.99) at the reccomendation of ljokerl. As all $30 earphones do, these broke (Right channel volume was 30% of left channel) and I moved on to other headphones. Today, I discovered these in my back yard on the roof of my shed. I have NO CLUE how they got there, but the best is yet to come.
These (Aluminium) earphones have been exposed to the elements (immense California sun, rain, dirt, ect) for at least 4 months and have taken on a very cool looking black/gold gradient color. The part of the earphones not touching the roof of my shed is now bronze/gold, and the part that was touching has remained black.
AND THE BEST PART IS that somehow by act of God, THEY NOW WORK PERFECTLY. No more channel imbalance that I can detect.
I might do a giveaway on these sometime in the future (still have original box/carrying case/eartips that came with them)
BUT JUST LOOK AT THESE BABIES (Pic doesn't really do them justice)