My VSonic GR07 just died after sitting on my desk for months and using them for the first time in months. Now I need a new earphone.   I'm tired of expensive IEM's now. I've had 9 pairs of IEMs in the past 6 years or so, and none of them lasted more than a year, and each of them were over $100...

Some comments regarding posts:   Wow, I haven't been on Head-Fi for a few years, and now the Sennheiser IE 80 is mid-tier at best? Times have really changed. Back when I bought them IEMs don't get much better than the IE80, GR07 and DBA-02, besides a couple of oddball customs. Now there seem...

I've owned a good number of high end IEMs, including the Sennheiser IE 80, Vsonic GR07, Fischer Audio DBA-02 and Head-Direct RE0. While they sound good, and some are very detailed, none sound anywhere near as good or enjoyable as good set of speakers + subwoofer.    It doesn't even take a very...