When on the go or at the gym got really spoiled by wireless freedom afforded by my M&D MW07 TWEs. Now want some full-size BT cans for semi-critical listening at home. Yes, I know, will take a hit in SQ but there're lots of cases when I don't want to be tethered to my beloved AKG-K701 and the...

Guys, after many years of hard use my Westones 4 finally broke with left earpiece going totally mute. I loved them to pieces because of precise, detailed and dignified sound signature and also because they fit me well. I was much into hi-if cans before but haven't been following IEMs for several...

Need your help guys. Title I think says it all but here are more details. I need the phones as a gift to my lady friend so it's desirable that phones don't look especially ugly or dorky or uncomfortable (which I think leaves Grados out). IEMs or over the ear phones are also out of question since...

It's a nice phone especially for the price. Well made, up to date specs, edge-to-edge 4.3" screen, great battery life, fast, ICS, small, light, thin. I got it not because of the price but because currently it's the only Verizon 4G smartphone (except for iPhone5) that meets my requirements - it's...

Unfortunately work requires me to talk quite a lot on my iPhone. For music I have my beloved Westone 4 but for phone talk I need not too expensive IEM with great sensitive mic and good, comfortable fit and isolation. I used to have Phonak Audeo 022 with mic. While I wasn't fond of their sound...

The price diff is like $100 but both appear to sport a single armature driver and look very similar. What gives?  

My 2nd gen iPod nano died and I got myself a clip+. Compared to nano and iPhone 4 I noticed clip+ doesn't drive my IEMs that well, even such sensitive ones as W3 and HJE900. It's not so much loudness (though I have to crank clip+ up closer to its limit) but this unmistakable faint "weakness" in...

On the go I'm listening mostly to classic rock and for that kind of music I love my Panas to bits. But two things started to get on my nerves - occasional sibilance and short cable. So looking for the similar type of sound signatue (fun, bassy, not neutral, wide/deep soundstage, instrument...

I need it mostly to drive phones from PC/laptop via USB so quality of the DAC portion is important. But portability as a standalone AMP won't hurt either. My phones are AKG K-501, HD-650 and IE8. For my main audio rig I use Creek OBH-11. I listen to desperate kinds of music so the thing should...

I can get any one of the Westones basically for the same price. Which one to get? With IEMs I listen mostly to rock and metal while working out or jogging. I'm not an Ety, RE0 or Phonaks guy. My preferred IEMs are UE 5 Pro and HJE-900. I love my Pany but distant mids annoy me. As you can guess...

First I had trouble with shallow fit using stock silicones. Shure olives and trimmed tri-flanges solved that, isolation and fit are good with both of these. Trouble is that I can’t bring myself to like the sound! And that even compared to lowly Shure E3 I used on temp basis after second pair of...

I mean for their decent $80+ level IEMs does Etymotic, UE, Phonak, Senn, etc design unique drivers in-house for each line? Or is it more like with smartphone CPUs where there are reference designs licensed from ARM and then a small bunch of OEM specialists like Qualcomm manufacture chips which...

Ok, I’m switching gears a bit compared to my other thread. I realized that to approximate sound signature (darkish, fun, laid back, spacious, reasonably detailed) of my dead UE 5Pro’s I’ll have to spend $200+ which I don’t want to.   Now after my 2nd pair of 5Pro’s are gone I’m listening to...

I'm done with UE. In few years two pairs of 5 Pros died on me with same symptom - one of the drivers going silent. But I love their warm sound signature - pronounced but tight bass, detailed mids, slightly rolled but pleasant highs and wide, spacious soundstage. Works great for the on the go...

Left speaker on mine UE Super.fi 5pros just died today. So now I'm in the market for in-ears that have similar to 5pros sound signature (warm, engaging, lovely bass, wide soundstage) but significantly cheaper (under $100). Since I use in-ears mostly at the gym listening to classic rock out of...

After barely a month of use bass driver in left earpiece on my 5pros went caput and I had to send them back to UE for replacement. I've got 5pros after not being satisfied with e4c for my usage (fast rock at the gym). The prosepct of being without canal phones for uncertain amount of time was...

As you may know bass driver in left earpiece of my beloved super.fi 5 pros died. I just sent it for replacement to UE and would have to get by for at least 2 weeks (more I suspect). In a meantime I need some backup canals. I've tried my good ole MX500 at the gym and on a train and after more...

Actually not both left drivers died but the bass one. Funny how this changed the whole sound. On a plus that made me realize that 5pros actually have a pretty nice detail in left highs And yes, it's not an intermittence problem in cable connection. I reversed drivers and voi-la now there' no...

Depressed with this UE foamies availability disaster I decided to try again silicon tips. I attempted this only once before when I just got 5pros and concluded that foamies are the only way to go and none of silicones really work for me - too big to stay secure and to provide isolation. At...

UE site shows ridiculous shipping rates (e.g. $14.35 cheapest) for a tiny $20 bag of 20 foamies! And even with that they already for a month say that they can ship stuff only after next 2 weeks. What going on with UE? I froogled around and didn't find anybody else selling UE's foamies (eBay is...

Is it possible to somehow change/add iTunes mp3 encoder to Lame? I guess not but doesn't hurt to ask Is there way within iTunes to keep some tracks on iPod only without duplicating them on hard drive in iTunes library? E.g. I sometimes want to throw ripped album on iPod but don't want to waste...

Besides already debated frequency response, ballance and neutrality diffs I would appreciate insights on how things like soundstage, instrument sepration and dynamic abilities differ between E4 and dual driver designs such as UM2, E5c and 5Pro. Thing is I tremendously enjoy clarity and...

Just curious. I know few lurking fans of EM3 do exist but when IEMs around $100 are mentioned all you hear are usual suspects like EX81, E2c, ERP-6i and sometimes E3c. I understand that FS stuff including EM3 are the only IEMs to use dynamic drivers (MG4 in FS-speak). They claim their...

Anybody tried using Ety foam tips on Shures? If so which among three Ety sizes (ER-14A/C/F) is closer to Shure stock foamies? How do they compare in sound and fit? I ask cause today I had a revelation after first time trying yellow foamies on my E4c. They sound much better and more...

Froogle shows $329 from everybody, same as Westone web price. Any cheaper places?