Not because of sound quality or comfort, but the foamies are virtually impossible to remove. I plan to clean them, after about two weeks of regular use. I must say the filters never came close to seeing the earwax they did with the tri-flanges, though. I have mixed feelings about both...

I have re-discovered my love for the ER-4P's by switching to the foamies over the tri-flange tips. I find they are more comfy and my earwax tends not to kill the filters. However, these are now somewhat grungy-looking after a lot of wear, can the foamies be washed? (I do have several more pairs)

I was getting a little complacent with my 4P's and the tri-flanges. No issues with comfort, just wanted to see if I could enhance my listening experience with the Etys. I had always shunned the foamies since they can looks so dirty after a few uses, but, they're black and may not be as...

I have been a faithful user of the 4P's for years. They have superb isolation and detail that is hard to describe, and are truly audiophile-quality reference monitors. I have yet to have a positive experience with them for listening to rock music. I find them to be grainy; I am using the...

I couldn't find a FS/IC section for DAP's. (copied/pasted from my ad over at the Audio T-Board) Well folks, it may have been inevitable for such a hard-core MiniDisc person such as I, but I no longer really see the need to own an iPod. It's not that I don't like the device, it's just that I...

I recently got the 30GB 5.5G iPod, just wondering if the Marshmallows mate OK with the headphone out - no amping.

I got my 5.5G 30GB iPod a couple weeks ago and have been trying, in vain, to find one set of headphones that will work for everything to form a portable "iPod kit" to take with me in a small Domke camera bag. It just seems almost sinful that a sub-$20 clip-on appears to work the best, so far. I...

I am trying to find a simple "iPod kit" for easy travel, meaning one good set of headphones that covers the bases. I have tried out all my current phones and have discovered the pedestrian KSC-75's work great but the clip-on style can be a bit of a nuisance. The jury is still out for me if I...

Like anyone concerned about making sure you never lose you valuable music after a lot of work, I want to back up my iTunes folder. I recently bought a 5.5G 30GB iPod and am happy with it, so far, but it seems the only option I have for file preservation is with using CD's. I'd like to be...

I have been wanting a set of these for some time, having owned a few already, some given to family members and one set had torn pads. I have the 75's, which are OK, but they are not quite the same as the erstwhile 35's. Koss's Website says "coming soon" so can I assume they are actually re-stocking?

I am seriously looking at getting a 30 GB 5.5G iPod but wonder how well the headphone amp works with my ER-4P's. I am not interested in using an amp at this point, just a simplified rig. I have used the CX300's with the iPod, works OK, but not overwhelmed. My musical preferences would be...

I am thinking about getting a 4 GB Nano, and I would like to put some of my favourite photos in it. I would be re-sizing from large originals to about 100 KB ones - is it a simple matter of drag and drop or do I need to do some sort of extra step in the process?

I am soon about to own a brand-new set of ER-4P's - my second time around with these great-sounding IEM's. My first pair suffered from the cracked transducer stem syndrome, which was a bit of a problem with many owners and seemed like a design flaw. In reality, the neccessity of frequent filter...

I bought these buds about a month ago, sound terrific, but there is that nagging issue of comfort. The rigid aluminum has no give whatsoever and they just feel like there are two sticks sitting on my ears. I do have the provided foamies on them, but that doesn't seem to help a lot. Are there...

The only IEM's I currently own are the 6i's, having previously had the 4P's and the Shure E2C's. The 6i's are great, inexpensive phones but are kind of unexciting and dry, although they do the job of isolating remarkably well. I didn't have a great experience with the E2C's, poor fit with the...

I am currently listening to my ER-6i's and man happy wih thier sound, but I know the 4P's outclass them. I hd a set of ER-4P's a couple years ago, but both stems eventually cracked mostly due to filter filter changes. This was necessitated by an ongoing earwax problem. I am satisfied that...

I recently got a set of silver CM7's, which work great, but I cannot figure out how the phones get tucked away in that provided wallet pouch. I couldn't find any instruction that came with the phones (everything is in Japanese, anyway) and the couple Web images were of no help. Perhaps the...

I've scanned through the few Head-Fi threads on the MDR-EX90's, and have come to the conclusion these new buds seem to do a good job for what they were designed to do. Isolation seems only on par with most open buds and these are actually classed as semi-open, a hybrid of a bud and canal phone...

In an effort to try to "fix" my almost-new Sharp MD33S (see this thread for reference: http://www5.head-fi.org/forums/showt...ghlight=MD33S), I wonder if anyone has attempted to mod these. I think the grill can be easily removed, but I wonder what my next move would be - I can simply try...

As some of you know (if you frequent the Audio T-Board), I've had a bout with the cough/flu about a week ago and it seems to be over. I had trouble getting into music with MiniDisc and phones, as my ear canals were a bit clogged, but the sound is the now the way I used to remember it -...

When I first got these as replacements for my broken KSC-35's, I kind of panned them, and I burned them in quite a while but they just didn't sound like the 35's. I really haven't used them that much for the last few months, but I had to see how they'd perform with the HD amp on my new MZ-NH1...

After not owning 4P's for several months, I decided to try out the 6i's. For about 1/5 of the price, I am willing to try out the Ety sound, once again. I missed the detail and isolation, and the E2C's didn't seem to do it for me. Do the 6i's need burn-in? They seem to be grainy after a few...

I've had these over a week, now. Koss sent these as a replacement for my damaged KSC-35's, as is the standard procedure. I'd like to think they are thoroughly burned in, but they sound a bit anemic compared to the 35's. I'd like to think these are more balanced, unbloated, but I'm reading...

I sold of my beloved 4P's due to the fact both transducer tubes had cracked, and it was an obvious design flaw in an otherwise excellent IEM. I am wondering if ER has "fixed' this issue as it has happened to many ER-4P owners as I sort of am interested in getting another set if the problem has...

My 4P filters were always getting clogged with wax and thus was a probable culprit in having the tubes crack during frequent cleaning. I had the E2C's which were fine, but didn't quite have the isolation nor the detail the 4P's had. I am now thinking about the ER-6i's and wonder if they are...