Here's a thread with lots of info about current earbuds : http://www.head-fi.org/t/441400/earbuds-round-up-update-april-17th-2016 Further to serman005's suggestion, it might be worth ordering a Venture Electronics Monk+ to see how that fits before ordering the more expensive Zen ...

Good "mucisians" or "muckisians" perhaps.   Is this an inviation to imagine how Max Reger might have treated that comment on paper?...

Folks, don't sell those old buds; breathe new life into them.   Was its signature too mid-centric for you or not enough? No worries the excentric® signature was designed for you.   At last one simple technique to solve all those budbears in one :   Amping - No need to let ohms and mWs and...

That's good. Hopefully you won't have an issue. Just had two of my adult nephews around to try out the Monks; they just popped them in effortlessly; I struggle a bit. Sennheiser did address the problem some while back for folks with smaller ears; see picture at bottom of this page ...

Maybe the best bet is to order an inexpensive Sennheiser (or whatever) that has the same shell size as the Monk. They're bigger than old apple buds and you'll want to know whether you can get a good fit before you order two Monks.

The B&O H6 is still just under £200 at amazon.co.uk (the tan one only now). That is a recommended choice for classical music.   Though it is not supposed to be the best for isolation a lot of your other suggestions look a bit bulky for use outdoors.

Well yes, I suppose that's the important bit...   Good to see that in all the Venture Electronics excitement, other tastes/ear shapes are being catered for. Unlike Chompy above for my fit I need to cut a bit of bass and boost the mids to get where I want to with the Monks. Happy to do that to...

Aha! Persistence     Mind you even with Google translate and guessing reckon I'd still be left wondering what this is all about http://tw.taobao.com/item/521902725397.htm?spm=a1z3o.7695283.0.0.Bqj6Mh

Oh sorry, got the idea into my little brain that your success at negotiating those Chinese sites meant you could read it. Guess you have some other ingenuity at work there. Aliexpress for ordering the VE Monks even with all the English and correct currency was challenge enough for me

Welcome shankar.   Suvov S10 vs S20 (hope  golov17 doesn't mind) : http://www.head-fi.org/t/441400/earbuds-round-up-update-april-25th-2015/930#post_11614153   The taobao and mistertao sites seem to have sellers ...

Was the engine on? How was the vibrato?...   Glad you're so pleased with the Monk.

They're probably still searching out a big enough box ....

B&O H6 @£200 from John Lewis and Richer Sounds. Ideal for Jazz and Classical; not sure about Electronica.   Edit : just seen has been price matched by Amazon.

Fair enough but are you sure you have "all bases covered"? How about :   Monk. A night time of pleasure...      

Hope am not speaking out of turn, but in a message from Lee on Aliexpress he seemed to indicate that the next batch (don't know if there will be any more after that) will be arriving very very soon compared to the typical time taken for delivery to customers. Realise it's easy for those who...

Saw your post before the edit. Interesting to see how things work there. I was thinking more like the post at the top of page 32 on this thread. Then again I suppose things are not so automated at Venture Electronics that they'd miss a suspiciously large order.   Well I guess now as a head-fi...

My price has been adjusted so they are working on it.

"Beats blow every other headphone out of the water. End of."  Nope never said anything like that but have been guilty of repeating elsewhere the suggestions have seen here that Beats Solo 2 are not too bad. Hope that won't make Lee cross   I think, like an earlier reviewer, I need to...

Creative Aurvana Air as cheap as have ever seen 'em : http://uk.creative.com/p/headphones-headsets/aurvana-air

My recollection is that quite a lot of perseverance was involved?...

I'm from UK (just added to my profile) and ordered from here without too much trouble : http://www.shenzhenaudio.com/hiegi-high-quality-middle-empty-foam-cushions-for-earphones-earbuds-6-pairs.html Sorry I don't know of a European source.   I think your findings tally pretty well with most...

This product line (choice of black or white and also donut foams) is frequently recommended here : http://m.shenzhenaudio.com/hiegi-high-quality-foam-cushions-for-earphones-earbuds-6-pairs.html If you don't get through foams quickly the quality and packaging should hopefully prevent them...

They were about £70 back in 1989/90 which might seem quite a lot now but I suppose such things were more expensive. Still I reckon they gave good service : got plenty of use and at no time felt like they would fail me. Usual postscript : with a nephew now...

Sorry, no offence intended; it wasn't meant to be a picture of you. My understanding is that your all-consuming issue is lack of seal rather than being one. Maybe it was unconscious tact at work which prevented me from posting these links to pictures of Monk Seals ...

BTW on a serious note (OK not very) I find a difference between the VE Monk and AKG K317 in that I prefer the former with as tight a seal as possible in my ears. I see the latter doesn't have any holes on the rear of the housing and does sound congested to me when fitting very tightly.