Disclaimer: Try this at your own risk.   Introduction: I got the Samsung IG900 for 99 euros from Amazon Germany and thought the price was a steal for a triple driver hybrid. That was BEFORE I heard them.   Quick Review: Pros: price / build / ergonomics / quality bass / good soundstage /...

Tagline       Introduction   Legend has it, that Joe Zawinul, leader of the successful jazz band Weather Report, once saw himself confronted with a strange looking young guy... and the following dialog ensued: "Guy: Mr. Zawinul, I was at the concert tonight, been following your music...

First of all, my apology to anyone who came here expecting a full review of these. Sadly I don't have the time for extensive writeups these days.   But I still think it's worth making a new thread for impressions of the e-Q8 and I'll start it with the ones I posted in the e-Q5 thread (and the...

Introduction By some strange twist of fate, I’ve been pretty much the only head-fier who‘s owned a Sennheiser IE800 and posted impressions for over a month now. Maybe some of my less flattering posts have scared other buyers off. Or maybe limited availability is the reason why IE800...

Tagline Rated as "superb" by a well-known German HiFi magazine, but pretty much ignored on Head-Fi. So what's the deal with the $50 Koss KDX200?     Introduction I stumbled across the Koss KDX200 purely by chance. German HiFi magazine "STEREO" had rated these budget IEMs as "superb"...

Tagline If you want your music hard, aggressive and unforgiving, then skip the EX1000 - they're hopelessly romantic. Otherwise you may just have found your perfect IEMs.   Links Here's a link to tuahogary's YouTube Re-Unboxing video and here are his early impressions. Here's a link to...

As an owner of several IEMs with great sound quality but weak isolation I've been pondering this question for quite some time: would it be possible to use something like the Final Audio 1601 on the move with active noise cancelling headphones on top? Needless to say my inquiring mind wouldn't...

Update: There's a caveat to this review, because according to new information the featured Final Audio IEMs may very likely not be moving armatures. Of course this doesn't have any reflection on the descriptions of sound signatures and differences given here, but to my dismay my whole tagline...

Ok, I'm celebrating my 6 year anniversary as a Head-Fier and decided to give away six of my IEMs to mark the occasion.     Left to right: JVC FX500, Cyclone PR2, Cyclone PR1 Pro, Atrio M5 (w/o package), ATH-CK100, ATH-CKM70   This thread will be open for about two weeks to give...

Tagline/Disclaimer: Don't read on or you may risk spending more money on a universal IEM than you ever imagined.   Let me start with saying thanks to takoyaki7 for his great review of the FI-BA-SS. Up to this point I had known about the FADs, but not taken them into serious consideration...

Impressions pending...

Thought I'd share this, even though there might not be many folks out there who have both the RE1 and a Sony S-Master based DAP (Sony X or A840, I have the A845). Anyway, the synergy between these two is simply stunning. The S-Master amp drives the 150Ω RE1 as effortlessly as anything, so...

Tagline: Stay out, or read only the parts about the RE252, RE0 and PFE, if you strongly oppose to EQing. Read on if you’re interested in how EQing can make some budget IEMs sound eerily close to top tier phones. Or read on just for the fun of it. Introduction: This writeup is kind of a...

Nothing much to say, I did this foam mod with my HJE900 to soften its highs, and from what I've read folks are doing this to their Hippo VBs for the same reason. So I tried this on my FX500s today and it works exactly the same. Quote: Originally Posted by ClieOS Anyway, here is the...

I like Folk/Rock/Pop with two (or more) female lead vocalists. Indigo Girls or the Spanish Ella Baila Sola are good examples of what I mean. I'd love to get some listening recommendations from fellow headfiers. Thanks!

Quote: Originally Posted by shigzeo I am a big dynamic earphone fan, but even with such prejudices, the IE8 fail. They are well made and come in a great over-engineered box, but their largest failing isn't the mid-bass hump (turn up the bass knob to fix a lot of it); it is the midrange...

Sorry, no time for a full review yet, but I know some folks are waiting for info on this player. Got mine yesterday from AMP3.uk and so far I'm very impressed: Form factor: a bit longer than the Fuze but thinner and incredibly light. Screen: high quality, good layout of "now playing" incl...

Tagline: The Ortofon e-Q7 are expensive and only available from Japan. Are they worth the effort? A few weeks ago I stumbled upon this thread and was instantly hooked by the elegant and straightforward design of these IEMs. I kept waiting for a full review to appear until I realized at last...

Tagline: This is a strong contender for the Best-Bass-IEM. Read on if you’re into Drum ’n’ Bass and Electronica. Skip if you need real good isolation or like Folk/Jazz with warm vocals. I came across the Storm Cyclone pr2 when hunting on ebay for new toys (I know, I know…). The Chinese...

There's a lot of talk about which headphone works best with which musical style buried in the various impressions/appreciation threads. My proposal is to make this information more transparent and comparable by means of standardized polls. First we would have to agree upon a maximum of 10...

Title says it all. With my ever growing inventory of IEMs this has become a pressing issue. Keeping them in the provided cases is confusing because some are too much alike. Of course the original packing would be more distinctive, but I'm looking for a solution that provides safety and quick...

ATH-EC7 for £39.99 from www.iheadphones.co.uk. The description says they are ATH EC700 which would be the newer model. Don't know what's true but either way the price is a steal. Also, considering the shop's reputation I believe these should be legit, not fake.

Imagine yourself in the possession of a budget IEM of questionable origin and precarious build quality that sound like a muddy mess. On the verge of dumping them you decide to give them one last chance, only to find out that properly EQed they can keep up with the likes of the FX500 and IE8. You...

Well, I don't want to keep this discovery from you, even though they only ship to Europe! 4satisfaction store: Headphones & Lingerie Seems like a winning combination to me, one for him, one for the missus... (On another note, I actually had to buy the woodies at half price and will...

This is my first attempt at a mini-review, so please bear with me: I picked these up from Amazon (Germany) for 45 Euros, because I had read some good reviews here. Specs: - 9.5mm drivers - solid aluminium housing - impedance 16Ω - frequency response 20Hz-20,000Hz - sensitivity 98dB -...