Well, someone got in touch about a really good deal regarding IM50's so I'll take him up on the offer and report my findings.

  Oh! I thought they were available in the US. To answer your question, not enough to put me off buying a set which I probably will do.

IE80 is something that I feel I can only drool over. While I could probably save up a bit and get them, I would probably fear for their safety in being brought outside the house at that pricepoint so I guess it's my fault for being overly keen with my budget. On the other hand, I had never seen...

Due to an extremely unfortunate fall, I managed to break one of the drivers on my Shure SE215's which have been very reliable for the past 2 or 3 years. While I can go out and get a replacement driver, it got me thinking that maybe it's worth upgrading to something slightly more serious. I...

    Thank you very much. Attempted today and although I would've done a few things differently (individual heatshrink for each set of wires and so on), I succeeded and I now have a working cable once again. Again, thanks a bunch and Merry Christmas.

Thank you both so much. Will attempt this over Christmas period and report back.   Merry Christmas!

  Going back to my original question, once I got the DMM, I'm still a bit confused as to what I'm supposed to do. According to all the advice, it will have something to do with Ohm's. I understand that the sensible thing to do is to go and Google the answer like everyone else but I'm not even...

  Thank you.   Will attempt to borrow a MM from a friend and keep your advice in mind.

Could DMM mean Digital Multi Meter? Also, I do apologies for the clamping method but in my defense, the helping hand is very old and exceptionally weak (barely holds anything and therefore didn't scratch the casing).

Right, the cable on my Shure SE215's died and instead of getting another stock cable, I plucked for the FiiO RC-SE1. Unfortunately due to it's size, it didn't pair well with my iPhone and kept popping out all to often. Despite having very limited soldering knowledge, I decided to change the jack...

In short, what would be an upgrade to the Shure SE215 in terms of general SQ and preferrably, stronger bass too within the range of £400 (400 being the absolute maximum for something that would blow my mind as I would much prefer spending around £200 to £300 for a good improvement)?

Thanks for all the advice guys. Now I'm trying to decide between DT770's and the PRO700's but I'm really leaning towards the DT770's since the PRO's don't look comfortable and I've got an offer on the 770's.

I require some help guys and because I'm a lazy sod, I'll just copy and paste from my thread. Sorry in advance.     I don't have extensive experience with quality headphones or IEM's (but I do guess that its a bit more than average Joe) but recently I was lured into buying the RX900's. And...

Dear Head-Fi'ers.    This is yet another thread where a person asks for help in deciding which headphones he should purchase. I'm well aware that there are thousands of threads that are very similar to mine but unfortunately, none of the more recent ones seem to fit my case so being a...

Quote: Great to see that Thomas was so responsive. When you said "other IEM's", what did you mean (apart from the Nuforce's that you had)?  

Okay, impression time. Apologies for the awful pictures but the lighting was terrible and camera refused to cooperate. DISCLAIMER: Assume of me as a typical consumer who doesn't care about all this audiophile goodness and just wants to enjoy music. I have experience with some IEM's but...

Wow, sorry to hear that. I had heard that Xears had terrific quality (*cough* sarcasm *cough*) but I had also heard that Ultraphiles were much better in that regard. Guess I was wrong :[ Now I'm feeling really good that I ordered the JVC because Ultraphiles were a serious contender.  ...

Well, after careful consideration, I've got HAFX1X ordered. Should be here on Monday, will post impressions.

Quote: Deal finished a few hours back. Now it's back up to £25.   xedjflow - Thanks. I'll look into it.

Quote:   I expected more due to all the hype I guess but then again, the HAFX1X is fairly hyped too but I'll just have to try that for myself before I can say anything.   I was considering the Hippo VB or Nuforce NE-6/7 too but it's virtually impossible to get either of these in UK...

Quote: Thanks a lot, man. This has definitely made me more keen on getting the JVC's as I was never entirely sure about the Ultraphiles but I might give them a try anyway (they're cheap after all). I'll report back once I've made up my mind and I've gotten some IEM.   BTW...

Heat, did you ever move on to the black port? If so, what's your conclusion?

  Quote: Thank you :D I literally went ahead and read nearly the whole thread (I feel like a zombie now) and I'm certain that if I go for Xears then Ultraphiles are the way to go since they seem to have much better quality than the rest and generally people aren't saying bad things...

I'm in a bit of need of advice. Basically, I'm looking for as bassy-as-possible IEM with good comfort. More details in this thread - http://www.head-fi.org/t/581746/maximum-bass-for-30#post_7925493. Apologies for the hijack :D

  Quote: Thanks a lot. Will sniff around :D   Anadin - I'm sorry but I forgot to reply to you. I'm not going to go for that deal right now since I'm afraid of the comfort issues but I'll keep considering it. Thanks anyway, man.