I caved and purchased the Klipsch S4s. Even though the cables are reportedly a little on the thin side, a 2 year warranty at an $80 price tag is enough to make me okay with that. Plus, they will fit my old Shure tips. Hopefully by the time that the S4s die I'll have enough money for some...

How is the build quality of the HF5s? I'm especially curious about the cables. I'm still curious if there are any IEMs with cables of similar build quality as the (reportedly well-built) Westone 1's at a similar price point. I would've probably already ordered the Westone 1's if various...

Sounds like we're in similar situations! I'll let you know what I settle on. (http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f103/w...re-e3s-475186/)

Thank you for your suggestions, semisight. Will the triple.fi 10s, RE0s, or HJE900 fit Shure tips, to your knowledge? Any more ideas, folks?

More than four years after purchasing my Shure E3's (how the IEM market has expanded since then!), the right cable at the ear started to crackle, and now it is completely dead. I'm looking for a replacement IEM in the $100-140 range (and I really don't want to spend any more). I'll be using...

Quote: Originally Posted by JayB18 Purchased the Shure SRH440 for $85 on amazon. They should arrive on Wednesday. I will post impressions when I receive them. Enjoy them! Off-topic: The jerks! I bought them on Amazon two weeks ago for $95... a couple days after ordering I...

I got mine for 179.95: bhphotovideo

Hmm... all this love for the X5L, right when I was wondering what my 20 gig X5L would fetch on here. I could really use the money, but maybe I'll reconsider. It really is a great player, especially with RockBOX.

skudmunky, I think that would be alright... After all, $10 out of Todd's pocket is $10, no matter how you slice it. But, if you do use the coupon, I guess it would be courteous to shop again at TTVJ.com sometime in the future.

Yes, you can! If you are newly register at TTVJ.com, you can use both the $10 new member coupon and Todd's SR-60 discount coupon (sent to you by email), a total of $17 savings off of the original $69. After shipping, the total came to $57.30 for me. I ordered my pair Monday (the 15th), and I...

Quote: Originally Posted by xlEnt howd you get the 10 off your first order? All you have to do is sign up at TTVJ.com, and your $10 coupon is sent to you by email.

I know completely how you feel, mminutel! I just ordered my SR60's for $57.30 (after shipping)!! Todd, you've earned my loyalty for a lifetime!

Quote: Originally Posted by DarkJC I use a program called MAREO that EAC calls after it's done ripping each track that transcodes it to LAME --alt-preset standard and FLAC level 5 and then deletes the original WAV file. Takes a bit of time to setup but it's easy sailing from then on...

I rip my albums using EAC in Secure mode, and do on-the-fly mp3 encoding. (Does anyone else here use LAME --alt-preset standard?) I make sure that I don't auto-delete the wav files, though, because I later replace them with FLACs at compression level 5 (used to be level 7), using FLAC...

Quote: Originally Posted by daba I got my Klipsch Promedia Ultra 2.0 for $70. They're pretty good (but I'm listening to them out of a Benchmark DAC1). Here's a review: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1773344,00.asp which also gave them Editor's Choice by PCMag. I would love...

I'm under strict budget rules set for a buddy of mine who wants me to pick up some cheap (but good) speakers for his computer for college. Any suggestions? I know... it's tough, but I believe in you Thanks!

Quote: Originally Posted by jSatch Checked link, does not work. I guess they changed it. The VWR homepage is: http://www.vwrsp.com/ Under "Search for" type in: Tygon R-3603 It is the laboratory tubing. That tubing works well for me, I haven't tried Googling or eBaying it...

Quote: Originally Posted by jSatch Regarding UPDATE: Yeah, I had the same experience. Really need to let them dry out. So, how do they sound now? They sound excellent! I'm really starting to get the hang of making them; they're getting better all the time. The one thing...

Quote: Originally Posted by simplemind After trying the drill method several frustrating times, I simply flattened the plug (end to end) with my fingers and used a rotary leather punch ( http://www.widgetsupply.com/page/WS/...ow-punch/BCY16 )and it worked just fine. You won't believe how...

Well, I finally took the plunge (both figuratively and literally) and soaked a pair of the orange foamies and froze them for about 18 hours. The results were very disappointing - after drilling, cutting, and constructing my plugs, I had in front of me 2 foamies that completely lost its...

I'm on the list for a pair with my e3's, but haven't heard anything from the Duke for a while.

Quote: Originally Posted by jSatch Thanks for the hot-nail technique. I was wondering how that might turn out. No problem. Be sure to make the nail really hot though, like by fire. I used a lighter that was running out of fluid, so I didn't really heat up the nail as much as it...

Quote: Originally Posted by PiccoloNamek No, sorry. They were just some random orange earplugs, the first ones I picked up, because they looked soft and smooth, rather than coarse and hard. (I can't stand the feel of the porous, hole-filled earplugs.) ... The edges aren't all the...

Wow, wualta, thank you very much! I can't believe that I let your reply slip by me, but your report sounds like excellent news. Can't wait to try them out. While I haven't had the phones on my head for more than a few seconds, they felt reasonably comfortable to me. Of course, I probably...

Sorry for resurrecting this thread folks, but I have a question. Would it be beneficial for me to cut off the largest flange rather than the smallest one at the tip? My ear canals seem to be in the realm between the small and medium sizes, and I don't know how well my ears could take the 2...