I got a lovely pair of IE8's off this forum a few years ago and they've been my daily driver for all my audio needs ever since. The cable on the right IEM frayed right where it to the IEM and I had it MacGyver'd together to hold to where it still worked but a few days ago that cut out on me. ...

I've never actually owned a pair of what could be classified as real earphones. I've owned several pairs of buds that generally have a bad on this forum due to just not knowing any better. Namely several pair of Bose IE2's which broke every 5 months, and a pair of Beats Solo's which killed my...