Quote: Originally Posted by 909 here's what i've got from talking with Ed, Aaron, and Peter and going over the vendor/press list... we printed the following: 170 (member badges) (averaged the three different totals i've been given) 126 (vendor/press badges) (averaged the...

Quote: Originally Posted by RedSky0 I'm sorry, why the frack do you need a segway inside? That's just beyond lazy. It was mentioned in another thread that the Segway was for medical reasons. But it sucked when the guy and his entourage entered the Headroom room, ignoring the...

Quote: Originally Posted by LFF 1) The Harley/Hoffman talk was amazing. Great music, great sound and lots of cool anecdotes shared by Joe Harley and Steve Hoffman. The good news for those of you living vicariously off this thread - I recorded BOTH talks in binaural sound for an upcoming...

Quote: Originally Posted by linuxworks my 580's are about 10 yrs old (or close). they only had light wear over those years, as I didn't wear the phones every day. a few months ago I got some hd650 parts and built a new set up from parts. the new foam cushions were not THAT different...

Quote: Originally Posted by johnsonad Last and IMHO the show stopper was the Smyth Research multichannel surround experience through headphones. The Smyth Research SVS demo system running Call of Duty was the second thing I listened to Saturday morning, and I was immediately...

I went the other way around, from earphones like the Triple.Fi 10, Sennheiser IE8, and Westone 3 to the SA6 and much preferred the SA6 (with the treble+ and old bass+ ports). The new/updated bass+ port made the SA6 have some of the things I didn't like about the other earphones. I just got the...

Quote: Originally Posted by gov got them off their website with the save10 disount. as to the 14day trial, there is a 10% "restocking" fee if you return. interestingly, whether this is true or not, the woman i spoke to said they have had only two returns out of "several hundred"...

Quote: Originally Posted by moseboy I just got done reading through this entire thread. I had read several pages before, but not the entire thing. Overall, I'm very pleased with how happy the majority of posters seem with the IE8. I really think I will like them a lot. However, one post...

Quote: Originally Posted by antonyfirst I don't have the Triple.fi anymore, but going from memory the Westone has bigger bass, especially upper bass. I can't accurately compare midrange recession on them. Vocals on Triple.fi didn't sound poor to me, just not standing forward. Vocals on...

Moving the X10 farther in or out from the ear canal didn't significantly change the overall sound character that I heard.

Quote: Originally Posted by AlexP If only there weren't so many reports of SA6 breaking down For us Europe people, sending them to the USA for service isn't as easy as it sounds. I really wanna try the Sleeks but this issue puts me off. Yes, it is obvious that the build quality...

I've sent the following summary of my thoughts on several of the top universal IEMs by PM twice already, so I figured I'd post it in the forum. Note that these are only my impressions based on my ears, and will most definitely differ from what other people hear...

Quote: Originally Posted by elnero I think the reason you saw a few Westone 3's in the FS forums is people either bought them from Marco Polo which doesn't have a return policy or people who bought them with the Live Cash Back and other coupons were reselling for profit. Or...

If you put Comply foam tips on the IE8, they'll isolate the same as a Triple.Fi 10. They'll even feel like the TF10 in your ears, except without the extra pressure of the TF10 housing bulge pressing against your ears. With stock IE8 tips, the isolation is much worse.

Just for the hell of it, I tried the Comply foam tips from my Triple.Fi 10 (T-500 according to the Comply website) on my IE8 and they fit very well. The foam part sits farther from the housing than the stock IE8 tips, so the Comply tip actually goes deeper into your ear. If you flip the foam tip...

I agree that the ER4P won't offer much more bass than the ER6. If you enjoy and prefer the Etymotic sound, the IE8 bass will seem overwhelming. Think of the Etymotics as having a sound shifted a bit towards the upper midrange and treble - the IE8 are the opposite, with sound favoring the...

Poor soundstage compared to other headphones.

In my experience, yes, the high-end IEMs that I've tried don't reproduce sound in all aspects as well as a good set of headphones. The IEMs I have now or used to have in the past few months are Etymotic ER4P, Klipsch X10, UE Triple.Fi 10, Westone UM2, Westone 3, and Sennheiser IE8. All of them...

So far, I am preferring the IE8 over the Westone 3 for songs where the vocals carry the main melody and are therefore the most important instrument of the song. This is the case with the entire Jack Johnson album. The Westone 3 places Jack slightly behind the other instruments, so the deep bass...

Quote: Originally Posted by Darkkopi I have the Westone 3 too, and still prefer the IE8 over them. The way the IE8 projects the music is just impressive, especially with it's soundstage. I'm just letting the Westone 3 to run in, maybe it will improve like how the UE11 does. Till then...

Quote: Originally Posted by Hooran whereas some of the Triple.fi 10s in the silver/blue box will have the Comply tips. Woops, my mistake in assuming the silver/blue box all came with Comply tips. My silver/blue box with Comply tips came directly from Ultimate Ears after sending...

The main difference I noticed between the first two is that the black boxed TF10 came with one pair of the old foam tips, which had a rougher foam feeling and broke off the sleeve quite easily. The TF10 in the white/blue box came with two pairs of Comply foam tips, which IMO are much more...

Quote: Originally Posted by PouncePony I had to have the cables replaced on both my UM1s and UM2s. The UM1 repair was under warranty. The UM2 repair was only about $25 plus shipping. I've had great experiences with Westone's customer service. In both instances, a person actually...

Quote: Originally Posted by soyama Or is it I'm mistaken about the par on quality between ti.10 and sennheiser ie8 for example? I would read the impressions posted by people who have actually heard both rather than take the assumptions of those who haven't.

You were so emphatically supporting Livewires just last week in your IM messages, convinced that they had solid turn-around times. I guess you've changed your mind.