I bought these from Focalprice.com for all of $3.51.  A lot of head-fiers here love these for their bass richness and I bought them just to experience the bass.  Man, I have to say, these little suckers, put out some pretty nice bass.  That was pretty surprising.  Unfortunately, everything else sound quality wise is pretty crappy.  They have a hollow sound, mids are recessed, basically not much more than glorified bass cannons.   The included tips make me cringe.  All but the blue ones are basically the same exact size: small.  They are literally...

This was my first pair of IEMs before I even knew to call these "IEM".  Also my first real introduction to good sound quality.   Shortly after getting back stateside, I was browsing reviews on Head-Fi.   Let me first say that I did not buy these in the United States.  I bought them on a trip overseas in Hong Kong.  So the carrying case was not the leather pouch that these originally shipped.  I instead got the aluminum 3"x3" carrying hard case (I have gripes about this as well).  Packaging wise, it was pretty typical plastic fair with the phones...

I originally bought these as a cheap headset for mainly gaming use.  Bought online for $21 shipped.  Marketing might say "military spec" construction, but it's not even close.  The entire headset is constructed of plastic.  I could easily wobble the cups and headband.  I'm pretty sure excessively doing that could I could quickly break and detach the cup shells, cable, and headband.  There is no metal band in the headband portion, I only wish. I did like how comfortable they are.  They don't clamp down all that hard and those earcups go around my...