1117 was quick to respond and pleasant, the headphones arrived in great condition, as described and were very well packaged! recommended!

Interaction with blackgreen15 was very good, package was sent quickly after payment and the headphones arrived as described. Very positive experience, recommended!

you're not doing anything wrong, everyone has their own preferences! I, for one, dislike IEMs, not because of the sound, but because of their comfort - something you don't have any issue with.. as for listening at home, for casual listening while doing something else i usually prefer speakers...

I'm in the market to get myself a CIEM for commute and work (noisy server rooms) in the range of $500 US (preferably not much over, including shipping). The reason i'm looking for CIEM is comfort - regular iems just hurt my ears, regardless of which tips i use. I listen to mostly rock, jazz...

while i find that amusing, the abbreviation actually means 'your mileage may vary'

aside from a few headphones and all IEMs (i don't know, something about the going inside the ear things puts me off from 2nd hand), i bought all of my headphones second hand through head-fi or a local forum and for the most part it turned out as described in the ad and generally in good...

I assume you've tried different USB cables? Do you have the ability to disassemble the chassis to look at the usb connector contacts (the solder points on the PCB)? maybe one or more of the surface mounted chip solder points?

Hello everyone, I've been entertaining the notion and looking into buying CIEMs, for bus/train rides and work. bus/train is obvious, but i also work in a relatively noisy environment (multiple big server rooms), and while i have my '3M peltor optime 3' ear muffs - i can't really listen to music...

"Welcome to HeadFi. Sorry about your wallet." is how we usually greet new users to the forums :)

I don't suppose you've had the chance to listen to any of the headphones and/or setups mentioned? I had a chance to listen to some of the hifiman (he400i, he560) and audeze(lcd2, lcd3, lcdxc, el8) line ups with my set-up at the time (foobar2k -> HRT ms2 -> amb M^3) and compare them to my...

@Holypal, that would mean waiting for the drop to be live again and hoping for a chance to actually get one, last time iirc, the drop was over very quickly (limited amount of headphones, ran out). @trivium911 , unfortunately i don't have any experience with the HD650 (none worth mentioning...

I honestly don't know how they compare with the scarlett device, but i think an e-mu 0204 or 0404 might also fit the bill here, though probably 2nd hand, at your budget. iirc, they have the same/newer dac than the m-audio 192, which was the update to the 2496 (please correct me if i'm wrong).

my massdrop username is the same as here: Wolfskie   I'd really like to see a r2r/multibit dac, hopefully not something too expensive.

like i wrote before, i'd love to join with my humble setup, a laptop, portable hd with music and the gear in my signature.

thanks for the recommendations! i didn't even think of looking at amazon, how silly! how is the build quality on the CAL! and the zoro? since the akg broke after only a few months i think maybe he should get better built headphones, though ultimately the choice lies with him.