I've now had these for over a month. I did catch the Monster super tip box on special at Amazon so I could play with the tips and settled on the smaller foam tips - my ear canals seem to be small and sensitive, making IEMs a challenge for comfort. The tips have a made a big difference for me. I...

The guide looks fantastic. I really appreciated the broad spectrum of products. And I now have a couple of gift ideas for family members after reading it.   Now if I can just resist buying something for my own Head-fi addiction until after the holidays 

  Quote: The store linked from http://www.9wave.jp/english.html (Comradz) has some issues with PayPal and cookies at the moment. I had the same trouble last week when I ordered my 9wave Studio's (which I really like).   The shopping cart for me was 128 bit SSL in a framed page...

Great roundup!   This really helped me decide on a new set - 9wave NW-Studio. My ~10 year old Sony MDR-E888's decided to fall apart. I plan on fixing them but decided it was time for another earbud. I decided to try the 9wave's based on this roundup. I've had them for an hour and I really...