At what price point would I be able to get what I'm wanting?

My VSD3S broke after 3 months of use. I loved the weird-looking things, but the treble was just way too much for me and I had to equalize it down considerably on my mp3 player. Everything else about it sound-wise I thoroughly enjoyed.   Is there an IEM around the VSD3S's price that eases down...

I've been using Foobar2k with the EasyQ equalizer, comparing different frequency ranges on sibilance-heavy portions of songs with my ears - then using http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-bandwidth.htm to convert from bandwidth to the Q factor that Rockbox uses. I've since lowered the gain...

I'd be very interested to see if anyone has a general Rockbox EQ for the VSD3S. I love my pair a bunch, but underestimated how sensitive I am to its sibilance. Everything else is perfect, but some of my favorite songs (Ex: FKA Twigs' "Water Me") are almost painful to listen to.   EDIT: Okay...

Joker, I noticed that the JVC HA-FXD80 are about $50 on Amazon at the moment. They're rated pretty high sound-wise on your review list. Are they the best in that 40-60 dollar price range in sound quality, or you do prefer others?

Hey ljokerl, another new poster here. I'm looking for an IEM less than $25 that has as good a soundstage and depth/width as I can get for such a budget price. I'm not a basshead or anything (though I guess I don't mind a bit of punch to my lower frequencies), and I dislike harsh or overly...