Quote: It's weird, the sound stage seems to have gone from sort of flat and 2D just ok listening experience to being an awesome 3D 360 degree out of head listening experience. Quote: Listening to to psychedelic bands that mess with your head and freak you out in the dark such as coil...

I've gone from being seriously underwhelmed to seriously amazed by these yams since I bought them a few days ago. No idea whether it is brain burn in or real burn in but the fact of the matter is that they have transformed in my perception from being just ok, about equal with my soundmagic E30's...

Just got the HD 440's yesterday (for an amazing £20.00) to compliment my HD669 and the first thing that struck me is how well the 440 do female vocals, very silky and seductive. Another thing I just noticed when comparing them with my Yamaha eph100 iEM's on a not very well recorded song by Pulp...

First post at head-fi for a few years now. Just got some Superlux HD 669's to go with my sansa fuze and ( also new) fiio e11 and oh my, these things are just incredible for £30.00. The last full sized phones I had were the Audio technica AD700's and apart from the soundstage the superlux's are...

Those SB's have gotta be my next purchase How would you compare them to Eternas?  Quote:

I can't see that changing your player will make much difference to soundstage, I think clip + is meant to sound pretty much the same as fuze, which is a great player to my ears ( better than my cowon D2), especially with rockbox. From what I've read hippo vb has even more bass than eterna so...

I you dont want boom boom I'd stay away from eterna v1. HJE900 sounds like a safe bet to me, bass is fast and punchy but doesn't overwhelm like eterna's can, I think they are quite well balanced but some say aggressive. The soundstage is not huge but its certainly very healthy. I miss the HJE's...

Not heard the se115 but I had the se210 and they were about the blandest IEM I can recall hearing. Going from the Shure to the Eterna will be like going from a vicar's tea party to an elephants LSD orgy.

Best IEM in that range I've heard are the PL30's, I love em. Soo very comfortable, well built and durable, very wide soundstage. Warmish and slightly soft sounding but nicely detailed too, bass is just about right for me, midrange is lush, treble is slightly rounded but with sparkle when...

Agreed on the Eterna, the bass on V1 is just colossal. Very classy and smooth sound overall, just be prepared to have your eardrums pummelled as well as tickled. 

Fischer audio eterna ( I had v1) probably have the most spacious and enveloping soundstage I have experienced on an IEM. Bass is aplenty ( too much and too bangin for me, but I believe it is toned down a fraction in v2 )  It is a rather warm IEM though, never heard any sibilance.   DDM...

Update ranking:   EQ-7 SE530 = DDM HJE900 Eterna V1 PL30 RE0 (unamped) Ety HF2 Playaz N1 Lear LE01 PL50 ( fit problems, gave up prematurely) Metrofi 220 SE210 Creative EP830  

Strangely enough even though I felt I got a very good seal and fit ( was quite uncomfortable mind) I didn't think they isolated that well with the triple flanges, I was hoping to use them at work to block out the sound of droning machines and waffling work colleages. Oh well, tis fun to try out...

Picked up some used hf2's the other day inspired by all the recent hf5 activity here but didn't get on with them at all. Might be because they came with only the triple flanges and I couldnt find any other tips that worked with them, but man do these things go in deep, felt like I was guiding...

I dont have either of them any more but going from recent memory HJE900's are fast and punchy in the bass, much more energetic treble than DDM, midrange is lusher on DDM, bass is more organic and fatter on DDM but not as fast as HJE, DDM is more laid back with amazing 3D layering. I always...

Quote: Ahh that explains my bad luck then.

I wonder if they are giving priority to people who didnt use the discount code?    Quote:

Quote: Shame, I was looking forward to these, I know you rate them highly Mark. I seem to have an overbalance of IEM's that sound great but are completely impractical for actual portable use, IE7's woulda been perfect I think.

I dont think any money came out of my account, at least it doesnt show when I look online, the guy i spoke to just told me that they were out of stock when I ordered and I wouldnt be getting any ( he checked my order number over the phone) he didnt even give me an option of waiting till more...

No luck for me on this one, I ordered at 9.48 am on the 31st so was fairly early but orange have confirmed they were out of stock and I wont be recieving these. 

Quote: The guy on the phone was very reluctant to say anything for definite, only that they were out of stock , that the system had gone mad with orders and that he couldnt be sure if I'd recieve them or not.

Just phoned orange to check on my order and to enquire on whether the price was genuine, the guy said they are out of stock now and their system has gone mad unsurprisingly. He seemed very doubtful that I'd get the phones too but said the money wouldnt come out until ( or if ) they've been...

Mine died in one ear within a month also, I think mine was the cable, tho I didnt really hang about to properly make sure, I just sent them back pronto and got a refund as it was still just within the 30 day amazon return period. Ive not heard anything else in a similar price range with the...

Regarding purchasing the TD100 tis probably easiest just to send an email enquiry, the guy who runs the playaz site, I forget his name, Is pretty good at offering good deals too apparantly.   I haven't heard any of the others you listed but I can say that I didn't get on with the PL50's at...

You could check out some of the Playaz or Xears models http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/452037/playaz-n1/450  I have the N1 and find them a definite upgrade in sound quality ( though not build quality or practicality) over the PL30.  For the 15 euros I paid for them they are stunning.