Short Report of the "Fabolous Ears" When visiting the German High-End HiFi-Exhibition in May, a new custom IEM was introduced by Claus Zapletal from Berlin. Details in www.fabsearphones.de. It is a two-way 3-driver system which is very small and therefore extremely comfortable to wear. In...

Now a week with a lot of music-listening has gone by. It clarifies the performance more than on the initial report. Volume-level: What I did wrong at first was listening too loud with the ES3. This is quite logical when beeing used to the UE10, because they deliver a lot of bass- and lower...

So the ES3 finally arrived from Variphone/Belgium who is the authorized manufacturer for Westone in Europe. They needed only one week to produce them after the impressions arrived. After unpacking I was rather impressed about the quality of the box which is sealed tight and has a disiccant...

After owning UE10 for about a year and the need for a second IEM arose, the question was: get a second UE10 or try something new. Although I am extremely satisfied with the UE10 I decided to go for the ES3. Reports from digihead pointed out that these perform basically a tiny bit harder, which...

Does anyone know if there is a small portable DVD-player (like portable CD-players) who plays only mp3 music, without all the video-stuff? That would be a great alternative for hard-disc-players. Would anyone buy such a device - or do you think it´s nonsense? Greetings from Germany...

1. How to get Ultimate Ears in Germany: In www.ultimateears.com in "Foreign distributors" you find www.fischer-amps.de for Germany. You call them for your nearest audiologist who will then handle all procedures. In my case this is Audimed in Munich. Located very conveniantly in the city center...