In what way do you think that the OK3 is a little better than the PK2? I am very curious.

I am waiting to hear more about the OK3/PK2 because they are at the same basic price point. If the OK3 is just the PK2 with the add on canal feature, then it makes sense to pass on it. If it is sonically different --- and it sounds like it is not so different from Tony's brief comparison ---...

I mistakenly thought at the beginning that the OK1, OK2, and OK3 would be at the same price points as PK1, PK2, and PK3. Since the OK3 is priced similarly to the PK2, I was wondering if anyone had more observations on this pairing, particularly with respect to soundstage and definition. I am in...

I am probably missing something, but when will the ok series be released and how will it be priced?

I enjoyed the Ingmar Bergman quote but I do not understand the reply by joelongwood. What does the RE2 offer from HeadDirect have to do with a possible Yuin group buy?

It may be that I am insensitive but I walk 40 minutes a day in my se530's and microphonics are not an issue.

You can think of Lou Reed's comments as the analogue of complaining about the standard Apple Ibuds without taking note of the many fine products discussed on this forum. He might be talking about 96 or 128kbps and may never have heard of or listened to mp3's that are well north of what is the...

And I thought David Oistrakh died years ago... More seriously, how about IEMs for classical music? What about the Shure SE530 and its competitors?

I am a statistician of sorts and I would imagine that respondents to this poll are more likely to be the ones with problems, fwiw. I sent my e500 back in December because the little cups that sit over the wire where it attaches to the earphone came off and I did not want to void the warranty by...

I asked my son, the doctor no less, this very question and he explained that the ear drum mechanism is very good at getting stressed and letting you know it. He said that it is pretty much the case that, if it doesn't hurt or isn't uncomfortable, it is ok. He tends to be conservative about...

Saliva definitely works.

One thing I forgot to mention in my last post is that moistening the foamies before inserting them makes the fit much more comfortable without impairing the quality of the seal.

I am not sure I am not adding anything of value since others have made comments that resonate with me. The SE530 is reasonably neutral but that does not sound like the problem. If it is fit --- and it sounds like it is fit --- the new contoured foamies made all of the difference in the world to...

Bump. Sugarfried, I feel stupid but I am sitting with the three sizes of foamies that came with my recently purchased SE530's and I can find nary a dimple on any of them.

I keep them loose around my neck, in a shirt pocket, or in a plastic case of the sort that holds a name tag and stuff in two zippered compartments (about 3 inches square) that hangs around the neck. All of the solutions seem rather bulky unless one is carrying a bag to put them in. Does anyone...

Actually, I think the razor analogy need not be what was intended. The 3 and 4 blade razors are materially superior, at least to my face. I must confess that I find that multi-driver IEMs superior as well, so the analogy seems apt to me.

I am surprised that nobody suggested some of the really inexpensive, albeit quite different, popular listening devices around here. You can buy the koss ksc-75 for 1/10 of the price a900, the senn px100 for a quarter of the price, ditto the creative 630/senn cx300, and so on. These are very...

And I am thrilled that I have the pk2's. If I traveled with an amp, I would buy the pk1's.

The ratio of opinion to fact in these comparisons has been dropping for a while since there are few triple.fi's out there and only a handful of westone 3's. I have decided that I am willing to spend this kind of money on one of the three iem's with three drivers --- these two plus the sure...

I have two questions. How do they sound unamped for those of us who travel light? To echo another poster, how do they stack up against the e500/se530's and triple.fi's? My hope is that the answer to the first question is fine and my guess is that the answer to the last one is no contest.

Spend the extra money and get the yuin pk2. They are amazing earbuds, truly amazing, and you will not be sorry. Of course, the ksc75's are wonderful but they leak sound and I am tired of overear phones. The Senn px100's are great headphones but again there is the leakage and overear issue in...

For those of us who travel unamped, there are not enough superlatives to describe the pk2. My super.fi 5 pros just don't seem to cut it anymore. I am getting upgrade-itis, a common malady in these parts, and, in particularly, a need to acquire shure e500/se530 or triple.fi 10's since it would...

Check out this thread. I am looking for the answer to your questions there as well. http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=235455

Bump. I am trying to decide between the e500/se530 and the triple.fi's since they appear to be the best universal iem's out there and I think I have a budget for them. Due to strange purchasing requirements, I cannot really acquire them from a vendor who with a good return policy. The quality...

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