Ok, plugged them in and I don't think these are fakes. They sound amazing. And that's them not even burned in!

Now got my second pair. I THINK they are real, however I cannot find the red chips. Also it has the barcode starting at the R. Everything else matches the real ones in the diagram. Any clues?

Quote: Not seen much reviews. I was gonna go for a set of Shure's but was put off by the crap build quality. I bought a pair of £70 Ultimate Ears and whilst they were good sounding they have stopped working already   The guy on Amazon sent me a second email saying: "I asked my supplier...

Hey everyone. First of all would like to thank the original poster who helped me identify my fake IE8's   I purchased mine through a seller called Swift Swallow on Amazon UK. They arrived first thing this morning, so after opening I immediately google searched and compared mine to the...