Actually I don't think there would be a problem with the comfort if you want to wear a helmet over your custom IEM's cuz they got a pretty flat surface outside, but those are very dangerous imo.

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Well there did have kinda factory version of IE8s coming with simple package rather than fake stuff, some buyers compared them with original one and indicated that there ain’t difference at all. But I’ll still go for the original version of IE8s anyway...

Thanks for the tips Milkweg, I’ll try them again when I back home. They are running pretty well with my XP laptop right now.

Interesting, some posts I just read about Koss KDE/250 said the prototype sound pretty good when compare to IE8, but what concern me is that if they got a good isolation anyway.

I’m really looking forward to Starcraft2 and Diablo3, I love the story of starcraft. BTW Barbarian is my favorite char in Diablo.

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I don’t know why Chrome got no response sometimes when I was trying to open a new tab. My system is Windows 7.

tomhirvin, The site you gave on Taobao is held by a Chinese hi-fier and as far as I know quite a few of people made their custom mold there, and according their response on Taobao feedback and comments on forums the build quality are not bad. I think you can email them for details. And BTW...

Quote: Originally Posted by Spyro Probably UM3X but it's a tough call. W3 reveals a very high level of treble detail (maybe a bit moreso than UM3X) but it tends to come with some unwanted siblance/shrilliness and is a little bit fatiguing on the ears much like Etys. UM3X still reveals a...

If your choice is narrow down between these two IEMs then my suggestion is go for Westone 3 which are more balanced than UM3X to my ears.

Quote: Originally Posted by limpidglitch Wow. I just came back from an invertebrate field study, lots of lots of bugs. Among others this Hylobius abietis Wow, any full figure photos

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Quote: Originally Posted by gameboy115 Shame on apple, its eq is pretty useless. I am using UM3X, each of eq produce either unnatural/ crack sound Always with EQ off on iPod personally.

Using Chrome couple of days and I like them. But there's a problem, I was using google notebook with FireFox and they worked great as I could see a small notebook icon on the right bottom of the browser and clipping was easy, but now I have to open notebook in full page to do the paste, any...

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Switch to a new Seamaster, an old model but 1120 are more stable and mature than those 2500 imo

The IE8’s bass are a little bit overwhelmed at first but they get better controlled after a period of time, and I aint own the UM3x but heard them days before, my first impression is that they got a hyper-forward vocal presentation. Voted for Westone 3 personally.

Quote: Originally Posted by Jensen Before you buy just plug them into other more well powered sources than just a DAP. With me, I found I was preferring the sound of the SHure's out of my laptop vs my nano. The nano alone (nor probably any portable player) can just not power the SE530's...

Those UE custom made IEMs and Westone IEMs got pretty much the same cables and I literally pay more attention to those tiny cord just avoid they get cracked while I'm on traveling.

Quote: Originally Posted by VoLTaG3 I thought the treble booster only touched the 2khz frequency range and higher? With the high frequency increased or saying mids and bass decreased, in order to balance the overall sound I'll turn down the volume. And for the EQ wise I'm not...

Quote: Originally Posted by K_19 There is one critical component that have now made me sway bit more into full size headphone side of things, and that's the soundstage, which is something no IEM will ever outperform a fullsize in (unless it's IE8 or something, I wouldn't know). And...

With the treble booster you certainly got an enhancement on highs but losing quite a bit of mids in the sametime. I think you could give them a period with EQ off and you'll get used to them imo or if they still get in the way of listening then maybe SE530's ain't your cup of tea.

I kinda feel more fun when I use the headphone cuz they literally provide more air and dynamic feeling to me and when comes to the IEM's there are more analytic details sometimes or, supposed to be you know, which makes me got a totally different way of listenning experience. But anyway it...

The SE530's itself don't need an specific burn-in period imo. For the SQ wise, they are easy to drive so use them straingt out of the iPod is ok.