This is half a joke post, half a PSA. I haven't seen either on the IE80 here (just the IE8) so I figured this might be useful due to how rampant these are. I bought these off Amazon for 350.00, knowing that if they were fakes they had a guarantee for items that are mislabeled. No surprise, they...

EDIT: I guess the Vi cable isn't playing well with my speaker headphone output. Sound is as described when used straight to the soundcard, however, still not a fan of it. Not enough bass, too much high bass. First of all, I have almost no reason to believe these are fakes. But the sound is...

Are there any stores in the Los Angeles area which allow one to try out IEMs. I don't want to blindly order one and not be happy with it... I am mainly interested in comparing the Shure e2c to the Westone UM1 (even the er6 and er6i just to hear them). I probably have been annoying on this board...

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Having read various opinions by means of the search function, I've seen the mixed opinions, which of course did not surprise me. I have seen that the Grado SR60 has great, quality sound; but has the major downfall of leaking sound to one's environment. Then, the Shure E2C's have said to have...