Well, I pulled the trigger after much internal debating and purchased the Westone UM2's. I'm really looking forward to trying them out! Thanks to everyone here who took the time to give me their suggestions. Much appreciated. I guess I can now say that head-fi has been responsible for relieving...

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Thanks for the suggestion on the UM2's. I am now researching more into them and they sound like another excellent option. The only problem is that they are getting outside my price range. The cheapest I can find them at is $300. The reason I was contemplating the Triple.fi's was eCost's awesome...

I'm trying to stay away from buying a portable amp, simply because I don't like to carry around a lot of equipment with me. How are the ER-4's without an amp? I've narrowed my options down to the UE triple.fi 10 Pro's and the Shure SE420's. They are both around the same price, so I'm...

Great suggestions guys! Today I saw a post here that the UE Triple.fi 10's were on sale for $269 on ECost, so I'm seriously contemplating those now, even though they are slightly out of my price range. How do these compare to the SE420's? I'm really having trouble weighing all the variables and...

I'm new to Head-Fi, and I've been researching IEM threads for a few days now and finally decided to post and ask everyone for their invaluable suggestions. =) I owned a pair of Shure E3G's for 2 years until the cord broke. Shure replaced them free of charge with the new "pro" model SCL3...