Quote: Originally Posted by Gberg I found a retailer selling the westone UM2 for 250 CAD.. should I be skeptical of this? It seems too good to be true given the prices online. Also, are the UM2s as comfortable as the SE530s? I was really looking to buy shure's top-line product until...

A few days tardy to the party, I'd like to big up Beam Echo in Toronto. I went to buy a pair of UM2's. I was suprised to find that they had every IEM they sold, out and available for you to try - and a big bucket of fresh foams... I thought that was a rarity, and spend my time trying alot of...

Westone UM1's. I use my IEMs everywhere, be it biking, in the library, walking to classes etc - you WILL break them sooner or later, the UM1's at 110$ result in less tears. Comfortable as a 80's couch - I've had SE110s, E2s, E3s etc - the comfort is the sex.

UM1's all the way. SE110 are VERY fragile - I've had Shure replace 'em 3 times now!