Ive heard so much negative talk about these IEMs, I decided to give them an audition from a friend with an Ipod Touch who uses them.  I was actually quite surprised as to how good "I" thought they sounded.  Well, because how good something sounds is subjective.  Anyhow, I thought these sounded...

when I listen to songs by rihanna or songs with a lot of s's in them the voices sound really hissy. I have an xb-40 and generally they have good reviews. So is this normal or do I have a fake pair of buds. The bass on the other hand is better than my Skullcandy FMJ's.

  hey im kyle. Do sony MDR-XB40EX have louder bass that bose tri ports? if not imma save up for a Sony MDR-XB700 :D

Hi everyone. i have been using ue-sf5 pros, Jays-d, SF4vi and Klipsch custom 2's for past 2 years. when I made the jump to sf5s from sony ex85s I have been strictly using armature based speakers with the exception of future sonic atrios that imho sound a bit hollow when switched immediately...

In a insane search for the perfect strong deep bass again in an IEM, I bought the MDR-XB40EX and now it is completely burned-in at about 100 hours. First, it is a pain to use, so it is useless. The comfort is tragic. They are super heavy because of the huge size and the extra metal body that...

Hello Im after song cheapish earphones for around £30/$50, dont know much about earphones so was hoping for some advice :),  I was thinking of a few different pairs.   Soundmagic E10 Soundmagic pl11 MEElectronics M9 Sony MDR-XB41EX brainwav m5   was looking at these, can anyone tell me...

I just recently got my XBA-3's reshelled through inearz who did an amazing job. For the past few months, I have been searching head-fi for the cheapest reshell option and at the time inearz seemed to be the cheapest.   The reshell including cable + return shipping (excluding impressions) was...