[Edric Li]

Good IEM's are dreams, but cracked shells are nightmare. As I find myself often keep my IEM together with my heavy DAP in a pocket, I want something durable. I am trying to compile a list, for my own reference, of $1000+ (list price) UIEM's whose shells are made of majority non-acrylic, non-plastic material.

This list is far from complete and I don't expect it ever will be. Please comment what's missing if you can help, and I'll update it.
(Yes, yes I know metal shells are heavy. That's not the point of this list though.)

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64 Audio tia Fourté (2017, aluminum)
64 Audio tia Trió (2017, aluminum)
64 Audio U12t (2017, aluminum)
64 Audio U18t (2017, aluminum)
AKG K3003 (2011, stainless steel)
AKG N5005 (2018, ceramic)
Campfire Audio Andromeda (2016, aluminum)
Campfire Audio Andromeda S (2018, stainless steel)
Campfire Audio Atlas (2018, stainless steel)
Campfire Audio Solaris (2018, ???)
Campfire Audio Vega (2017, liquid alloy metal)
Dita Audio Awesome Truth (2018, T6 aluminum)
Dita Audio The Twins (2018, T6 aluminum)
Dita Audio The Dream (2018, ???)
Dita Audio Brass (2018, untreated brass)
Final Audio FI-BA-SS (2013, stainless steel)
Final Audio FI-BA-SST (2016, stainless steel)
Final Audio Lab I (2014, 64 titanium)
Final Audio Lab II (2017, 64 titanium)
Final Audio Piano Forte IX (2011, stainless steel)
Final Audio Piano Forte IX-T (2017, stainless steel)
Final Audio Piano Forte X-CC (2011, chromium copper, ion plating)
Final Audio Piano Forte X-G (2011, chromium copper, gold plating)
Final Audio Piano Forte X-T-CC (2017, chromium copper, ion plating)
Final Audio Piano Forte X-T-G (2017, chromium copper, gold plating)
Fitear Titan Universal (2018, medical grade titanium)
Fitear Titan Universal Jaben Edition (2019, medical grade titanium)
Hyla Audio Nerva X (2018, Silver)
JH/AK Layla II (2015, titanium)
JH/AK Roxanne II (2015, aluminum + titanium)
JH/AK Angie II (2015, aluminum + titanium)
Noble Audio K10U (2016, aluminum)
Noble Audio Kaiser Encore (2017, aluminum)
Noble Audio Katana (2017, aluminum)
Rhapsodio Eden (2018, silver)
Rhapsodio Galaxy V2 (2017, brass)
Sennheiser IE800 (2012, ceramic)
Sennheiser IE800S (2017, ceramic)
Sony IER-M9 (2018, magnesium)
Sony IER-Z1R (2018, zirconium alloy)
Ultrasone Saphire (2019, aircraft grade aluminum)
Unique Melody Maven (2019, titanium)
Vision Ears Erlkonig (2018, silver)

 

[WhatToChoose]

Noble Audio Kaiser Encore
Noble Audio Katana
64 Audio U12t
64 Audio U18t
64 Audio Tia Trio
64 Audio Tia Fourte

All of the above are aluminum

 

[Edric Li]

Noble Audio Kaiser Encore
Noble Audio Katana
64 Audio U12t
64 Audio U18t
64 Audio Tia Trio
64 Audio Tia Fourte

All of the above are aluminum

Thanks! Updated.

 

[CoryGillmore]

Sony IER-M7 and IER-M9. Both are magnesium shelled..I think..either that or titanium

 

[Edric Li]

Sony IER-M7 and IER-M9. Both are magnesium shelled..I think..either that or titanium

M9 added, thanks. M7's shell is made of resin. Is it fair to consider it more similar to plastic than to metal?

 

[CoryGillmore]

M9 added, thanks. M7's shell is made of resin. Is it fair to consider it more similar to plastic than to metal?

Oh wow didn't know that! Yeah that's definitely fair I would say.

 

[FastAndClean]

Dita audio are made of metal, campfire audio Solaris, Rhapsodio Eden, Rhapsodio Galaxy v2, hyla audio nerva x

 

[davidcotton]

Get a cheap case for £$ 5.00 and stick the iems in that.

 

[jant71]

Wait. DAP cracks plastic earphones but don't metal earphones scratch DAP??

 

[Edric Li]

Dita audio are made of metal, campfire audio Solaris, Rhapsodio Eden, Rhapsodio Galaxy v2, hyla audio nerva x

Thanks! Any idea what metal the dream and the solaris made from?

 

[Edric Li]

Get a cheap case for £$ 5.00 and stick the iems in that.

I got like 10 iem cases but always too lazy to put the iem's in it.

Wait. DAP cracks plastic earphones but don't metal earphones scratch DAP??

MIND = BLOWN

 

[elton7033]

Fitear Titan Universial (2018, Medical grade titanium)
Fitear Titan Universial Jaben Edition(2019, medical grade titanium)

 

[elton7033]

Ultrasone Saphire (2019, aircraft grade aluminum)

 

[Edric Li]

Fitear Titan Universial (2018, Medical grade titanium)
Fitear Titan Universial Jaben Edition(2019, medical grade titanium)

Thx! Updated. Do you have a link to the titan universal? I wasn't aware of the universal version of it.

 

[elton7033]

Thx! Updated. Do you have a link to the titan universal? I wasn't aware of the universal version of it.

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/the-fitear-ciem-impressions-thread.607362/page-349
My unboxing of the 2018 Fitear Titan Universial (note: not the Jaben Network x Fitear Titan Universial 9th anniversary set with creator cable...)
Please refer to Jaben facebook for that one.