Nakamur, who said the EX1000 is not really good?
Thanks for your advice, but I only have the EX700 and a Teclast T51 with me, hmmm...
The customer service was a bit annoying last time I was there, they used to have a great bundle for the ck10 in their online store (CK10 + Martini Amp + IC + iDock bundle for $279 SGD), so I sent them some emails to confirm they had it in store, then I arrive there and they said they sold the last ck10 the day before, that it costs $300 something, and that they bought ALL the ck10's from Japan last time so they didn't know when they'd have it in stock again.
After that, I said I was interested in buying a Shure SE210, they had one for demo and it was a fake one, I didn't say it was fake I just said "this sounds strange, is there a model that looks the same? I think I'm confused" so then they gave me the Shure SE425, it sounded exactly the same as the Shure SE210, another fake demo unit! So I just bought a stupid Hippo mp3 player and left.
Later, I demo'ed a REAL Shure SE425 and Shure SE535 at Singapore airport, much better customer service there =)
As for Sony EX1000, maybe you can demo it at Sonystyle, sim lim square? The sales staff were pretty nice to me there, last time I was there they had the EX300, EX500 and EX700 for demo (but she looked scared to let someone demo the EX700, Lol) as well as the XB700 and some noise-cancelling stuff. He offered me a nice discount on the EX500 (they get commission and can remove their commission to give you a discount) anyway he recommended the E888 to me and I bought it and that was one of the best earphones I've ever bought.
Funny continuation of my story, when I'm back at Singapore airport again demo'ing the Shure SE210 again, I really wanted to buy it but they didn't have any left and wouldn't sell the demo unit to me, and then the sales rep tells me "you know, all these new IEM's aren't very good, there used to be a Sony earphone made in Japan, very comfortable and clear sound, I had it years ago" and then I show him the E888 and say "this one?" and he says "yeah that one!" and I let him try it and he tells me "oh this is the made in Thailand model, but it's very good" LOL.