[kameenadesi]

SQ wise

Westone UM1 (amped through pc only - very analytical iem) >

Favorite* RE0 (never tried with a good amp, boostaroo instead) Re0 is amazing unamped through iphone 2g and better than UM1 unamped) >

Klipsch S4 (took very long to burn in) >

Auvio Armatures = Vmoda Bass Freq (really good fun bass all around genre iem) >

Vmoda Faze = Skullcandy Smokin Buds

 

[kameenadesi]

and a question for those who rated RE0 above other top tier iems.... does the RE0 have to be amped to get that higher rank??

 

[Deebo]

From best to worst:

Sennheiser IE8

Klipsch X10i

Westone 3

Shure SE530

Sennheiser IE7

UE Super.Fi 5 EB

UE Super.Fi 4vi

NuForce NE-7M

I think that covers all of the IEM's I've heard but I could be missing one or two. I'll edit this later if I can think of any others.

 

[ericp10]

Sound Qualtiy (best to worst - but not saying the worst is bad for some).

1a. E-Q7
1b. Miles Davis
2. Copper
3. IE8
4. HF5
5a. IE7
5b. Rain
6. N3>N1>Sonias
7. ES530
8. TF10
9. Xears

 

[MightyFine Shindig]

IE8 > RE0 > M11 > UE MF.170 > UE MF.150 > CK100 (CK's really were not my cup of tea...)

 

[2rooi123]

Xears TM1pro
Sony ex700
Playaz n3
Playaz Sonia II
Monster Turbine
Rockford punch plugs
bose ie
Lil Jamz

 

[pinkmoon1972]

Radius DDM
Ortofon EQ7
Shure se530
HJE900
Playaz N1
RE0
PL30
Lear LE01
PL50
Metrofi 220
SE210
Creative ep830

 

[Bennyboy71]

SM3
E-Q7
DDM
CK10
ER4S
ER4P
X5
 
Gotta love all those manly codes. If women were into iems, they'd all be called Puppyz, Rainbowz, Flowerz and Luvz.

 

[patate]

Superb:  RE0 >= Very Good:  RE-ZERO > TF10 > RE252 > Good:  Atrio M5 >= RE2 >= Eterna v1 > Average:  NE-7M > AH-C700 > Poor:  E2C > EP-630

 

[pinkmoon1972]

Quote:

SM3
E-Q7
DDM
CK10
ER4S
ER4P
X5
 
Gotta love all those manly codes. If women were into iems, they'd all be called Puppyz, Rainbowz, Flowerz and Luvz.

No surprise seeing those SMThreez at the top of the list there Bennyboy.Im currently really digging those male er female, um male er female um male harmonies most with the DDM's so I reckon the SM3's can wait a while longer.

 

[Tidus]

JH13 Pro>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Westone UM3x>Triple.fi 10 Pro>Westone 3

 

[Microcuts]

Klipsch S4i > ADDIEM > CX500
 
And maybe soon I can add the Audéo EFP's to the top of the list.

 

[kmhaynes]

Updated list (IEMs only):
 
RE0 >> SCL4 > S4 = CK7 > M9 > NE-7M > SCL3 > CX300II > CX300

 

[kmhaynes]

Quote:

and a question for those who rated RE0 above other top tier iems.... does the RE0 have to be amped to get that higher rank??

Yes & No. 
Yes, because any IEM will sound better if the amp cleans/refines/strengthens/boosts/etc the signal of the source.
No, because even without an amp, the strength of the RE0 can be heard, and that is it's ability to give incredible details very smoothly.

 

[minjae0810]

Hmm so many more than I thought XD
 
this is in my opinion
 
Westone 3 > Sennheiser IE 8 > UE Triple Fi 10 > B&O A8 > Etymotic ER-4S > Jays q-Jays >  UE Super Fi 5 Studio  > New Apple in-ears > UE Super Fi 3 Studio > Apple earbuds > Bose triport in-ears
 
Can a statistician in this forum turn all these data into a comprehensive ranking?
That would be really cool.