you can get them from $115-200 on ebay. the first sellers are outrageous with the pricing. I wouldn't buy them for $100, even though they do found fantastic like you said, because there's more confortable better options now.
Ah yes. The Monster IEM golden years. I don't think there another iem that can top the Miles Trumpet and Tribute packaging and contents. I must have used the infamous "life time warranty" half a dozen times with the Tributes and Coppers. Good old days.
I remember when the Copper's were one of the MUST HAVE'S and were hotter than hell in audio. Especially here. they ranked really high on joker's list. Then Beats fired Monster and kept the trademarks for all those earphones and headphones they created as a competitor while they were making Beats, which included the Turbines and Tributes. Those post-Beats followups never hit like the Turbines.
This thread made me go out and buy me a new pair of Sennheiser CX300II's! I was freaking out because of all the reports of FAKES out there. I took a flyer on eardio.com and they sold me an authentic pair. Went through all the checks, spelling errors, red flags, and the box even had the Sennheiser verification code. They even sent me a Sennheiser bear as a gift! They sound great and this is OOTB. The detail retrieval is a little better than i remember, and i used my old pair from 2008-2012 faithfully. The soundstage is excellent, as is the treble and the mids are just a tad recessed. The bass has that bump and thump without being too overbearing, which is just how i remember them. I'm enjoying the fun sound, while i await my mofo's!
|Joker| list was the iem bible. I bought the Phonack PFE232 and Earsonics SM3 based on his excellent reviews. Anybody know what happened to him? I assume he and Average_Joe left the hobby. They were the iem review pioneers.
you can get them from $115-200 on ebay. the first sellers are outrageous with the pricing. I wouldn't buy them for $100, even though they do found fantastic like you said, because there's more confortable better options now.
I recall fakes or terribly sounding counterfeits abound with Monster iems. I wish I never sold the first edition Tributes that were made with the metal housing before Monster changed to plastic.
Just can't beat the sound of a good dynamic. all these BA highs are just so artificial. Now i'm starting to rememer why i stuck with the CX300II for so many years. the timbre and treble are so natural sounding. not splashy or shrill, but controlled and real sounding. these were counterfeited more than almost any other earphone for a reason. they scale very nicely with my amp, which is a much better amp than the fiio clip i used back then with the Senns, and for an old old OLD phone, they are actually better than the Moondrop Crescents, and almost as good as the KXXS and IE40 pro, only losing out in detail retrieval and imaging, but everything else, they are right there, including better treble and timbre. For reals. For the fraction of the price.
I'm currently listening to my Ultimate Ears Triple Fi 10's through my new Sony NW-A55 Walkman and they still sound utterly superb. I do have a couple of IEM's in my collection which can match the UE's in certain areas but none that actually sound 'better'. Very impressed with the new Fiio FD1 and the ibasso IT00's - but they're not better.
Reading through this thread has brought back some memories of both my historical equipment and kit I always lusted after but never got round to buying or simply couldn't afford.
Some of my historical stuff:-
Sony MDR-888 - Sony R90 Mini Disc - Sony MZ-1 Mini Disc - Creative Nomad Jukebox 3 (best sounding MP3 player I have ever heard) - Shure e500 IEM - iPod (2nd generation - 20gb) - Logik DM-101/Linn Basik LVX/Nagioka MP11 Boron - Sony D-Z555 Discman - Sony D-350 Discman - honestly the list could go on all day.
Some of the stuff I lusted after but never owed:-
Linn Sondek LP-12 - Sennheiser HD600 - Stax stuff - Townshend Rock Reference Turntable (actually tried one of the original prototypes for a few days - stunning Turntable but had too many faults) - Quad Electrostatics - Crimson Pre/Power Amps - again, the list could go on for a long time.
Good sound is good sound. Whilst technology has definitely improved - especially when it comes to the electronics - there's still something to be said for some vintage kit. If I won the lottery I would definitely have an analogue-based system (as well as digital of course) in my dedicated listening room (in my modest mansion) but I can't help thinking that I'd still end up listening to the 'easier' digital stuff most of the time. Idleness is also universal.
i agree. though i don't have the TF10's anymore, as i mentioned in a previous post, i still have the UE700 and UE900s, and both are fun to listen to, and still very technical despite the advancements in audio over the past few years. currently I've been non-stop with my CX300II and my amp. I also have that Sony DAP. I love the Sony house sound and i've had a trusted Sony DAP in my collection since 2009.
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