Okay.....I got my vibes....this is gonna be a sucky review to a bunch of audio slaves...pardon the pun...but here goes:
The only reason I came here was for someone to help me pick out my first pair of IEM's...I didn't care if they were right or wrong in their choice. I knew absolutely nothing about them...I just wanted someone to make the choice for me as I had no clue...
So...I read Ply's review...I read EVERY post in this thread....
It looked like 1000 pro's vs maybe 20 con's ...no...I didn't do the math....and yes, I know there is at least 2 different "manufacturing versions" of these canal phones...and yes...I AM ONLY COMPARING THESE TO THE STOCK IPOD BUDS
So I bought them....2 pairs....the gunmetals for me, the mocha's for the wife.
They came, I plugged, and I played...
There was some adjusting...I read where people were disappointed because they thought they sounded to "tinney" or "overpowering" on bass...
My initial thought was when I first plugged...."Way too tinney..." but I knew from all the post in this thread that position and fit were essential...so I changed the small fittings to medium....WHOA. TOO MUCH BASS! What??
I realized that I have tard ears! The right took a small the left a medium and BAM....I was FLOORED!!! F L O O R E D!!!!
I don't know how to describe it....it sounded like maybe kicking an angel in the nuts...the lows, the mids, the highs...the crispness..like snapping a nice asparagus, the crunch of tearing a head of fresh lettuce in half, the sizzle of searing that perfect piece of meat when it hits that red hot wok (yeah...I'm a foodie and a chef)..AMAZING!
People that have a problem with too much treble or too much bass NEED to try mixing up the fittings.
Here's a pic of my rig....
Also..as many stated..I was not happy with the plug...I prefer a 90 degree to straight..and as mentioned by others, too difficult to remove because its so smooth....
Val should put that "diamond cut" knurled effect around the middle of the plug for grip, perhaps in a different color for the bling..... I did the Warrior05 mod with heat shrink, which worked fine, but even with 1/4" of the heatshrink on the wire it still did not support the wire. So I modded Warriors mod with a spring from a ball point pen...it works absolutely perfect and looks pretty good
too...
the wife wants hers done too.....but she want a "gold" spring instead....
Well LA DE DA!
Oh....and I just bought 3 more pairs for my daughters....take that vibe haters.
I listen to these on my 30g Ipod 5.5 video with the EQ on Acoustic....it really enhances the sound....