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I was set on the IE8s but i hear people mention the RE0s in almost every thread. The two Westones are also apparently very good.
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Oh but you didn't notice the e-Q7, CK10, or the Monster Turbine series, which are hot recently. Just giving some other options to the OP.
As mvw2 stated, first figure out what kind of sound siganture you prefer. In my opinion there is no absolute top sound quality, but there should be one or two, or even more sound signatures which one prefer. From the poll, I speculate that you haven't try much headphones/earphones/IEMs, as FWIR those listed in the poll sound different to each other (different sound signature), so you are not sure what kind of sound signature you prefer, are you? This is just my speculation and if you had a certain particular sound signature you prefer, just ignore my sentence.
Reading what people says here definitely give you some idea on how an IEM would sound, but you won't know how exactly it sounds until you try them. So it is better auditioning first before buying. (That being said, most of my purchase is based on reading here in Head-Fi
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Anyways if you like punchy bass, you can cancel out the RE0. If you like sweet mids, the UM3X should do the job better. In my opinion none of the IEMs in the poll you listed give people unpleasant listening because of bad sound quality, but could make people regretting their purchase because of not liking the sound signature.
EDIT: Don't forget the Panny HJE900 too!