okay, I'm consdering either getting a fiio e5  (possibley with a LOD cable) or a fii0 e1.   head phones I'm looking to amp is a pair of JH 5 pros   I've read that over all the e1 is a bit better than the e5, but I also do a fair amount of listening on my laptop. My other main source, as...

well first off.... *contended sigh* for some unknown reason I took a longish hiatus from this forum, from shortly after they re-did them (which I am still lost in the new format...).   But anyways, I some how talked JH audio into letting me have a review sample of JH 5 and I finally have...

Quote:     I also have to thank you for this, its been a long time since I've seen something like this (ASCI, right?) and brought a smile to my face, and a shudder to my spine... it almost makes me miss the WoW off-topic forums...  

ahhhh.... I'm to late :(   its been a long time since I've gotten to feed a possible troll   but I agree its time for this thread to end since people seem to talking about different things, and I'm now confused as to what the OP even wanted but to my understanding he wanted to know why...

your ears might have hurt because you where using a tip to big for your ears, so you might want to try playing around with different tip sizes. The body of the IEM might also have been rubbing agianst your ear in some place, so you might want to play around with the placement to. The soreness...

Quote: ya, from what I heard the SKs also have pretty bad quality. Just that said my orginal post because it seems to be a pretty common habit ;)

oh, and just as an FYI your SK might have been breaking because you where being rough on them (wrapping around mp3 player, shoving in pockets, etc). so what ever you end up getting make sure to use the case they come with, or buy one if they don't come with one; and treat those wires nicely ;)

Quote: actually to derail the thread for a bit; depending on the genre/band you're looking for it isn't that hard to find flac files for download   *shifty eyes*   unless of course you use limewire, in which case you deserve lowest bit rate mp3s possible.

what kind of rock would be helpful to know (classic, prog,post, punk, hard....) Also what kind of sound are looking for? How important is SQ, comfort, isolation, etc to you?

Just gave the first song on the album a quick listen through my laptop speakers, doesn't seem to bad ;)   Currently downloading the flac file of their album, should be able to listen to it tommorow or friday.     I may or may not have more to comment on then      P.S. this is my...

Quote: Originally Posted by Young Spade Haha I knew it was forte. I am really lacking sleep and I have a full week of school coming up :/ and so do I :P no excuses /once again tries to put the thread back on its rails wilst apologzing to the OP

Quote: Originally Posted by Young Spade Of course buds aren't my for-te(I know that's wrong lol) but the PK2/3 OK2/3s Sennheiser buds can be used straight out of the HO jack. /thread de-rail you almost had it right, assuming you're going for the french it would just be forte...

Quote: Originally Posted by Kunlun Hi, I think there is some confusion. In order to get pregnant, your wife will need not walking, but rather sexual intercourse. The Klipsch S4i could still be used during this activity, I suppose. I think this is the appropriate smiley for the topic...

Don't smile wide? :P But I don't think there is much you can do to avoid this, since smiling, and more so for wide smiles, shift around the ear canals which is what breaks the seal; though I'd think you wouldn't have to reinsert every time, and that the seal would come back (but I'm not sure...

nice review Though think we could get a picture with them in-ear? Even though they are labeled as half in-ear my mind still doesn't want to wrap around even half of those things going in a an ear/the other half not falling out of the ear. Though my brain just might be frazzled from school...

I'm curious why did you rule out the M6? Cable noise isn't an issue as long as you get a newer model, and the comfort is pretty good once you get the fit right, probably be better if you took out the memory wire (though the newer(er) models might be better with the new stainless steel wire for...

Quote: Originally Posted by Totally Dubbed There goes the english... I though thou shall smite thee was right...hmmm oh well :P If you voted for other meat. I shall eat you, with chicken on the side of course! I couldn't make sense of it either :P I think you want: I...

Quote: Originally Posted by btsgreg Thanks for the suggestions, everyone! I knew there was a much better alternative to Apple's junk. I'm not entirely thrilled by the M9s in-ear style. It seems like those always fall out of my ears. Any recommendations for something that rests in...

Quote: Originally Posted by nycdoi OtterBox 1000 // OtterBox.com otter is your friend? heh, I don't think most people want to carry something that big/bulky around with them. Since I haven't seen any size comparison pics of them, I can't tell exactly how big they are, but...

Quote: Originally Posted by ethan961 You aren't supposed to have a PayPal account until you are 18.. supposed to PayPal currently thinks I'm 22 :P My parents were the same, now I have a job, a business, and my own PayPal account. They don't worry anymore at all. huh, really...

<very long string of curse words> I just tried to listen to this song through my laptop speakers, and shut the window in less than 13 seconds. I have some tolerance for this kind of stuff, hell some of the songs I listen use white noise/static at points in the song (not very often, only one...

I have the Im-590, listening to similar music as you, and I really like them. I don't have them in my ears right now so I can't say anything specific right now, but there are a couple of good reviews of them floating around. and even though you don't care about accessories, the Im-590 comes...

any recommendations for the pacific northwest, Washington State? More specifically around Vancouver, Portland, Tacoma, etc. I'm relatively close to all those cities, 1-2 hours away. the more north of Vancouver, the better; and the more south from Tacoma, the better. So far every place I've...

Quote: Originally Posted by jddesigned OK folks if I was to start my hunt the IEM route would I need to drop the big bucks as experimentation or are there cheaper alternatives to start with. For instance would trying something like MEElectronics M6 or M9 series be a good starting point...

Quote: Originally Posted by skev13 Tried it all. I've owned quite a few IEM's over my time. I do hear the driver pop back after inserting, and it is noticable that the right driver is not matched with the left. (soundstage sounds shifted towards the left). I tried them under the...