LISTEN UP YOU FOOLS! Ultimate Ears TripleFi 10 Noise Isolating Earphones for $100 shipped!

[john dough]

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0019RBJOE/ref=...oding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=441937901&pf_rd_s=right-1&pf_rd_t=701&pf_rd_i=20&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0NT47K5Q289HGKX8C77W

I am sure that there are better in-ear monitors (cost no object) yet for $100, I bought 3 pair (one as a spare, one for my wife). If I don't care for the sound or comfort, I could ebay these for double what I paid for them.

That solved my headphone need. Hopefully I will have these in time for my trip. If not, I am borrowing a pair of Sony MDR-V6s from my brother and will have these when I get back.

[freeradical]

The list price of those earphones is astonishing.

You can get a pair of Stax electrostatics for less here.


http://www.needledoctor.com/Stax-SR-001M...river?sc=2&category=1240

[Carnos Jax]

The 'market value' is pretty high too, as evidenced by fleabay closing prices of +$200.

[volcs0]

I wish I had gotten in on the Ultimate Ears TripleFi 10vi for $99 as the Lightning Deal earlier today...

[Mike Johnson]

I'm in. Thank you, john dough!

[john dough]

freeradical wrote:
The list price of those earphones is astonishing.

You can get a pair of Stax electrostatics for less here.


http://www.needledoctor.com/Stax-SR-001M...river?sc=2&category=1240

But in the $100 range, there are no better headphones than these (I would hazard to say, that you would not get any competition until you get into the $300 range).

I would not pay >$300 or even $200 for these, but for $100, these are a slam dunk. With anything toward the high end of the range, it is diminishing returns*. To get "better" sounding headphones, you will pay more than $500 (I think that is how much the Shure headphones cost).

*I am putting an asterisk here as this is not ALWAYS true: my Swans speakers on my desk sound as good (to me) as professional near-field monitors used in a pro studio costing $4K each (a friend is a recording engineer and I have been in studio during a mixdown and the Tannoys he was using sound no different than my Swans). Best computers speakers I have owned without question.

**UPDATE**

They look to be sold out. Congrats to those who picked up a pair or more. :woot:

[Winston]

Rats. I dawdled. Don't use headphones much, mostly when I travel (and less since my iPod got lost in shipping). Ah, well, that's a c-note I don't have to worry about.


- Winston

[jdc]

i predict that there will be a flood of these on ebay right after xmas...

[Carnos Jax]

For awhile (it's already beginning). But like any flood, it'll ebb...

[rgG]

They also had them for that price today only at Logitech, but they are sold out now.