so will these make my discman cool again?

Yeah I agree Brian, UE are excellent pair of ear phones. I have a pair and the old cable got snagged and ripped while running. I just ordered up some new cables and it was no problem. I even contacted them about building replacement cables that will be iPhone compatible so i don't have to spend an extra $250.00 on a new pair.

I've decided I want some UE's (which, coincidentally, makes me think of U-turn's).

Do they make women want to perform fellatio to you?

personally i'm dieing for a set of UE's i might be able to swing the cheap (400$) version LOL but god these ue11's are just amazing 4 in 1ear thats amazing! but damn my fiancee will never let me swing 1200$ lol

either way i'm gonna get a creative xmod for inbetween tho :)

@daftrok:
I am not sure they would be worth it even if that was true... I mean I bet they are nice, but think of how much beer you could buy with $1150.

@daftrok: For $1150, they better guarantee it...

At what point are your headphones so nice that no consumer audio on the market is a clean enough source to make a difference? I'm thinking that your random song off iTunes sounds no different in these than a $200 pair.

uhh... In case you guys missed it, these kind of headphones are not usually meant for the consumer market. They're meant for in-ear monitors for live musicians. All the musicians that I've worked with who have had them have loved though. However, most musicians are using Sensaphonics over UE.

Tempting, but at that price point I'll stick with my Shure e500s thank you very much.

Can you say eargasm?

@phantam:

Fiancee? That means there is still time to leave before shelling out $1k for a ring...Ruuuuuun!!!

Good Sounding Music > Female

From a technogeek and scientist standpoint, I'm impressed by these headphones, but from a normal joe-schmoe who has a crappy job, I'm not even caring about this crap because it costs about as much as one month's rent.
This is one of those "look-but-can't-touch" products, and I bet the company is only going to make limited #'s of these. This was made just for "look what we can do" bragging rights...

@phantam: Using an Xmod with $500 headphones? That is really weird.

For $1150, that custom metal case had better be made out of GOLD.

I mean, really... how much of an audible improvement can dual subwoofers make? ['Specially in earphones, where cranking the volume is a great recipe for hearing loss...]

@ideaman2020: actually, in-ear monitors help musicians prevent hearing loss.

by blocking out all the stage noise from amps and monitors, the singer/player/drummer can dial-in only the sounds they need to hear.

considering that in-ear monitors used to cost over $5000, this is a bargain.

I've been biding my time, waiting for the right moment to buy my first pair of UEs. I've read all the reviews, I know they make some really superb products. This pair here today just blow me away. I would totally spend that much money to have some of the most kick ass earbuds out there today. Stupid money, just a few lottos away, just a few more lottos away . . . .

@Tucker: I understand the idea behind in-ear monitors.

1. What's the advantage of having dual woofers? Is it going to be actually audible or just a marketing idea?

2. Unless the singer/player/drummer has their own micro-mixing board, they're not in direct control of the sounds "dialed-in" to their monitors...

3. Super-bass directly injected into your ears is still a great recipe for hearing loss.

@IDEAMAN2020

a1) could be marketing, hard to say
a2) most live venues have dedicated monitor boards for that purpose, and i have also seen some singers that have their own micro-mixer on stage with them.
a3) hearing loss is generally associcated with the amplitude of sound, not the frequency.

While these are great phones, they really aren't meant to be hooked up to your iPod alone. They will be underpowered by the iPod's little amp. They might sound great, but a good headphone amp is necessary to get the most out of them. Try the products from headroom for home listening. Professionals had better use a post-mixer headphone amp with a clean power source. Results could be painful otherwise. These are overkill for a 300 dollar mp3 player and are best suited for reference-level listening from a high-quality source. One is likely to hear defects in recording quality with a good source. They may be too analytical for some listeners. Something can be said for less sensitivity in headphones so close to the eardrum. Really accurate earplugs like these can be too much input. Yes, hearing loss is definitely likely with earplugs this good. More like a guarantee.

Comment on $1150, Quad-Driver, Ultimate Ears UE-11 Pro Headphones I am a sound technition myself, and a regular person I mix for had some UE-11's and he loved them. I think he broke them though...... Ouch! Also have a good mate that I also mix for who uses UE-10's, which are still going strong and he loves them. Some people prefer the UE-10's as they apparently are more 'balanced', but I would agree the UE-11's are superior. I wouldn't recommend these for your iPod. Get some decent Shure's or something... The max you would want to spend on personal listening is around $300, as the files you listen to on your Portable Player can only go so far in quality. If you are a musician though, I would highly recommend them. They are great in giving a high quality accurate sound. @ tucker Usually for people with these in-ears, the people I do some mixing for send either: a) A feed to a mini-mixer which the musician's mix their own custom mix for themselves b) Or we wireless send a feed to the in-ears and create the custom mix on a separate monitor desk.