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lazymonday
08-07-2008, 12:39 PM
Anyone have experiences with these guys and their IEMs ? They have caused quite a stir over at head-fi.org and they're very intriguing to me as well.

http://www.freqonline.com/freqshow.htm

It's a custom IEM with 3 armatures, 3-way passive crossover, and detachable cables. You can have custom artwork and their turn around time seems reasonable at around 10-15 business days (give or take, that was the general consensus I found browsing for a couple hours).

These seem to have an impressive array of stats that comes close to what the UE-11s offer but at a much better deal. Anyway, I'm thinking about picking up a pair very soon.

or... be more reasonable and get Ultimate Ears Triple.Fis.
jrm
08-07-2008, 01:33 PM
If youa re considering Triple Drivers, take a look at the Westone ES3. I have them and love them!
lazymonday
08-07-2008, 02:45 PM
How much did you get your Westones for? Last I heard they were around $800 right?
jrm
08-08-2008, 09:15 AM
Yep, that's about right...
TimH
08-08-2008, 10:07 AM
wow those are A LOT less expensive than UE's. Doesn't anyone have these? Do they sound good?
lazymonday
08-08-2008, 06:06 PM
The audiologist where I wanted to get my impressions just closed down until September. Grr! Anyway I'm seriously thinking about jumping on these and from what I've read at head-fi.org they are some serious IEMs.

It's either these or the dual-driver Livewires which have rotating detachable cables (neat touch). Those run about the same price as the dual driver FreQs.

Oh in case you guys don't want to jump sites to check it out, we're talking triple driver CUSTOM fit IEMs for $349 and dual driver customs for $249 respectively. Massive deals here and I heard they use the same quality armatures as the other companies.

I'll PM ya if I get a pair TimH. I have a Axe FX too... the sole reason why I'm not going to continue using my subpar E2s.
Guitarplayerdan
08-08-2008, 09:04 PM
http://www.livewiresforyou.com/ Alot of people I play with use these. I would get them if I had the dough. There relativly inexspensive for custom iem. I can't say how they sound but the guy I play with said there night and day with the shures I have to use.