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Sleek-Audio's much anticipated Custom earphones are put to the test, pitted against the usual suspects in the in-ear arena. These new Custom in-ears can be customized in any thinkable way, right from the frequency response, to the color and artwork on the shell.

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Wow, $300 for a set of earphones. Not to mention the molds and shipping. These better have a lifetime warranty, full replacement at no cost to you policy, and the best sound quality ever.
 
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I got to say I was tickled by this review... was very good - hard to give write objectively about something so subjective, but you did it.

I never even knew that such things were for sale. Wish you had a picture of them in use :) The TPU logo was a nice touch.
 
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mlee49 said:
Wow, $300 for a set of earphones. Not to mention the molds and shipping. These better have a lifetime warranty, full replacement at no cost to you policy, and the best sound quality ever.
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I've seen headphones that cost >$600, granted they weren't in-ears.
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I got to say I was tickled by this review... was very good - hard to give write objectively about something so subjective, but you did it.
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+1 :toast:
 
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I am glad you guys found the review useful. Headphones can cost from anywhere under $10 to well over $1000 excluding, amplifiers, cables and so on.

Agreed $300 is expensive, but not all that bad loads of universal fit in-ears retail for way more than that and have a hard time keeping up with the Sleeks in terms of sound quality. And I will see if I can get around to doing a picture of them in use.
 
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Here is a picture of them in use.

 
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Oh heck yea, you think the price on those bad, look at UE custom earphones oh man those things are boatloads of cash.
 
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that looks like a pretty crisp image you have there, what camera do you use?
 
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I have a Nikon D80 and then some different lenses. That particular one is taken with a 50 mm F/1.8 @ F/5 or something like that. Plus a SB-600 flash. And it is not a particularly good image because I was using it on self timer and had no idea about what it focused on.
 
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Wow, the perfect fit and the way the cable is makes those look incredibly small!
 
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