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I am having Alclair make mine. My ear plugs I had Starkey make. If you were looking at doing a custom mold around an already existing IEM then I would have Starkey or similar do it. As I said on the phone, the first set of Starkey plugs I was given were too hard for me to sleep in. The successive pair much softer. The reality is of course there is almost no science in the process. The molding is super fast and easy. The only science would be placing the driver and opening in the right spot in your inner ear to have the response be reasonable. For this, I would favor a dedicated CIEM manufacturer. Exactly why I was excited that Alclair was local. I bought these: http://alclair.com/product/versa-custom-in-ear-monitor/ with an added microphone for phone calls. By no means did they sound the best out of what they had, but they are easily good enough. I will also add that at first when I put the References in my ear they sounded completely lifeless in the midbass domain. I expected this as it is really how ALL IEM's are in my ears. Without blocking the whole canal, the response in the lows is minimal to non-existent. They had to go and dig out some hearing aid ends that worked out much better. If the low end of the customs end up being weak in comparison they will be fetching me some $$ back. I don't expect that though as if they are truly good at blocking sound they HAVE to be sealed.

On their webpage it has the iPhone 5s 16gb for $249.99 + $50 off and $100 Account Credit. Should only be $100, not $150... They have no good Android options atm price wise. Looking at Swappa for a used Sprint phone (which should work on Boost since they are a subsidiary) there are some other choices (ie, HTC M9 for $215, Galaxy S5 $120, Nexus 5 $160, LG G3 $119, Note 3 $145, HTC M7 $70) but those would then require you use your "credit" for air time instead of a device if that is possible. Used iPhone 5s's are going for $135 btw so you could buy it, sell it and buy something else but that sounds like a pain in ze proverbial ass.

Its a tool, I use all of about 5 apps on my phone outside the phone/text/camera/email functions. If I wouldn't have to put a case on an Iphone to get it to live I'd think about one of them. I like my rugged Kyocera though.

Plane is still loud even with 30dB or so of attenuation....MUCH more pleasant though.

Not sure if there is a thread for this already? if so please let me know, id love to see it! so far i enjoy watching some of "exoabigdeal" videos. hes done some stuff with SSA equipment also. and caraudiofabrication is another good one. and ericthecarguy showtimeSPL prefer channels that explain how things work, to learn about the equipment and that show different neat builds, some that everyday people can do, and sometimes more advanced things being done thats cool to watch for example from exoabigdeal with SSA 15 inch subs. 8 of them.... lol 8! anyone else?

The bottom end naturally gets fatter with a custom. That was my concern on the etymotics but they share the same profile and can be easily swapped with the Shure's if you get a custom mold to hold them.

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Should I leak some production photos of the SSA Evil6.5?