Free headphones can be ordered now (Update: Approvals Coming In Now)

[silkyms3]

So I finally received them yesterday after submitting on 11/5, was eager to try them from the buildup on this thread. While I was waiting, I bought and tried the following buds:
Westone W30 $399
1more Triple Driver $89
1more Piston Classic $18
Shure SE215m $119
Also tried friend's custom UE 18Pro at $1200+ but won't comment on them since it was too short of a session to form an opinion.

First of all, I am surprised at how little bass there are in these so called IEMs. And I'm not the type that likes bass that much. Second, there isn't a big sound quality delta between $18 and $400 ones, probably due to size and weight constraint that these require. It's like asking a speaker engineer to design a system with deep bass with single 5" woofer in a 12"x8"x8" box.

That being said the B&O has the most bass out of the ones I've tried, equal to the Pistons. The vocals and mids are clear but sound distant, so the impression is that volume is low. The Shures by comparison has slightly less bass but much stronger vocals. Additional drivers that Triple and W30 adds better separation and clarity to certain sections of music of certain types, but can't justify the cost as in W30s.

So the B&O are certainly better than the free buds that come with most phones, but I would rate them worst overall in the group. I will likely keep the Shure due to combination of comfort and sound and return or sell the rest.

 

[jlphotog]

One of the conditions to getting in on this promotion was you must be a resident of the USA. I am not, however, I found a way around that. There is a company in NY State that allows us North of the border to have parcels delivered to them and then they will forward it to us, for a small fee. So I registered with them and then submitted my info to LG to get these headphones.

I did this on December 4th. On December 8th I got an email saying my request had been rejected. I assumed it was because the address on the invoice was in Canada. That was not the reason. They said my bill of sale did not show a purchase date. So I pulled out the bill again and saw that it had not only an order date but also and invoice date. So I circled them both in red and resubmitted on the 8th. On the 13th I got an email saying my request had been approved and then later that day saying the earphones had been shipped. They arrived in NY today and will be shipped to me from there tomorrow.

 

[recDNA]

Promotion over right?

 

[vasekvi]

Promotion over right?

Yes

 

[recDNA]

Finally bought mine tonight.