Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Here's the review I did in May 2008: "5 Stars "After trying Shure, Koss, Sony, these are the best "They are light. They fit my ear (no other in-the-ear model fits my ear). They don't fall out. They do a good job in blocking external sounds. They are compact. For the size, sound quality is excellent. While active sound blocking systems (such as Bose) will do a better job blocking sound, the trade-off in bulk is just not worth it. These are expensive, but they cost less than all the money I spent on other models that fell short of the mark." Here's what I am saying now: After a few months of use, the rubber from the cord to the earphone split on both earphones. I wrote Klipsch and they told me to return to dealer. Hoping that this was a one-time event, I went through the hassle of returning. SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. This is too costly to keep doing this, so I recommend STAY AWAY. Good sound not worth the falling apart. I would have expected that Klipsch would have asked me to look at the problem so they could fix it (wouldn't you if you were interested in quality control?). But, no, just asked to return to dealer.