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This is my view of my experience of getting Ultimate ear monitors. You may agree, you may disagree but I hope you find the information useful
Background
I have seen many tossers use these ever since I got into GSs. Always wanted a set but thought they were too expensive.
Then I found out that Judge does them
So over the last two years, at every event I saw him I would ask him about the monitors and whether they were any good. This drove him mad but was quite fun
What I found out
During those two years of torturing Judge with my endless questions (often repeated in a slightly different way) ... there would appear a fella sitting next to us listening to my torture session. After a while the fella would speak up and says he has
1) given up and left them in the kitchen drawer
2) wear them only occasionally as they hurt
Judge would always offer to help them sort it out by contacting Ultimate ear on their behalf. But most would turn him down and say "forget it".
I didn't get this way of thinking (until recently) but it made me worry about throwing £200 in the bin (which I almost did
)
My experience
Finally at the NEC this year .. with shopping fever I decided to buy a set with 2 part cables. Much to Judge surprise he thought I was winding him
Item arrived very quickly and I was well chuffed.
put them on .. Left ear perfect, right ear not comfortable. Sent photo to Judge and he advice it needs sending back.
He help me book an appointment to go and see a technician. So day booked to goto sidcup. THE SNOW CAME!!
All week at work it was good clear whether then on the Friday, SNOW. Pretty pee'd off and
. Cancel the visit and was about to throw headset into bin (actually did and had to retrieve it about 30 minutes later 
)
Decided to risk getting stuck on motorway and drove down there. Took ages but made it.
It took the technician a minute to reshape the right ear and show me how to fit it properly. Then it took them half and hour to refinish the plugs to make them nice and shiny again.
Got home and started using them. Didn't use the UE 2 part cable at first, just the one I had from my regular headphones. They sounded great! Trips on train/tube was amazing. It blocked out completely the chav noises
Then a couple of days later I listened to a relaxation track that verifies your left and right channel ... omg .. it's the wrong way round. Right hand sound coming out of left monitor
The tried out their 2 part cable .. it was wonky, as in if you move it around the sound level changes from loud to nothing
I can't take this
Drove down to Sidcup again and dropped them off. The arrived back a couple of days ago and are working fine
What I learnt from my experience
Like getting a bespoke suit (not made to measure), you need to get a fitting.
So this is what I recommend you do, if you decide to get the item.
1) Get Judge involved. He will make the experience less painful.
2) MOST IMPORTANT BIT: After you had your ears moulded .. don't get them to mail the finished product to you. GOTO SIDCUP for a final fitting! As my experience shows, when you are there, you can tell them exactly which bit hurts and they will adjust it very quickly.
3) Take your ipod with you and test the cables are working
4) then go home and enjoy a pretty good product
I have used mine everyday since I got them back this week. They are comfortable and produce good sound.
Background
I have seen many tossers use these ever since I got into GSs. Always wanted a set but thought they were too expensive.
Then I found out that Judge does them
So over the last two years, at every event I saw him I would ask him about the monitors and whether they were any good. This drove him mad but was quite fun
What I found out
During those two years of torturing Judge with my endless questions (often repeated in a slightly different way
) ... there would appear a fella sitting next to us listening to my torture session. After a while the fella would speak up and says he has 1) given up and left them in the kitchen drawer
2) wear them only occasionally as they hurt
Judge would always offer to help them sort it out by contacting Ultimate ear on their behalf. But most would turn him down and say "forget it".
I didn't get this way of thinking (until recently) but it made me worry about throwing £200 in the bin (which I almost did
)My experience
Finally at the NEC this year .. with shopping fever I decided to buy a set with 2 part cables. Much to Judge surprise he thought I was winding him
Item arrived very quickly and I was well chuffed.
put them on .. Left ear perfect, right ear not comfortable. Sent photo to Judge and he advice it needs sending back.
He help me book an appointment to go and see a technician. So day booked to goto sidcup. THE SNOW CAME!!
All week at work it was good clear whether then on the Friday, SNOW. Pretty pee'd off and
. Cancel the visit and was about to throw headset into bin (actually did and had to retrieve it about 30 minutes later )Decided to risk getting stuck on motorway and drove down there. Took ages but made it.
It took the technician a minute to reshape the right ear and show me how to fit it properly. Then it took them half and hour to refinish the plugs to make them nice and shiny again.
Got home and started using them. Didn't use the UE 2 part cable at first, just the one I had from my regular headphones. They sounded great! Trips on train/tube was amazing. It blocked out completely the chav noises
Then a couple of days later I listened to a relaxation track that verifies your left and right channel ... omg .. it's the wrong way round. Right hand sound coming out of left monitor
The tried out their 2 part cable .. it was wonky, as in if you move it around the sound level changes from loud to nothing
I can't take this
Drove down to Sidcup again and dropped them off. The arrived back a couple of days ago and are working fine
What I learnt from my experience
Like getting a bespoke suit (not made to measure), you need to get a fitting.
So this is what I recommend you do, if you decide to get the item.
1) Get Judge involved. He will make the experience less painful.
2) MOST IMPORTANT BIT: After you had your ears moulded .. don't get them to mail the finished product to you. GOTO SIDCUP for a final fitting! As my experience shows, when you are there, you can tell them exactly which bit hurts and they will adjust it very quickly.
3) Take your ipod with you and test the cables are working
4) then go home and enjoy a pretty good product
I have used mine everyday since I got them back this week. They are comfortable and produce good sound.
However reason suggests that the negative comments are limited to just a few. Ultimate must surely have sold more than just a few and therefore those negatives must be a very small percentage of those sold. 
