Westone ES5 Custom In-Ears Headphones Review

Today we will be taking a good and hard look at the Westone ES5 custom earphones. The ES prefix means that the earphones are apart of Westone's EliteSeries line-up which are constructed for musicians and audiophiles alike.

Westone is currently the only in-ear company that offers a hybrid shell design with a hard acrylic housing and a semi soft vinyl tip. This interesting combination allows for a better overall fit due to the fact that the nozzle part of the in-ear can deform with your ear canals. It may come as a surprise to many but the shape of your ear canals changes quite a bit depending on jaw position, thus affecting the quality of the acoustic seal. With a deformable canal piece the seal should be more uniform regardless of jaw position.

Like all the other high end in-ear manufacturers Westone offer different kinds of customization options in terms of appearance. The earphones we received for this review were made with their new ES Exotics faceplate. This is a $125 option for those that want a rad looking set of in-ears. For $95 Westone will print your own custom graphics on the face plates, which is a fair asking price... techPowerUp

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