Nice article, but for one thing:
You missed out a company.

In your In-Ear-Canalphone section you should have included the Westone UM2. Here in Germany nearly no one knows Westone, but I thought, that in the US it would be a bit different.

The reason why I'm saying this is because I've tested every single one of those IEMs you mentioned (and more), with the UM2s being my favourites.
As they were originally intended as drummer-IEMs they have a nice but not overly powerful bass. Just enough to compensate the rolled off lower frequency output of most media-players, iPods included (except the iPod classic).
They sound very warm and are far from neutral, but yet very harmonious.
They are far more durable than any of the above mentioned IEMs, canalphones or earbuds. Also they are even more comfortable than the SE530 except for those people who can wear Ultimate Ears better.

Don't get me wrong, your recommendations are good, with the Triple.fi 10pro being the best IEM that I have ever heard but for the fact that I needed earmolds for them to fit comfortably for long peroids of time, but the Westones shouldn't be missing.

BR

You're right, I didn't mean to say that what you wrote was incomplete in general, just that in my opinion those IEMs are worth a mention. Interesting that you couldn't get Westone to give you a review unit, rather uncommon for them. If I lived in the US I'd send you mine for one or two weeks, but over the pond this would take quite some time, and money.

Keep up the good work, I really enjoy your podcasts!

Alex

I would suggest looking at Aliph's new Jawbone. I have the old one, and it is fantastic, and from the reviews i've read the new one is even better.

zgatt:

The MDR-EX71SL aren't true canalphones; they fall under the "canalbuds" category. In the article, I recommended several canalbud models between $40 and $130. The EX71SL are popular, but I personally prefer the V-Moda BassFreq, which have a bass-heavy sound like the EX71SL, but for a lower price.

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vfx2k4:

By headset, I'm assuming you mean stereo headphones with a microphone? Peter Cohen reviewed the Beyerdynamic MMX2 as a gaming headset, but I've been using it for Skype and podcasts and I like it a lot:

http://www.macworld.com/article/133360/2008/05/beyerdynamic_mmx2.html

MaddogMadden:

We'll be doing a roundup of several popular Bluetooth headsets for the iPhone soon. The new Jawbone is definitely better than the original -- mainly in terms of fit and comfort, in my testing -- but there are other models out there that offer very good performance for much less money. But that's a different topic than this article

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Dan Frakes | Senior Editor, Macworld

tmedia1: You can see our roundup of iPhone headsets here:

http://www.macworld.com/article/133445/2008/05/iphoneheadsets.html

We're working on a roundup of several Bluetooth headsets.

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Dan Frakes | Senior Editor, Macworld

I definitely agree with zgatt, that the Sony MDREX71SL canalbuds are the most outstanding value that I've been able to find. I've purchased a ridiculous number of headphones in an effort to find ones I'm happy with, and these are my daily favorites.