let's keep this short, simple and sweet-just like the earphones being reviewed.   Why are these things so good?? could it be the superb balance between lows, mids and highs? or the excellent isolation, that lets you enjoy your music at lower volumes while not skipping any of the details?? Are they deserving of the near-legendary status that has kept these phones relevant in today's $1000 dollar IEM world??   Let's talk about our worst fears regarding the ER-4PT - the alleged lack of bass, the lifted treble, the 'boring, analytic signature'. All...

Paid a small fortune to get these. went shopping for a Squeezebox, and ended up buying both. My Point Of Reference is the HD600 - post 20 hours, here are my impressions>     Frequency Response - on par with the HD600 - the only caveat being the presentation of the bass. It seems to DOES go lower, but not as much in Quantity as the HD600 - Listening to Eric Clapton Unplugged, the Presentation is warmer on the Sennheiser, but Warmth and Extension are two Different Concepts - Some music requires Warmth, Some Music Asks for Extension. As for me, I...

Waltzing through a mall the other day, I moseyed into a JBL (part of the Harman-Kardon evil Empire) Brand Store, just to kill time - when I saw an AKG display in a forgotten corner. They were having a Sale to clear off old stock, and this was easily the best deal out of all the other 'phones on offer.   It seems these Cans were made with Mobile Phones in mind, because they work so well with my Milestone(DROID to you Yanks) that I have since stopped carrying my Cowon D2 everywhere. Using PowerAMP from the Android Marketplace, I can play FLAC off...