I'm taking the plunge
I contacted Suyama by email yesterday (his written English is not bad at all). I'll go by his shop with my e500s early next week. I'm pretty excited about this. I have both the UE-10 Pros and the e500s and, frankly, have been most impressed with the e500s. The UE-10s are more comfortable (no surprise here) and are a bit cleaner sounding but the stock e500s are surprisingly close in sound (certainly for the $) and are a bit more fun when I switch away from classical and jazz.
Portable music has become pretty important to me since moving to Japan (the iPod is a great excuse as to why I can't understand what the cab driver is saying).
I'll let folks know how the new and improved e500s stack up against the UE-10 Pros as soon as I get them back.
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