Senns are the most faked iems on the market mate, I'd be very careful where you get them from.  Prob best to avoid eBay like the plague....

Brilliant - you finally took the plunge eh?   I'm eager to hear your thoughts once they arrive. I reckon you'll love em.....   As for amps, I dunno -  I use the Arrow but thats outside your budget.  Am sure you can get plenty recommendations if you ask same question in portable amp forum...

Quick, buy what you've decided to buy, before you get so many alternative suggestions you tear all your hair out and start crying!

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which is why the only legitimate way to test the differences between components iand verify the veracity of marketing claims is via double blind tests held under controlled circumstances, such as those suggested by this article. Quote:

It's about time too - he was rubbish in those Police Academy films.

Quote: Unfortunately I guess you're right - there are some people out there who are that unbalanced.

what kind of madman would actually want to wear those on their head in public?

RE262.   No idea where you'll get them from, sorry, but they sound ace and should put a smile on your face.

"I'm addicted to placebos. I'd give them up, but it wouldn't make any difference." ~ Steven Wright

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Ah man, I coulda told you that would be the case - if the e-Q5 is anything like the e-Q7 music will sound like it's in a shoebox compared to the SM3.   Quote:

Um, ok, if you say so.  But who are you anyway? And can you prove that?    Mate, you haven't got the first clue about reality, but that's fine because neither have I.  Nor pretty much any scientist.    Yet.   But it will come, and once it's discovered, you will be surprised.  ...

I love this stuff and I love this article - thank you for posting it!

Physicists can't even say what reality is.  Me, I'm all for the holographic universe theory, or at the very least the computer simulation theory.  Beyond that, it's all up for grabs as far as I am concerned.  Except Phil Collins, who is undeniably, quantifiably, qualitatively crap.