Thanks for the quick reply. I usually have the cord under my shirt, and strap on an arm band. I'm going to have to pre order these. Resistance is futile ... hah.

How are the microphonics on these bad boys? I need a new pair of headphones for running after my wife vacuumed up my R1's.

I had these, and they sounded like utter crap when the volume was turned up. They would distort like crazy, maybe I had a faulty pair, who knows.

So my first reaction to these was, wow, the mids are odd. It sounds like I'm in a tunnel or something. I was very disappointed, almost to the point that I wanted to return them. Maybe I've just gotten used to them, but after using them quite a bit (probably 10 hours or so), they sound much much...

Sup bros. Just put my order in for these. Hoping that they sound as nice as you guys say they do.   Thanks.

Hi guys, I'm a long time lurker, first time poster. I just snagged a pair of the 439's and I gotta tell you, I'm not terribly impressed. I have a set of HTF-600s and comparing these two are kind of disappointing. I have a Yamaha RX-567 receiver, and I was playing some tunes through it and...