bought these in haste for $55 after losing my perfectly adequate koss porta-pros (which i think cost me whole $25 when the aussie dollar had value). I assumed that $100 RRP from a reputable brand must be a decent thing. so disappointed.  If these were $20 perhaps i wouldn't be quite so harsh, but...   If you like to hear your music through a woolen balaclava, these are for you. no amount of EQ can fix them. Boosting upper mids or highs to compensate for the "everyone wants Beats" low skew just shows up how cheap and nasty these 40mm drivers must...