I have been wearing the E500's since they got here - a few hours ago - and they arrived safely, simply because of WAY HUGE packaging nabwong put the actual earphone package in. Great respect goes to nabwong for both this and being a cool dude. He's been great to communicate to and he's just a generally nice guy. The E500's are...Well, damn, my ears hurt, but they dont' sound badly at first glance, thank god.