to the extent that they represent a trade-off (no bass = no money spent, no comfort = no money spent, etc the list goes on) I'm fine with such statements, trolling or not. but just as I bemoan the prevalence of bad food (GMO corn in everything, whether we're told or not, etc) I bemoan the prevalence of bad sound. and that's why I go to head-fi: not to argue about gadgets as much as to see there are other people, all over the world, who care a bit more