Good choice!  I ended up getting them as well.  Best On-Ear IMHO.

Version 1.8 for the AS Suite has come out and it makes these cans sound phenomenal (for Bluetooth)!  My listening preference is 180 on Concert Hall with eq being flat.  YMMV, but this thing was designed to be as good as the software and with version 1.8, this thing is very very good.   My only...

Thanks for the feedback. :grinning:

Thanks, will look into that one.

I actually own these (yellow/orange ones).  They don't sound anything like Beats.  They actually sound better.  However, once you turn it up past 65%, they do start to distort a little bit (source being iPhone 5S) but this is without a portable headphone amp (which I am researching for btw).  ...

After a lot of research around here and abroad, it looks like the E17's might be best?  But this is a last resort to get any possible meaningful, factual support for this or any other brand of portable headphone amp.   Thanks all!