Just received my iPhone 6. The Earpods are fantastic. I did a short test (source: iPhone 6, which is really excellent). Apple Earpods vs. Sennheiser 25 and Nocs NS400 Seriously, those are very-very good... Pretty neutral (on the warm side though), very airy, huge soundstage, excellent...

The HD 540 Reference is the Sennheiser flagship of the mid-eighties. Those headphones have a sublime neutral sonic signature, with amazing mids, magical timbre and fantastic imaging. They can easily compete with today's Senns. But the pads and foam discs of my HD 540 were totally worn out and --...