Can it be Yes and Yes and much, much more. Will the Apple AirBud have the equivalent (am I personally going to attend to that) and very much more than that very shortly upon its arrival? But should that stop anyone from buying the 550?

To avoid any connectivity problems with a PC, use the Creative BT-D1 USB dongle. It appears to the system as a sound input rather than a Bluetooth device. My 'phones pair with this widget easily and it is apt-X compliant as well so nothing new is lost.   Gotta wonder if it would also work...

I find that the full on ANC has a negative effect on the timbre of the music. It has a negative effect on something anyway. Full off in a quiet space is flawless. In a space with enough noise to be sub-optimal the mid setting seems to have a pretty significant, if not perfect, quieting effect...

After a three day listening orgy, with much to go before I revisit my whole collection, I will pronounce these the Last Word. I have a broad collection of 'phones at a lot of quality and price levels for acoustic measurement and test research and but these are the first I've encountered that I...

FWIW, and just who the hell am I anyway, my experience is exactly the opposite of yours. I found nirvana here.

Rosmadi, can you get any info at all about the spatial processing that is being done because I assure you it is being done. I had never imagined it could be this good for a common denominator device. The plastic lens between diaphragm and pinnae point of contact (I wish it wouldn't but it is so...

Before you stop wondering how lossless it must become to be lossless to you, use these for a bit. I can't find anything missing at all or any kind of audible masking.

I just watched Avatar listening through these and I won't revise my estimate of them being a canonical device. I was waiting for a 3D HMD suitable for watching it to first see it but couldn't resist. Perfect surround sound stage and perfect timbre, none of its own to speak of.

After a three day listening orgy, with much to go before I revisit my whole collection, I will pronounce these the Last Word. I have a broad collection of 'phones at a lot of quality and price levels for acoustic measurement but and these are the first I've encountered that I will call...

Got 'em. After a three day listening orgy with much to go before I revisit my whole collection I will pronounce these the Last Word. I have a broad collection of 'phones at a lot of quality and price levels for acoustic measurement but and these are the first I've encountered that I will call...

My pair arrived from Amazon just before they became unavailable. I think that Senn figured out that they could sell these for any price and be rated at the top of its peers. They are transformative. The reproduction is perfect by any accepted criteria. It obviously does some kind of DSP spatial...