I bought them at the store in US, authorized dealer. I'm sure they're real. They're built and sound like they're supposed to, great. Maybe I'm not used to real leather feel. The only other headphones I had with real leather ear pads are P5 and ath-es9.  My other headphones have pleather and...

I've owned momentum, brown, for like 3 months. The ear pads turned black and are very sticky to the touch (because dye is breaking up?).  I don't care about color but stickiness is annoying me. Any of you had this problem? Will it go away?

ljokerl, are you going to review ath-es88? Wonder how these stack up to top portables on this list, especially when they cost as much as they do right now.  

What are some IEM that can match overall bass of over-ear headphones? I have only had ath-ckm500; although they have good bass, it seems as if subwoofer was off when comparing to full-size headphones such as ath-m50.  Listening to Moby's Extreme Ways is a good example.  Are all IEM have similar...

It's about time!

If you like ambient:

Any drawbacks on those detachable cables?