Quote: typical month only has 720hr in it. wear em in your sleep i guess?  

figured i might as well finish this off with my thoughts about the JVC's now that i've had them for a couple weeks.   comfort, fit, and general build do seem very similar to the bose AE2   unfortunately, so does the sound. it's decent, and i'm about to complain about all the 'wrong'...

an "important" friend who is 15 with a money no object budget...   so how do you like working for the mob? haha

after hours of searching an a little good luck, i've ordered the JVC HA-S700   very weird situation though, they had two listing at the same store JVC HA-S700 for 47bux JVC HAS700 for 39bux   two different SKU's but the same UPC's, only the HA-S700 had a pic. i ordered the cheaper...

great suggestions so far. i've got a better chance of finding the JVC or Denon's locally for sure, so i'll be sure to check those out   where are some good places to purchase these from that will ship to canada? i was having some problems finding the v-moda and akg's at any of my 'usual stops'.

hmm, i'll have to have look at those, aside from the panny's i doubt i'll be able to get any kind of hands on experience with them though. never seen those brands locally anywhere.   do you think i'd have to go more expensive, or bigger in order to find the sound i'm looking for?   if i...

hope i haven't scared ppl off. if i need to compromise on some of my wants, well they are wants, not 'needs'.   i've been looking into several from sennheiser: HD280 pro: seems like they need amplification, and will be too accurate to satisfy my bass desire HD202II: same overall form...

ok, first off, i hate both bose and monster as companies. but i enjoy the way the beats solo hd and bose OE sound, oddly enough.   i'm more of a fan of the beats, but would accept either sound performance.   what i'm looking for is not a recommendation of what sounds 'better', but of...