And comparatively, I pre-ordered the e3 from microphonesolutions.com on the 25th of December, for $179 + $35 international shipping, and hadn't received word that they've shipped until today. So I pay more than everyone else and get it later than everyone else. Bah, don't mind me. I'm just...

That's interesting. Before I ordered them, I read every post here: http://joi.typepad.com/weblog/2003/0...e2c_the_b.html And here: http://joi.ito.com/archives/2003/03/...nd_heaven.html And all related posts in this forum and the ipodlounge, about ety's and e2's and other in-ears. And...

Do in-ears really benefit from any burning in? I wouldn't have thought that they did. At least, not in the same way as regular full-size headphones.

Looks like we're in the same boat. I ordered the shure e3's as my first proper head-fi purchase last month. Except Shure don't ship internationally, so I ordered them from microphonesolutions.com Checking the site, I just noticed this updated information: "NEW Shure E3 Earphones (same as Shure...

I know how you feel. I just made my first proper head-fi purchase (pre-ordered the shure e3s last month), and I got a slip of paper in the mail yesterday saying I had a package waiting for me at the post office. But I don't have a car (I won't go into the recent car-destruction we've experienced...