I was actually just looking at Garage1217's Project Solstice. Just doing some reading around headfi I get the feeling the HD 700 really goes better with tubes or hybrids than ss.

  Cool, that suits me just fine. I don't really need two sets of headphones that basically do the same thing. Now that the HD 700's are more in my price range I definitely want to give them a shot.

I listen to broad range, rock/indie stuff mostly. I have been listening to a lot of classical lately and I dabble in hip hop and EDM. As a reference, the bass of the X2 suits me plenty. I don't need anything more. I'm enjoying opening up the soundstage now that I'm getting involved in higher end...

  Since the HD700's are retailing for half what they used to, would you consider them worth looking at currently?

  I have both and I agree with pretty much everything you said, but this most of all. I'm actually going to be selling/trading my HE-400i as soon as my account here is old enough to post them.   The HE-400i are great headphones, but comfort is really big factor for me. I read that these are...

  I have the X2's and love 'em. Definitely keeping them, but I'm also thinking about picking up the HD 700 (even though they seem to get a lot of hate). Sounds like you think they're both worth having?