My Shure E2Cs finally bit the dust after a few years of faithful service (and abuse), and I've decided that I can afford a decent upgrade. I'll be using these with my 4G iPod, which is mostly lossless files at this point. The three pairs that seem to be the best value in this range are the...

Quote: Originally Posted by mikechai Excuse me for off-topic... Are you The Baron at b3d? Yup.

Thanks for making it an easy decision, folks. I'll order the 555s sometime this week (unless I can somehow convince my brother to part with his 600s for $120 ).

So, my pair of HD570s (I got them for free, so HD570 bashing is unnecessary ) died after several years (right channel went kaput, and they're definitely out of warranty). I was thinking about replacing them with HD555s, as they seem to be pretty highly regarded for a ~$125 pair of headphones...