Too much bashing going on, I really feel the need to make a point I'm not sure most people realize.  I'm going to make this a bit of a story, don't hate me.   It wasn't very long ago at all, where I would bet you 50% of the headphones being used in north america were the buds that came with...

EDIT: got my anwser, nevermind.   This is mentioned as a gift on the hifiman.us website but not mentioned on the head-direct.com site.   Do they come with a Fiio E3?  I searched everywhere but can't find an answer, so I'll post it here.

It's taken awhile, but I'm actually ready to buy a set of decent phones now.  I'm fairly sure that the HD555 are going to be what I want, but I would like a little bit of advice about this.   I mainly listen to forms of rock (just about every form), but also dabble in trance, pop, rap, hip...

Well my headphones aren't exactly high end, so I always figured this was just a flaw in the headphone.  Anything under about 60hz is near-inaudible, and 60-80 is very quiet.   My headphones are being run into a cheap creative 5.1 speaker set (~$50 used 7 years ago), I have no idea if it...