oops, I didnt realize there was a war in this thread, oh well I'm new here, so hope this opinion helps

I guess you're going through the same route I had 2 weeks ago before I finally bought the westone 3 after owning the SE 530 for a year. PERSONALLY, i use both earphones depending on the music for bassy and rocky music I use the westone 3, as the "thump2" response from this w3 is A LOT...

So, I have the sony NWZ-A829, shure SE530 and Westone 3 to blast my ears. My question is, will it be worth it to upgrade to the sony x series in terms of SQ?, if not, what do you think would be an upgrade from the NWZ-A829? I don't care about interface (would have bought the ipod touch for...