I know, to expensive but you can buy it and test it in Germany. http://www.music-station.de/index.cf...839,2,0,1,1,10 without forwarding charges ( 6 Euro for cash on delivery). Regards Michael

I have the same problem with my iRiver H120 and the UE Super.fi 5 Pro. A constant quite background noise independent from the playing music and the volume. It goes on if you turn on the player . Regards Michael

Hi Parrothead, i use my UE super.fi 5 Pro (with iRiver H120) only with MP3 (lame -alt preset standard 128-320) or Ogg Vorbis (Level 6). Do not encode your CD's with MP3 128kbit. You will otherwise repent it! Regards Michael

I use since 2 day's the AKG K14P with my MP3-Player and i think these earphones are much better than the KOSS Porta Pro. The bass area is a little bit light but much clearly. The middle (vocals) and the highs are great. The price is 19.-€. Regards Michael