I don't know that I deserve them more than any other here...but I know that I would really appreciate them having never had a planar headphone before. That being said I have already been quite lucky this week and won £5 in a packet of crisps so might of used up all my luck! Good luck everyone!

Nope, my apologies for the confusion. I should of typed witha bit more care. Just the standard hd800.

I using the deckard with my hd800. I have to admit the amp does an amazing job of smoothing out the rough edges of the treble. That being said i had to trade out the provided usb cable for a belkin gold one as there was noticable noise when no sound was being outputted. Never put much stock in...

Finally gotten my hd800s. I love them, amzing sound clarity, although they really do punish poor source, almost makes me want to plug in different headphones when listening to a yputube video!

Warranty is my major concern, not that i expect anything to go wrong.  But if it does and the warranty is void for whatever reason then the Senn repair fee will wipe out most of the saving!  Probably still worth it tbh.

Agreed much appreciated on the avclass link, worth some investigation.  My only issue with the ebay purchase is that, according to my understanding anyway, the Sennheiser warranty is global but won't apply to anything purchased from Ebay?

The price increase on the HD800s is strange considering the age and also the respective price drop on the HD700s  In the uk the HD700s can be had for £360 vs the HD800 at £1100.  Used to be a far closer margin.