Oh, indeed I plan on giving this combo a red hot go before I consider upgrading!   It's been a while since I've been able to sit and chill to some music in my spare time (I find it difficult to work with music or any sort of audio playing) so I plan on enjoying the journey :)   I'll wade...

I'm new to Head-Fi as well and the Fostex TH-X00 headphones in mahogany are going to be my first quality pair of headphones.   The best headphones I have prior to these arriving have been the Panasonic RP-HC700 headphones which I managed to get for nothing a few years ago. I'll be interested...

Yeah, it depends on the drop.   Another example are the Fostex TH-X00 headphones also on Massdrop. The purpleheart version won't ship until perhaps August while the last drop of the mahogany version is currently shipping now.   Another drop of the mahogany TH-X00 might go up again soon given...