Seen a few people mentioning a crackling coming out of one chanel or the other. I had a similar problem a few months back. Crackling, moved the tubes around which made the issue better or worse to varying degrees depending on what tube was where. Talked to David, cleaned the tubes off...

Hmm, unfortunately I've not had a chance to listen very widely. I'd recomend the Equation Audio RP-21s as well. The sound's pretty good, as is the isolation (how much sound they block out) and they drive easily off an MP3 player. You could do a lot worse for $100

Hey all, noob member, first post whatever.... This thread and a couple of others has been enough to make me pull the trigger on an SE (and a Keces DA-131, totally anniahlated my motorbike fund) about... ohh... two hours ago. Can't wait for it to turn up, and I'll back up what others here have...