Is this before or after burn in?

The first L1 I owned had about 200 hours of burn-in. It didn't effect anything.

Nice review, I had a quick listen to these from an iPod in a quiet corner of a department store and I echo most of your thoughts from what I remember, they were a disappointment.

Glad to hear that I'm not the only one being disappointed by the L1.

Good review! Wonderfully designed and comfortable, but offer a disappointingly restrained and veiled sound. Instrument separation is quite poor and some instruments are not audible. Lacking sub-bass. I'm astonished at some of the rave reviews these get in terms of sound.

Thank you for the review I will definetely steer away from it!!!!

looking for great mids solid bass and good detail in this price range. any recommendations. have you heard the ue 6000. just sent these back. They sounded okay but not detailed. I did like how they werent fatiguing though.