I tried them twice in an apple store, they have a quite balanced sound. it sounds better than my ie8 from my ipc, it was quite a pleasure to listen to music with it, but they won't impressed you.
They are well built and lightweight, but a little bit delicate IMO, they are easily get scracthed.
Considered it for ipods use only, I think its worth the price, the price in the US is quite low, they are quite overpriced in Australia, which is 500 AU dollars.