Thank you very much!
As for the Aquila and what I value in sound, it can be tricky because a lot of these on the list can be polar opposites from one another because, with the right type of music, the Chaconne are still on top of this list (for instance). The Caelum and the Aquila (as another example) aren't really even similar in their presentation. This list is so close because it really depends on which I tend to pick up more often. @Ronion once put it perfectly; "My favorite is the ones that are currently in my ears".
Those plastic cases are leftover from a job I used to work. I do HVAC temperature controls programming. These cases came from a company called Aircuity, which would hand out memory sticks that had their software installed on them to each customer. For those that were given to me, I kept the cases for just something similar. I find them to be perfect for something like earbuds. I only wish I could get more of them. Maybe I will try and search the internet for them (something I actually had not considered before).
