Okay, I can confidently say that I am the last recipient of these earphones from this sale, having received them today. From start to finish, it took 31 days, an unbelievably long time, to get me these earphones. It is doubtful that I will buy from buy.com ever again, although the customer support people were quick in issuing a claim when I told them the problem, and actually spoke unaccented English. Anyhow, when I first listened to them straight from my iBook, I could tell that these were a tier above my SF3s. I'm trying to save some money for a car, but I might have to get Moon Audio to de-pod my im716s.