Well after about 7 hours or so of burn in on them so far here's my thoughts. First of all, they are great looking headphones. The wood body definitely adds a little class which I think is nice. They are tiny though. Maybe about half the size of my denon 452k's.
Right out of the box, it sounds very good. For one thing, I think the bass is very well controlled. On "Wolves at the Door" by Senses Fail, there's a bass drum line right at the beginning. I've never heard a set of headphones that didn't get at least a little sloppy on that line. These didn't. The bass is there when it needs to be and isn't when it doesn't. Midrange is a little odd to me. Female voices sound great but male voices don't. I'm sure that's something that will iron itself out with a few more hours. It already sounds better in this department with 7 hours than it did straight out of the box. Oh and the midrange did sound better with the black tuning tips in but, for me, it was at the expense of the high end, which I guess I prefer since the silver ones are in now. With these in the high end is nice and sparkly. All frequencies are very well controlled and I'm definitely hearing details I didn't notice before. If I had to compare them to my other sets, I'd say that they're most like the Grado SR60i's but they're a little better on the low and high ends and not quite as good in the middle. We'll see how they break in.
That's a quick and dirty little review for ya. For me, they're definitely worth $80.
Edit: the midrange did work itself out after some more burn in. I definitely found myself dreading taking these out as I walked to my car after class on Friday. Best headphones I own at the moment, no regrets here.
