I can agree with that. Been a customer since 2006, maybe thats why I got a good price for the X2?
Hmm I remember I paid 80 bucks for my pair of SHP9500 and I rarely used them lol. Need to buy a second pair to mod them since they are kind of bright out of the box. Not a bad thing but for long listening periods, the highs get me fatigued and wont stand more than 1 hour listening to them. I use to use them for competitive gaming, especially when I squad up with friends. But ever since I got the K7XX and the X2.....I seem to have not gone back to them.
I would still hghly recommend them to anyone, even to those that have more expensive headphones. You can think of them as your spare headphone, just like i have the koss ksc75 lol....they are still dangling on my wall.