Subscribe to the Frys newsletter, they send promos and often have 1 day sales at $50 of, sometimes even $100 off (I think even as low as $249). I almost bought a second as a backup, but came to my senses before pulling the trigger. Have a bunch of good gear...I'd say 80-90% of the time I'm listening to my Pono (a lot of that is the portable nature of the thing...can bring it to bed, on dog walks, etc. Not chained to the PC or sweet spot in the living room. Both those are better sounding, but I don't miss them using the Pono. And, Got balanced cables for the HE-1000 from Norne, Pono in this set up sounds great (many feel the balanced mode is much of what makes it great...I'd agree, but most of my headphones aren't balanced, still love 'em out of the Pono).