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Sure, all I was saying is that despite the hype there are options at the same price (which I listed) that can be favoured to the fxd-80, where i think its out of hand is peoples expectations, especially in regard to the 40's, you may be getting great sound in what you have heard before but the fact is it is still middling (great for the price yes, but by no means exceptional like is being toted around here).
I would categorize as follows
fx101. GREAT - for specific purpose of thumping bass phone and price even when comparing to atrio's
fx-40. OK - middle of the road sound, at a great price, can compete with phones up to 20 or so dollars more but not higher.
fxd-80. Good - Not great, not giant killer, bested by many within its price range but still good sounding. (price is slightly lower then when i purchased so value may have gone up but not rank.)
Its great if you are comming from cheapos like me and a bunch of other guys that have the same background of cheapos.
i dont think nobody here, at least of the pages i have read, have stated that they are the best thing on the planet or exeptional. in my case, i ALWAYS make it clear that for
me, comming from cheapos the fx40 is great and better than anything on there price range, thats 20 under, i , like a bunch of others have the opinion that they are better than the Fx101. but thats another discussion. my point is, if you are comming from cheapos, and you budget are cheapos and thats all you got on you pocket the Fx40 is a great for the price.
Whe could argue that for 10 dolars more there are better iems.. but whe could go on and on, i could pay 30 for the Grados99 then some would say "dude, why settle for middle sound, pay 40 more and buy "insert model here".. in the end, there is always something better with more money on you hand.... its like buying a car, if your budget is only 25k and the best car you could get is a Honda Civic, yea.. it will be great, exeptional at that price range and for what it is... the problem would be if the owner of the civic is raving that its better than a Lambo or a Ferrari. Again, i havent read, so far noboday stating that the Fx40 is a giant killer.
i find the 3580 better than the Fx101, but thats my opinion.. not a fact. In my opinion the FX40 is better than the 3580 and the Fx101, but again, thats my opinion and thats the reason of this forum. i even stated that 7.2 points from joker is not bad at all. whe all now that there are better iems .. but that would be like writing on the 8320 thread to better save more money and buy some customs or W4 or whatever model and dont settle for that sound when there are better iems at the market, whe all know that, its not something new. but if you only have 9 dolars for an iem, why not? whats the problem? are they great or giant killers? no... whe all know that, the point is that they are better for what you pay, thats the point of all of this.
yes, in my case, i could buy a Westone or a GR06 or 01 and dont even bother with all these cheapos, but i am doing this for the fun, starting from the cheapos to move up to the better ones, its about the journey, the fun of doing it for me.
Thats why i apreciate what people like DSnuts , JOE with the 3580 and a bunch of otheres do, bringing all these cheapos (others not so cheap) so whe can have some fun and an option to those that dont want to spend more money , dont have the money or people like me that just want to have fun with all these cheapos.
just giving my opinion, i have no bad intentions here.
there are just so many options out there that it isn't even funny 
