So I had the strange quite left ear issue that others have mentioned. It was interesting because I was listening to a bunch of youtube songs on the computer on different tabs and it was one particular video that I brought up which made this effect (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=S0qjK3TWZE8)
EDIT: I'm interested if others with the VC1000 have the left ear as super low volume on the link above.
This issue has not presented itself for me in any other media and I have not had ANY issues with the headphones since I purchased them a few months back. Still in love with them.