I'm an animator at LucasArts... and animation can be just as tedious and longwinded as coding at times =]

I haven't bought another pair since i got mine from Japan, but I'd pay $50 for them again if i lost these. Just finding a comfortable pair of headphones was worth the $ to me, and the fact that they sounded amazingly full bodied for such a tiny driver was a bonus. They sound nothing like those little earbuds that sit in your ear, it's a whole different experience. I'm still pretty amazed by the amount of bass they put out compared to my larger Sony Studio's. I dunno... everyone that has tried them was really impressed, but YMMV.