I really, really wanted these. In fact I've been wanting the 600/650 for a while now. With the special e-mail I got to tease this drop, then amount the Philips X1 went for, plus the number of people we all knew would be interested in this, I'm totally shocked at the still high price. I don't consider Philips in Sennheiser's league, but I can't imagine that for (I'm sure) the 100 people who would buy this that we couldn't get a better price.