I have a soft spot for recording professionals, so I'll give you a little help: (a) we're a snarky bunch, so we say stuff like that all the time, including to each other -- think of it as a cultural difference thing; ( pretty much everyone else here has what can only be considered the opposite of a soft spot for recording professionals, because most recording professionals that we've had experience with on the forums are assholes. So instead of trying to post your own brag sheet, tell us objectively what you think...I'll even get you started -- I have no idea how many hours were on the pair or two I've heard briefly, but my experience with them is that they have some bizarre frequency response with multiple peaks and valleys, almost like a roller coaster. I can see that, once you've gotten used to that bizarreness, they might be appealing, but by no means accurate. So (a) does your experience with them reflect mine? And: ( do the peaks and valleys go away with significant burn-in, or whut? I do believe in burn-in myself, but I am skeptical that they can transform the GS-1000 into anything other than what it is -- a very quirky, eccentric headphone that could appeal to only a fraction of all audiophiles.