I guess you're right, but no one has taken the plunge here locally so i haven't tried it yet.
It's going to be quite expensive to pay for shipping the item back if I didn't like it, though I guess I could sell it. But nah, seeing at how many westone 3's suddenly appeared in the FS section in the other site after it wasn't the flavor of the month anymore, kinda tells me that it isn't the IEM that everyone was hoping for.
Just like the HD800, I hope its not just hyped up. I was also hoping the forums here would bash the esw10 so I wouldn't be tempted (since Ive already heard the esw9), but my wallet seems to be disappointed with what I've read here