It's nowhere near audiophile quality, but I sold my HD201 to a friend a couple years back. Last night we were hanging out in his room and I spotted the old 201s lounging about on his couch. Pulled out my phone and decided to give them a try again. Granted, they're not gonna beat what I have now anytime soon, but for $20 I forgot how good those stupid things could sound. Almost makes me want to sell all my stuff and go back to the blissful days of budget-fi... almost...