I have had a pair of HD25SP for about 4 years now, and everyone is right is saying you get strangled, but i found then inderstrutable, They have been squashed in bags and boxes with far to many records in nearly every weekend, and they aint broke yet. Just got a pair of HD25 for xmas, can't comment on the sound, because i ain't used them at a gig yet, but £120 is a lot of money, they will have to go a long way to beat there little brother.