I just bought these in late June 2007 and the feel is a little awkward because they stick inside of your ear further than usual ear buds. This makes the sound a little more clear and there is less background noise, but I find having something inside my ear like this is a little too strange.My main beef is with the company. I purchased these only two months ago and have only used them on my Creative Vision M player and they burnt out for some reason in the middle of a song. Now there is no sound at all on any device I plug them into and V-moda wants me to pay to ship them to them plus I will get another pair of them which I already don't want so I will have to sell these on ebay or something and then buy some other brand. Such a hassle!!! I just would like a check for what I paid and a free shipping label to send them back to them. I don't think that's too much to ask for a product that they back so well verbally.