Evan:

Yes, very good to see this praise for the A8.

Although I do like the A8s, I prefer the rubber-tipped 'noise isolating' style earbud. I have some Denon AH-C360s and they are very comfortable. They also do an amazing job of keeping all of the noise around you out. This style also gives great bass, but the mids and tops do lack. Still very enjoyable.

Man, did I say I liked those things?! Wow...

Just out of curiosity and old times' sake I plugged in those Denons. Never mind the bass, whats happening in the highs?! If the loudness was graphed out on these, the graph would have a huge smiley face with a gaping dip right in the middle! It sure has been a long time since I've listened to these!

Long live the A8!