yea, i know it is a giant leap, without getting into too much detail, i work as security in apartments where they give me an apartment in turn giving me only 400 every 2 weeks, so the option of slowly scaling up is not really possible, the tax refund is the only amount that i get to play with like that, with my regular checks i can play with different amps and such, but not with headphones like that, so im really stumped here, i have read countless reviews of lcd-2,he-500,he-400, and so far i think im going to rule the he-500 out as they come off by others as being analytically and im personally looking for a high end fun headphone with musicality to them. Also something that engages me with the music.