Once you hear better, it's hard to go back to lesser.

The N3 blows every other portable I've heard out of the water when it comes to fidelity. My problem is that I am a soundstage and imaging fanatic. If I can't have those two things, fidelity does not matter. So until I can breach that barrier, I may as well listen to my 18 year-old RatShack boom box out on the deck.

House of the Rising Sone
Out in the mid or far field
Dedicated mid-woofers are over-rated