I love them. I can't imagine how they'd get better, but I'm not an extreme audiophile, either. I just know they're awesome.
Stephen from here has a set, too.
You cost me 130 bucks, by the way. I had to get Weeze that
Logitech UE Internet Radio I saw when I was rooting for a solution for ya. Bastage.
You can certainly use them with Realtek, once I got thinking. It's no different than sticking anything else in the headphone jack, and I was messing with settings just a couple days ago.