Congratulations! I'm sure you'll find them very comfortable and enjoyable. I myself had the same feeling when I first heard HD 598 SE. In a quiet room these headphones have ample amount of bass (contrary to what most reviews say that these lack bass...I think they're reviewing them in a noisy...

I have a 2 year old FiiO E06 (the cheapest amp I could get my hands on). Without the AMP the headphones do sound decent, but with the amp, the bass gets a little more tight and the treble frequencies start to show a little better too (from what I've observed - I just sat for 11 hours listening...

The reason why headphone manufacturers make the drivers be able to drive frequencies below and beyond human hearing is so that the driver will be fairly neutral within the actual human hearing range. If they were to manufacture the headphone drivers to exactly replicate sounds between 20 Hz and...

I've used the M50x for 2 years so far. It's quite uncomfortable beyond an hour and the highs are very sibilant (but good for mixing). If you want comfortable closed back headphones I would suggest HD 598 CS (I myself have the HD 598 SE the open back version but from what I've read, they both...

I'd very strongly recommend HD 598. Compared to my M50x they are very neutral and the highs are also tame. Coming from M50x I thought the HD 598 had very laid back highs (which was non-fatiguing yet detailed enough to show the mix properly). I myself have Yamaha HS5s for mixing and like you...

I believe the Sony ones look good. But I'd rather give importance to comfort and sound quality. Ultimately the headphones will spend more time on head behind our ears.

For around a 100 USD, I'd recommend Sennheiser HD598 (they're almost always on sale around 105 to 120 USD). These are the open back headphones I'd recently got in order to get into open back headphone listening experience. I have ATH M50x that were my first headphones. And contrary to most...