Quote: Originally Posted by Clutz "Thats my rant, I wanted to talk about build quality as im fed up spending huge sums of money on much hyped headphones only to find they are tacky feeling things that look like they cost 50pence to produce and need to be treated with more delicacey...

The residual echo from the thicker wires was just a fancey way of saying some people believe that thicker wire comprimised the signal. This is an extreme audiophile opinion, they would probably have you listen thru a single run of pure uncoated silver wire suspended from the floor in a lead...

The 580's originally retailed at £200 (thats 340 dollars but then we get ripped in the uk) before getting dropped to half that. Im not sure if that was just a marketing hype tactic, if it was it certainly bagged me ! It's possible they put more money into drivers, and I suppose your paying in...

For people like myself who chance across strings like this one in the hope of finding some good advice on buying some headphones I feel some very important information is always ommited from these discussions. You guys rant and rave about your opinions of the sound but rarely include any...

For people like myself who chance across strings like this one in the hope of finding some good advice on buying some headphones I feel some very important information is always ommited from these discussions. You guys rant and rave about your opinions of the sound but rarely include any...