You are using a dedicated amp and dac, right?

I second the above question as well. I find these from my listening to be anything but dark. Also your ratings on the side for design, value, comfort etc seem to not line up with your 2.5 star rating at all.

Go back to audiophile school and learn the alphabet
ive seen his review and he is giving top headphone poor review with no proper explanation

Hey BK, you said there is much better out there for the money. What would that be?

Muddy and dark sounding? That really doesn't sound like the HD 598's! Are you sure they didn't come with some kind of defect? Or have you tried them in different setups?

Correct about the price being far too high. What a rip-off these dull and boring sounding headphones are.

I love how he is saddened about the quarter inch jack!! I would rather adapt to a smaller plug then adapt to a larger plug when I want to use my amp and not listen from my iPod directly. And second the sound quality isn't dark it is very sharp and the smallest details can be heard even without an amp. Third you can't use the sennheiser provided adapter it doesn't have the connection that others have (I use a gold plated grado adapter). The only thing that is a little right is that these headphones arent very good with bass but the bass is sacrificed for sound quality due to there ported design.

This is the kind of person that thinks Beats are the best headphones ever

Complete idiot