Best Rock/Female Vocals Closed Cans

If you like a balanced sound signature, the DT250 are an awesome sounding pair of headphones.  They don't have the unruly bass that some of the Beyers have, but they extend nice and deep, have a beautiful midrange, and just the right amount of treble extension.  The only headphones I prefer vocals with are orthos.

You can try the GMP 8.35, or the K-271MKII. 

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You can try the GMP 8.35, or the K-271MKII. 

I have been researching the 271mkii's. I figure they'll be close to the 702s minus some soundstage, but plus some oomph as a result of the closed design
 

Yes, you're right...smaller sound stage less treble/bass, same mids design. 

In my mind, I have the perfect headphones for you. I listen to primarily female vocals, rock, hiphop and pop. I use a Woo Audio 6SE.

I have a review out for 4 Audio Technica headphones. Something's wrong with my browser, but I suggest you search "An 11 years late review audio technica"

I have heard a lot of good closed cans. The finest to my ear for female vocals (and overall refinement) are the D7000 and DT770/600ohm. The DT700/600ohm isolate really well, much better than the D7000. The HFI-780 are not bad but not as refined as the DT770 in that price range.

Regarding the SRH840, they are not bad but not nearly as good as the DT770 IMO (less air, refinement, extension).

Finally, the DT770/600 need a bit of juice- an ipod can barely run them at any volume but it does work.

For female vocals and rock, I find that D7000 > SRH840 > D5000.  Listening to Goldfrapp, Aimee Mann and Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), the D5000 have fairly recessed mids, so their voices are a bit too quiet and buried by the drums.  SRH840 are more spectrally balanced, so vocals are well placed, in front of the other instruments.  D7000 have better mids than the D5000 though still a bit recessed and voices are still underrepresented in songs with a lot of instrumentation (e.g. Yeah Yeah Yeahs).  But they have more extension in bass and treble than SRH840, so voices are more spacious, velvety and deep and more enjoyable overall.

For rock, guitars are more forward and aggressive with SRH840 than the Denons.  The D7000 have more rumble and growl and have bigger soundstage (and D5000 just have more soundstage), so I'd say the D7000 are only slightly better on balance than the SRH840 and D5000 are slightly worse. 

If you want mids, the Audio Technica W1000X will pretty much trump the Denon D7000s. The bass impact and soundstage is similar on both headphones but I didn't get the chance to hear them side by side. I owned the Denon D7000s and the vocals are definitely laid back.

However, the Denons are more comfortable. The W1000X may not fit all heads. IMO, Audio Technica really needs to redesign their new wing design or revert back to the old wings in the early 2000's, late 1990s.

I agree with Wind016. If you say female vocals to me, I say Audio Technica woodie (although the non-woodies also deliver in this department, such as the ad2000).

D7000's, they are monsters for rock and vocals