Man, some of you really crack me up.
AKG's lack bass compared to the Senn's (or at least my 580's).
However, the bass on the senn's can sometimes be a little too "oversaturated" on some recordings (maybe a better word would be "distracting"). On the other hand, the "soundstage" on the akg's seems a bit...fake? I dunno, i cant place my finger on it, some cd's have a plasticky sound to them.
The seens are great headphones because they can handle every genre. The akg's are known to work with certain genre's, like kwkarths tastes, so he loves them, hes a satisfied akg owner.
Plus, i've been on these boards long enough to know the few that run to the akg's defense everytime (how u doin fellas?
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Same goes for the Senn's and every other "favorite."
I happened to love both cans (580's and 501's), they have their faults, but not one is clearly better than the other just for the sake of arguing. Now, i'm gonna go listen to some Megadeth on my senn's and a little keb mo on my akg's....