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Wow streetdragon nice profile picture
Wow streetdragon nice profile picture
Can't disagree more with you on the metal thing.
You just can't listen to metal with hard hitting headphones ala m-100. On paper it sounds great, but with time, you get really fatigued fast with the double bass drum thumping your ear drums. I know because I use the HD598 and it's been the best metal headphones for me. You can hear every single cymbals, every single bass string stroke, you don't miss nothing. And that's in a clustered mix like you find on metal songs. Just imagine how well it resolves on Jazz.
I'm very biased for the HD598, and I do think that for the price (considering you'll give enough burn in time for them), you'll be happy for ANY style of music. It's a big BIG soundstage, with tight bass, and airy mids and treble.
Can't disagree more with you on the metal thing.
You just can't listen to metal with hard hitting headphones ala m-100. On paper it sounds great, but with time, you get really fatigued fast with the double bass drum thumping your ear drums. I know because I use the HD598 and it's been the best metal headphones for me. You can hear every single cymbals, every single bass string stroke, you don't miss nothing. And that's in a clustered mix like you find on metal songs. Just imagine how well it resolves on Jazz.
I'm very biased for the HD598, and I do think that for the price (considering you'll give enough burn in time for them), you'll be happy for ANY style of music. It's a big BIG soundstage, with tight bass, and airy mids and treble.
Ugh, choices... gonna read up on more reviews. Seems the Grado SR225i & SR325is are also well within the price-point I'm looking at, as are the Ultrasone Pro 900 and AKG K550 & K601...
Life is hard.
Thanks a lot nikp, I will strongly consider the HD600 for my situation. Only doubt I have is that they are near the top of what I'm able to spend, and I'm unsure whether the extra $150 is "worth it" for an audiophile noob such as myself. Maybe I won't be able to appreciate the difference (compared to the HD598, that is).
Conversely, the HE-400 are also at that exact price point so there is something else to consider. I've read about the driver issues but AFAIK that has been fixed?
I take it you love orchestral music and symphonies on the HD600 then? How is say, Mozart's Symphony No. 25? Or actually something totally different too... my absolute favorite composition in this lifetime, Adagio of the Emperor Concerto... comparisons between the DT880 and HD600? (and what I assume might be a similar sound signature in its little brother, the HD598 but... that is only an assumption on my part)
I'm really starting to wonder if I'm looking for impossible things, going from really, really "heavy" and powerful metal to classical compositions varying in so many different styles themselves.
All this aside you guys have been tremendously helpful so far and you have nothing but my gratitude for taking the time to explain these things in great detail.
Cheers
Unfortunately, answers seems beget more questions and my last one for the time being is this - what are the pronounced differences between the HD598 and the HD600 headphones? Would you, or anyone else say that the 600 is simply superior to the 598 in all areas? Does the 598 feature any unique qualities that makes it a worthy contender to the 600, in its own special way? Obviously, I would expect there to be technical/qualitative differences considering there is a price point/tier difference between these two, but I am genuinely curious. Is it unheard of for people to actually prefer the 598 over the 600, ever? And finally, how would you define the differences and similarities between these two products from the same family?
Thank you very much and may you have a wonderful evening.