Just saw a guy walking around with Sony XB500s or 700s. Not too sure. But this heavily surprised me especially because I'm in a high school infested with beats fever.

I have the HFI 580 and I don't feel the bass to be lacking at all. It sounds full and lush while still being able to give me just the right amount of rattle I like.     Then again, I'm no basshead so maybe other peoples' tastes are for much more bass than I look for.

Don't worry about the date being availible, that just means that the product was being sold on Amazon at that time. The product is going to remain the same, there is no "new" model of the HFI 780.   Also to determine whether it'd be better than the beats studio for you, it'd help a bunch if...

Quote: In. Your. Opinion.   An average consumer hasn't been exposed to higher end headphones so the design might not be as universally accepted. Also Beats is a huuuuuuuuge marketing tool for people so if you showed and random stranger both of the headphones they'd draw multiple...

Quote: Agreed. Pretty perfect for your taste in music.  

Went to a family house party and brought my HFI 580's. One of my cousin notices me listening to music and is like "Hey dude lemme try those out!" So he puts em on and starts blasting his techno (good thing they don't leak that much) and within minutes he's having his own little party in his head...

Quote: You're probably not going to get any good impressions of bose or beats headphones around these forums, but that's not to say you can't trust these people. I'd vouch for you to take the ATH M50 over the other ones, too. The Bose just don't sound that good, the M50's would be amazing...

Quote: What kind of music do you listen to? How often? Where? etc. More details would help us decide on these headphones for you.  

Quote: Oh my god I must be deaf I only get 14 kHz TT

Quote: Beats fart in your ears   M50's have a lot of quantity and quality but can be a bit untame sometimes. Not ever as bad as the Beats.    

Quote: Well at least he knows what sounds better         WHOOSH

Brought my HFI 580's to school today. Friend had the beats but wanted to try out my headphones.   Friend 1 (used to generic constantly breaking headphones): "Oh my god dude can I have these? These sound ******* amazing!"   Friend with beats put them on and looked spaced out for the next...

Quote: Everyone has their own musical preference. I personally dislike most dubstep because to me, it feels like there's literally no structure and it sounds extremely random. BUT I like this dubstep song: And I like it because it's catchy and actually has a structure. I wouldn't go...

So maybe not a high-end phone, but today I brought my old HD203's to school cause I was going to hand them down to my good friend (I just got my HFI-580 so I have no use for those anymore other than (maybe) a sound comparison. But I can always ask to borrow it if I'd ever want to do that) and I...

So I'm coming off of the Sennheiser HD203, and I've grown to hate the sound of that headphone oh so much. The bass is flat and not quite detailed, but it's just... there I guess. Mids are decent and highs are a bit tinny. Comfort is below average, I find my head aching every time I take them off...