Quote: they would be if my main priority was the electronic music but my first priority is metal and from what I've read the 500's arent exactly the best match for that.

Quote: good point  I think that's courtesy of the m-stage lol, plus a lot of time i find myself increasing the volume quite a bit so that the music feels more tangible/aggressive (I always feel like its too distant with the 702's) and after a few minutes of that i have to take extended...

Quote: sadly I'm quite sensitive to treble :P, well I have the urge to try some planar magnetic headphones and the he 5le is the most balanced oneas far as i know in my budget plus it will be multitasking as a dubsteb/electronic headphone as well, is there a specific amp that you think may...

Quote: that's good to here :) to clarify do you mean they are much better in comparison the the he-500's or since i'll be using the emotiva amp? Yeah I've lurked the forums and I've found the consensus to be that the 5le's are the most neutral of the lower models and that its bass quantity...

Quote: I plan on selling the M-stage so i can purchase an emotiva mini x and connecting through speaker taps so hopefully  that won't be a problem :). I've read pretty good reviews about the pair and every time i read up on the big metal thread here a lot of them seem to use the he 500...

Quote:   Great, that's just what I wanted to hear :), I also tend to listen to a lot of dubstep so the bass was one of the main things i was hoping to improve on over the K 702's  

Which headphone do you guys think would be better for metal between the 5LE and the 500? my assumption would be the 5LE since ive read people say it has more treble energy than the 500 right? I have AKG K 702' and I am a little bit sensitive to treble but it doesnt really bother me on the 702's...

^  I will be looking into what skylab has to say when he gets the sample :). I got interested in the bifrost for their great reputation as well, I'm trying my best to get an absolutely bang for your buck system. From what I've read, schiit is good in terms of value and they have amazing customer...

Quote: thanks! sorry for the late reply i'm still figuring out how everything works, and well that's good to know because i've done an excessive amount of research for getting a system to compliment the 702's and didn't really want to go the tube route. Not sure why now that i think...

does anyone know when any sort of impressions or reviews of the bifrost might be coming out? im building my first quality audio system and i would love to preorder the bifrost but i'm worried it won't be a good match with the k-702's and in that case i'll order the matrix cube, thanks , by the...