I'm ready to be burned at the stake right now.     Burn in isn't real.  The only thing that you can burn in is your ear pads.  Them softening and moving the driver's distance to your ears is what changes the sounds in headphones. So the best way to "burn in" a pair of headphones is to wear...

Q701's for $250 can put an end to my spending habits.  These headphones are all I will ever need.  My sound preferences personified in headphone form.  They amaze me every time I listen to them. 

AKG q701's offer all the positional audio of the AD700's but are better in every way.  Better driver speed, more bass (ad700's are bass light q701's are perfect IMO), better instrument/sound seperation, and they are by far more detailed.     They are the AD700's on steroids, and they are in...

Quote: The Q701 is one of the best headphones you can buy for $250.  I find it hard to believe that any headphone over $500 could sound justifiably better for the price.    

Still loving the Q701' for Metal.     You can actually understand what the singers are screaming with these things, and you an pick minute details out of the chaos.  Amazing cans, and they are an absolute steal for $250.  By far the best at that price you can obtain. 

Quote: I had an auzentech xfi prelude which was a very high end soundcard, and the hrt music streamer II+ is hands down better in every way.  It made that $200 internal soundcard sound like a realtek onboard soundcard in comparison.

Quote: I love the music streamer II+ with my q701's. 

Quote: Yeah I definitely noticed some moments where they start channeling opeth.  It's interesting and doesn't seem out of place at all.  D. Randall Blythe's mixing his old higher pitched screams from new american gospel also adds a lot to the album.     Say what you want about lamb...

Nobody discussing the new Lamb of God album?     Some of the songs sound like a totally different band.  Not in a bad way necessarily.  I do think this album is much better than wrath, but not as good as Ashes of the Wake. 

Quote: I wonder how the TrackIR and the Smyth Realizer would pair up with 5 Screen eyefinity.  You'd probably look like the borg, but it would be amazing to try outl Pretty cheap too. 

Quote: On a forum that is all opinions and no facts you need to get a little bit used to the fact that people aren't going to agree with you at all times.  

Q701's are great for metal.  I'm of the opinion that they are so revealing that every single one of us has a totally different experience.  Using the HRT Music Streamer II+ and FiiO e9 my q701's sound superb.  They have great bass, and the mid bass is just insane.  Once the toms start in a song...

You need to get used to them for one thing.  Their soundstage is totally different than the G35's which your brain is wired for.  Once you get used to the AD700's you'll appreciate the improved sound, and get used to how they present positional audio to your brain.  

Quote: CMSS3d is the equivalent of stabbing your eardrums with an ice pick.  It's beyond bad, and I found that no matter how many exotic settings changes I made using the creative forums I could never get anything even remotely like positional audio. 

I've been gaming in stereo ever since I ditched my razer barracuda for AD700's almost 3 years ago.  I have never experienced a hard pan in any game in 3 years time.  People are either using horrible headphones, or inferior DAC/soundcards.     I play PC games and my HRT Music Streamer II+ >...