Well...  I've had some time with them and I switched from Zune to MOG in the process.     I have to take back my statement about electronic music.  I believe my judgement had to do with the production quality.   To sum up my thoughts:  They are brilliant!  A HUGE improvement over my...

My 598's came in yesterday.  Right off the bat, the most noticeable differences are that the HD598's are brighter and much more clear.  I felt with the 555's, the sound was too dark and and almost muddy, loving them so far.  These also seem very neutral to me, but I still want to compare the...

Quote: Definitely.  I did the free shipping off Amazon, so I should be able to do a comparison in the next few weeks!

I have decided to order the HD 598's!  I should have them by the end of the week or so and I think I am going to love them!   Thank you again everyone, you have helped me out quiet a bit!

Thank you for the info and suggestion MalVeauX!  I am going to do some research on those DT880's, they look pretty good so far!

Thank you guys!  I am starting to love the idea of some HD598s after I have read what you have to say and doing some more homework.     The next question would be amps...  I have a Xonar D2 right now and I am thinking of a magni/modi combo, it looks like that would be better than upgrading...

So I stumbled upon this forum after spending years using avsforum as my "go to" source for audio and video products.  I am not sure if the members here know, but some members actually point people over here when they want to know a lot about headphones... so here I am!   I am on the quest...