Hello I'm looking for THX00 Purplehearts but I'd be willing to entertain Mahogony or ebony's or even e-mu teaks. Really anything with a warm gooey bio driver. Just getting back into the hobby and 7 years ago when I gave it up these were my favorites. I'm really constrained mostly by price. I...

So when we get right down to it he broke the rules once on reddit so we should throw out all his work?   Ok, fair enough man.  I'll leave it at that.

One headphone review out of 100+ isn't worth hanging on.  There's no point even engaging in that with you on that.  I don't agree with Tyll that the X2's are as good as HD 600's.  Oh well.   I don't know anything about the affiliate links but what is the conspiracy?  Affiliate links on amazon...

That is a really simplified dismissal of a dude that's probably touched more gear then anyone here.  I don't agree with all of Zeo's reviews but I have no doubt at all that he reports what he hears.  Which is a whole lot better then a lot of the powers that be even on places like Head-Fi.    ...

That'd be awesome.  I'd love to attend something like that.  Let me know!

Oh god I'm in Reston I had no idea this was going down.     Going to have to pay attention next time looks like this was a lot of fun.

HD 700 can alternate between thick/warm and bright/thin.  You can see it in the frequency graph.  The big issue isn't so much elevated treble but the fact that it has two large peaks and equally as large valleys.  Depending on what you are listening to the headphone can sound very different.

  Clearly.  It's a discussion forum.   The HD 700's were a failure for Senn.  It's why the price has plummeted.  I understand the temptation coming from a gamer perspective when you read about them they sound like they could be your end game set.  But I've been there and done that.   I'll...

    Sure.  Of course.   I'm not really into EQing headphones myself.  I just tend to think that there are better cheaper options.  X2's, K7xx's, DT 880s, MA900's  etc etc.  

I'm of the opinion the 700's are really close to being a 10/10 headphone it's just the problem they have is incredibly irritating.   I was looking for the same thing you were and ended up on Fidelio X2s.  I'd highly recommend them.  They are more resolving then 598s.  Some very slight grain to...

I've owned HD 700's and I'd recommend against them.  Like heavily.  It's a weird headphone because in a sense you can hear why they priced it originally at 1000 dollars.  Incredibly resolving and detailed.  FAST bass.  Fast decay.  Incredible.  For SBX or DH great.  Not only that but they're...

I'm off the opinion that the difference in 'soundstage' is greatly exaggerated.  And by that I mean nearly every open headphone that's competently built has a good soundstage.  (I'm talking about dynamics here mostly) The differences between good and great is so small as to be insignificant.  ...

It's still top tier.   But there's a lot of new headphones like the Fidelio X2's and K7XX's that are as good competitively and have better SQ for not a whole lot more.   Still though can't go wrong with a 598.

I'm not super familiar with the card but I can't imagine that the shield blocks out all EMI/system noise.     Unless SBX means that much to you there's no real reason not to go external.  Better DAC/AMP options available at similar or lower prices.     And truth be told Dolby Headphone is a...

ZxR has plenty of power but you may at some point look at going external with your sound set up.  Internal sound cards are subject to EMI.