Is there any point in owning the SR80 if I know I liked the SR225? I honestly didn't lose much for my preferred genres/artists in keeping the SR225 over my RS1, but I never tried anything lower than the 225.

Any experience with anything other than the 225 and RS1?

I've owned the SR225, RS2 and RS1, and while I loved the RS1 I sold them as I was a poor college kid who no longer was working at my internship and wanted the money.   Earlier this year I sold off all my headphones to kind of take a break and now want to start over. That being said, as a lover...

From what I've read, the HE-400 should easily beat out the other two, but for $299 currently, twice the price the others have been sold for this month, they very well should.   In my recent (the last few months) experience, the Q701 with a good amp will beat the HD598 in pretty much every way...

I own the X1 and AD700 and have owned the Q701 and K701, HD598 and HD595 and Sony MA900. The AD700 are what I used until I started getting upgrade happy and for the price I've still not gotten rid of them as they are great all around, comfy cans, but my current love are my X1s.   the HD598...

  I've recently tried the Q701, X1, PC360 and MA900 and have used the HD595/598, Astro A40, DT770 and AD700.   I currently still own the X1 and AD700, as the AD700 are solid for everything and cheap enough to not feel like it's a waste keeping them and the X1 are my current all-around use...

  The Q701 is good but will absolutely need an AMP, as soon as I turned the dial to mix in chat audio with game audio through my Mixamp the volume drops and you can just tell they are struggling.   The MA900 is fantastic but a unique fit.   The AD700 (the open version, not to be confused...

Anyone looking to sell? Missing my X1's already and have some free cash now, looking to spend $175 give or take depending on condition and whatnot.

  Agreed 100%

I hope if you do try them out that either you do enjoy them more than I did or that I just happened across a dud pair, but I honestly was shocked based on the brand and the fact they supposedly have the HD5X5 drivers at how poorly they compared with the AD700 and X1's I had at the time I tried them.

  As someone who has personally tested the HD598, AD700, X1, MA900 and Q701, the PC360 are absolutely terrible, and all of these were tested with a Mixamp pro (which I love btw). I couldn't believe after using the aforementioned headphones, all of which were great in their own ways, how muddy...

Having owned the hd595, hd598 and pc360, the first two are great and the pc360 were terrible. I still have my ad700 which I prefer to any other open gaming headphones I've tried, other than the x1 and ma900, both of which way more expensive

Done.

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Have had all but the DT990's, kept the X1's.   The HD598's were great but I kept my AD700's over them as they weren't worth the price difference at the time, though I'd consider another pair. They were obviously less bassy but overall solid.   The Q701 screamed "amp me!" but all I had was a...

If you're talking about a PC and have a PCI/PCI-E slot free, just buy an Asus Xonar DG or DGX (same, just one is PCI one is PCI-E) for $30-35 and don't worry about an amp. It has a built in headphone amplifier and is more than enough to drive the X1's for cheap. They aren't the most demanding...

  I prefer open headphones for gaming personally, as I game alone in my basement where it is otherwise quiet and enjoy being able to tell if someone comes down and I find I yell over chat when I can't hear myself well. That being said, I've owned DT770's twice before and know it was only a...

Honestly, I have been switching back and forth between the two (have my modmic semi-permanently attached to the AD700s) and I prefer the X1's and find the soundstage and presentation actually help with footsteps and soundwhoring over the AD700s, even though I always read the AD700s as the...

Me too on all accounts. Still upset I first learned of these 6 days after the $150 Amazon deal 

Please tell me how you feel about them if you end up with a pair. I'm excited to see what you think.

  Just got done comparing the X1's and MA900's myself. I had them concurrently for a couple weeks and as I said above, I'd consider purchasing another pair of MA900's for $150-$170 but I wanted to buy one pair now, and the X1's were too good to return. Pop in the Vmoda BoomPro and not have to...

  Not at all. I have the AD700 and X1's currently and just tested the MA900, Q701 and PC360 and the PC360 were easily the worst of the bunch in terms of quality and positioning...I was actually shocked at how much better the X1's were.   I originally owned the AD700 and then used Amazon's...

Yeah, I use the Modmic with my AD700s and with the MA900 and Q701 I tested out, I was meaning the few headphones that have a 2.5mm removable cable or some other type of plug rather than 3.5.

  Agreed! I have the X1 paired with mine but would be interested in other options too. Or maybe using an adapter of sorts for those with non-3.5mm removable cables also.