Fballboy23
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Alright. Thanks for the information once again, this just seems to be a tough choice especially now that I have looked more in depth and gotten more information around the HFI-580. I would prefer the 580 over the 780 sound signature it seems just because of that extra bass and high focus rather than the balanced approach. Do you currently have a pair of the 580's that maybe you could listen to the same song I posted above and give me details on it just for a side by side comparrison purpose directly to the M50 on the same song? Obviously there are going to be differences in setup but I think it'd give me a better idea of the difference in quality between the M50 and HFI-580 (Which is the one im ultimately leaning towards currently)
I've done a lot of looking through the Ultrasone reviews as well as comparisons to the M-50's but as far as the SMS's I haven't personally looked up much except on amazon so those will be my next stop in research. That was a big bother for me as well with the V-Moda's because adjusting the headband and earpads (they weren't big enough and had a imperfect seal) just got to consistantly annoying to bare at times. One thing I do like about the PRO models is the detactable cable, comes very handy considering my original headphones I was upgrading from (about 10 repeat buys of 35 dollar HP headset ones) the cable would short out on me every 2 months or so and thus left me spending another 30 or 40 dollars on another pair.
Once again thanks for understanding and coming back to help me in my descision, this has just been a really frustrating process for me to find the just-right pair of headphones for me.
Well I wasn't expecting them to be that great honestly considering they were made by a computer company dabbling into other things like headphones and such. Im sure there are still reputable 30 dollar headphones out there but incase anyone is reading this, I strongly recommend against ever buying HP Digital stereo headsets unless you only need em for a week and care less afterwards.
My biggest gripe I have with open headphones isn't so much that they leak sound, its that they leak sound in. Sometimes I sit here ideally while looking through things with no music playing but my headphones still on so that background noise and what not is somewhat drowned out (conversations in the hallway/living room etc) but I think once I find a good entry-set level of headphones for closed-back I am going to make an adventure into the open world of things for my more mid-focused taste in music (such as rock and alt rock 90's and so on)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrLOwvQyTjc
That has been my comparrison song thus far just because I find it has a good mixture of low/mid/highs as well as things playing at the same time (Such as around 1:10ish when the bass kicks into it and the highs are playing) And yea, that also was confirmed from a few different reviews I had saw when comparing the HFI-580 to the M50's, but they both seem to have pros and cons. Ugh. I wish I could breed em and make 1 perfect headphone. At this point, im thinking im going to just go with the 580's and depending on how I like S-Logic (Read a few places that its a hit or miss kind of soundstage for people) and overall sound signature that it would determine if they are keepers. The support behind the 580's just are really strong it seems.
That I guess is one thing I am looking towards is the bass quantity, but then again you can EQ towards it. While im listening to it currently on Un-amped LP2's the vocals are there, a little distant, but when the bass comes in everything else dissapates from the song really. The highs and mids survive but the highs are extremely bright and behind everything else. The soundstage doesn't seem to really be anything either, at least in comparrison to my old Uptowns when I had listened to the song. The bass though, is exactly what I am looking toward. It has the sound there and you can hear it but it is also accompined by a good kick in the lower area of things. When the bass cuts out, the vocals come back they seem recessed again behind the highs. Im not the greatest at describing my hearing as the song is playing and what not as you can probably see.
Ultimately as I stated in my original post, I want that type of bass. Something that is present, going to give you a nice kick/punch whatever you want to call it, but also have the quality aspects of bass in tact while retaining mids and highs, mids less so than highs. The thing concerning my right now is the comfort issues surrounding the M50's, I wear my headphones a LOT, usually 60-85% of the day depending on whats going on.