MaZa
Headphoneus Supremus
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K701 is rather uninspiring for metal. Distant and "grey" sounding. Personally not my first choice for metal.
Originally Posted by lmilhan /img/forum/go_quote.gif Been there, done that. More than 90% of my massive music collection consists of metal of all flavors. Of all of the many headphones / rigs I have owned (check my profile), the best phones IMO are: AKG K-1000s. These are beasts for any genre of music, really - and they transcend all other headphones I have ever heard or owned to date. But they aren't very practical, so I don't use them nearly as often as my every day "Go-To" phones, which are: Markl Moded Denon D5000s. Don't sound quite as amazing as the K-1000s, but are by far my second most favorite pair of headphones of all time, and are the phones that get the most "head time". These are a great compliment to the K-1000s. Followed by: Grado RS-1s. I have to give credit where credit is due. A properly amped pair of RS-1s (think Mapletree Ear+ Purist HD or the like) make electric guitars sound ethereal. Those are my top three picks, and you can't go wrong with any of them, especially with the genre of music you are interested in. P.S. It is interesting how wildly different each individual's hearing and tastes can be. Reading through this thread I saw the SA-5000s mentioned. I owned the SA-5000s for a while and spent a lot of time with them, and they are probably the absolute LAST pair of headphones I would suggest for Metal. The bottom line is, you are going to have to use your own ears and judge for yourself, but just about any flavor of Grado headphone would be a safe place to start, and would be a very nice contrast when compared to your Sennheisers. I say that if you are already thrilled with what you are currently hearing with your Sennheisers (also not the best "Metal" cans IMO), then keep them and be happy. Why try to fix what isn't broken? |