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The HD598 is one of the most comfortable headphones I have ever owned.
I really didn't find the mids to be as recessed on the DT990 as much as your experiences. The way you make it sound, their mids are not only recessed, but take a huge dive, which just isn't the case. I could hear just as much detail as I could with the AD700.
Here's a response graph of all 3 headphones when their treble spikes are matched for level of hearing:
The DT880 barely has any more midrange than the DT990, while the AD700 remains a bit more neutral in the midrange. So give or take the AD700 gives 5more db than either of the two beyers, which shouldn't be enough to completely render some gunshots inaudible-- and that was my experiences with the AD700 vs the DT990. I also used a warm tube amp, and we're not even taking into consideration how tubes can subdue highs by up to 5db etc. My experience for music with the DT990 and AD700 is the same as well. The mids of the DT990 are a bit more laid back, but they're still as detailed and audible as ever.
The HD598 is one of the most comfortable headphones I have ever owned.
I don't know about it being sexy. I personally thought they were gaudy as all hell in person. They look better in images, and look cheap as hell in person.
That's just me. I didn't find them attractive in the least. I'm very picky though. I think the LCD2 and AD700 are eyesores too. The very well loved ESW9 wasn't all that good looking in person either.
Yeah I do agree the 598s are rather gaudy and plasticy/cheap in person.
As far as the DT990 and recessed mids discussion, I tend to stick away from cod games. I used to play them for a while, but me and the people I roll with eventually shifted to battlefield. There's also the fact that cod never had the most realistic and accurate sound and positional cues either from my experience-- Battlefield's much better for that in my opinion. If you have any experience with any of the bad companies I could perhaps compare that with you.
It also might be an amping thing. I know a lot of people tend to shy away from huge treble spikes because they either don't like it or are sensitive to treble, but there's only been a few songs that I found fatiguing with the DT990's treble on my current setup, and that was moreso because of they way they were recorded and mastered. The same could be said with sibilance being more of a record/master thing, as very few songs I've listened to have excessive sibilance (ie eminem)
Also, I tend to not like most metal because of how it's recorded and mastered as well, but I do have a fair amount of grunge and metal on my iTunes. I have everything really. If you had any specific song in mind to compare with AD700 I might have it.
I loved the DT990 for gaming, even games like MW2. I had zero issues hearing footsteps and locating enemies. I find the mids to be just as loud as on the DT880s with the DT990 bass and treble being stronger. Calling them recessed is an overstatement. People automatically think recession means that the they will sound muted or far away. That's not true. The mids aren't in the spot light, but they aren't lost either. Your eyes are just paying more attention to the stronger bass and treble. Mids volume level was like the DT880 for me.
Yeah sure you can name off a couple! I got the DT990 with tube amp and AD700 plugged into my computer right here ready to a/b!
Also I'm only doing my gaming tests while doing multiplayer, it could very be an issue hearing mids during the campaign when there's lots of explosions and music galore. I even turn off music for multiplayer to maximize my soundwhoring. I'll have to boot up bc2 and give some of the campaign a try one of these days.