I'm looking for the next step of a headphone and am willing to pay up to $1000 but the $200- $1000 has to show its performance advantage over my 58x equal to its asking price. The 58x at $170 and sometimes lower is easily the best performing headphone I have ever heard in the areas that mean a lot to me. Those areas are Sub-bass, mids, vocals, imaging, and intimacy over a large sound stage. Can you find other Sennheiser headphones that do some of these things...yes. Can you find any Sennheiser headphones that outperform the 58x in all areas...NO? And is the small difference between equaling in value to the asking price over the $170 for the 58x, NO. I am open to any other brands and again willing to pay up to $1000 for them but based on my experience with things like the Sundara...they never show performance equal to the cost difference they asking for. And in terms of the Sundara...it failed to beat the 58x in sub-base, vocals, intimacy, and mids. It won on a larger sound stage and higher resolutions on the treble but failed to outperform in the majority of the categories that mean a lot to me and it most definitely didn't prove that it was double the price in its performance. And that is the cornerstone of my dilemma. I don't believe there is a single headphone that delivers in its performance vs Price tag better than the 58x. I "experience" Music with the 58x...with others like the Sundara...I only listen to music analytically. Looking for something that proves its price and performance matches is the biggest challenge I see in this hobby. Any true Price to performance a suggestion that is truly better than the 58x? I'm all ears.
Note: This isn't a challenge on your choices or something that I want others to feel upset about subjectivity on their choices.
I just want an honest suggestion that is truly better based on price/performance matching, not something that is a little better here or there.