Here's my impressions of the Samson SR850 as promised. As soon as I put them on, I was quite impressed, considering these are $50 headphones. They have a very nice soundstage, maybe not as big as the AD700 but impressive nonetheless. They sound like a much "fuller" AD700, they have a much more full-bodied sound compared to the "thin-sounding" AD700 (sorry I'm a noob at describing sound, doing my best here). And for that exact reason, they don't have quite the detail retrieval of the AD700. For example, consider a situation where there's gunfire going on near you and someone's approaching you from the flank or behind you, with the Samsons I wasn't able to hear his footsteps, whereas with the AD700 I did. I doubt these would suffice for a hardcore multi-player online competitive gamer, but for a casual gamer or even a casually competitive gamer, I don't see how you can go wrong with them, especially when you factor in the price.
Regarding the bass, according to the reviews, these are supposed to have a decent amount of bass. Strangley, there was none to be found when I palyed Metal Gear Online, the online component of MGS4. So I popped in MGS4 and went straight to a scene where there's tons of explosions all around you, again no bass...at all. I tried a few other such scenes, but still couldn't hear any bass. I am not sure if it's the game or what's going on, because as I said before these are supposed to have good bass. I don't have any other games to test them out with so I might download some demos later this week and see if I can hear some.
, not to mention that they are absolutely better than the Senn's for my music taste. Obviously D2's aren't D7's, but still haha. The 598's were shipped back ~3days later. I guess I'm officially a Denon fanboy.
