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Thanks Peter Pinna for the welcome.
I have been doing a bunch of search throughout the forum and have come to some conclusions.
1. I will be working on hiphop music, and will definitely need an extension into the deeper bass.
2. The most talked about "most neutral headphone" seems to be K-701 and DT 880.
3. Am I correct in that DT 880 will be better than K-701 for my purposes, for a more neutral (unbiased, unemphasized sound) lower end?
4. Any other suggestions, I am flexible with the 200$ mark.
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When you use the word "extension" do you mean you are looking for an accurate bass response or do you mean that you are looking for an exaggerated bass response?
If you are looking for an accurate bass response where very low notes are part of the music, I suggest the Ultrasone Pro 750. I suggest you hear how this particular headphone handles bass. What you will hear through these headphones will be exactly what the producer and the sound engineer of the recording intended you to hear, IMO.
The AKG K701, while being a nice sounding, mostly accurate headphone, it does not, IMO, handle the low end as well as the Pro 750.
I've never heard the Beyerdynamic DT880 so I could not make any comment on that headphone. I have heard one model of the DT770 and while I would not consider the particular model of that headphone that I heard to be the most accurate headphone I've ever heard, it had a pleasant sound with a slightly exaggerated bass response, IMO.
For a "neutral, unbiased and 'unemphasized' sound" I will repeat my recommendation of the Ultrasone Pro 750's. The Pro 750's play accurate, strong, tight, "in the pocket" but definitely not exaggerated bass better than any other headphone I've ever heard. It also handles the full frequency range extremely well, IMO. Of the headphones I've heard, the Pro 750 is definitely my favorite.
The retail price of the Pro 750's is approximately $400 but I have seen ads for a lower price here on head-fi. You will see it called "Proline 750" sometimes. That is what they called it last year. There are some minor differences between the "Pro" and the "Proline", none of which are the sound or the technical specifications. Both sound the same. Use the links in my signature area to find out more about this as well as other information about the Pro 750.
I suggest you demo any headphone you are thinking about purchasing before you purchase them. Make sure the ones you demo are "burned-in" because there is definitely a difference in the sound.
Good luck!