MaZa
Headphoneus Supremus
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Greetings. Lemme introduce myself. A long and boring biography! Jump straight to end if not interested.
Im mainly listening Deathmetal and Blackmetal, classical and Ambient. I am looking for higher end headphones currently. I started my hobby with Sporta Pro and used them for years. I also bought Philips SBC-HP840 for computer and homestereo use, and considering for price i paid (20€) they sounded surprisingly good!
When my Sporta Pro broke, i bought AKG K26P. And good god, they practically sucked. They have deepest bass i have ever heard from small headphones, but it was so bloomy! Phony mids, no highs, all bass. I popped in Hate Eternals - I monarch disc, and all complex guitar riffs were drowned under mayhem of drums and midbass ambient. Luckily i got PX100 soon after, and man i love those headphones! Everything is so balanced after those horrible K26P.
To replace my HP840, i got AKG K 240 S. At first i was slightly dissapointed. I had expectations high, but they still sounded good. Midbassy, but good! A slight nudge to midbass in equalisator and cutting a hole to foam covering drivers and sound was mainly fixed.
And now to the main question: I am looking for even better headphones to replace K240S.
If you bothered to read all above, you perhaps have some indication what im looking for. As i listen very emotionally aggressive and heavily layered music (be it grim wall-of-sound with melodies like blackmetal or intense mayhem of deathmetal), i guess i want them to be clear with impactive, but non-bloomy bass.
Grados are out since they cost ridiculous amounts of green here in finland! Too bad, really... I have my eyes on HD 595 and AKG K701. Atleast reviews are impressive. Which one of those are more suitable for music i listen? I can get a pair of HD595 for quite cheap. Or should i save more and move straight to AKG K701? They are costly and my old home stereoamplifier isnt powerhouse, but are they worth it? I have been reading about them for some time now, and i am impressed what i have readed about its highs and mids. My concern is bass though if they are impactive enough for high-speed aggressive drumming and if they are able to bring enough emotion to music.
Im also open for other possible headphone choices.
Im mainly listening Deathmetal and Blackmetal, classical and Ambient. I am looking for higher end headphones currently. I started my hobby with Sporta Pro and used them for years. I also bought Philips SBC-HP840 for computer and homestereo use, and considering for price i paid (20€) they sounded surprisingly good!
When my Sporta Pro broke, i bought AKG K26P. And good god, they practically sucked. They have deepest bass i have ever heard from small headphones, but it was so bloomy! Phony mids, no highs, all bass. I popped in Hate Eternals - I monarch disc, and all complex guitar riffs were drowned under mayhem of drums and midbass ambient. Luckily i got PX100 soon after, and man i love those headphones! Everything is so balanced after those horrible K26P.
To replace my HP840, i got AKG K 240 S. At first i was slightly dissapointed. I had expectations high, but they still sounded good. Midbassy, but good! A slight nudge to midbass in equalisator and cutting a hole to foam covering drivers and sound was mainly fixed.
And now to the main question: I am looking for even better headphones to replace K240S.
If you bothered to read all above, you perhaps have some indication what im looking for. As i listen very emotionally aggressive and heavily layered music (be it grim wall-of-sound with melodies like blackmetal or intense mayhem of deathmetal), i guess i want them to be clear with impactive, but non-bloomy bass.
Grados are out since they cost ridiculous amounts of green here in finland! Too bad, really... I have my eyes on HD 595 and AKG K701. Atleast reviews are impressive. Which one of those are more suitable for music i listen? I can get a pair of HD595 for quite cheap. Or should i save more and move straight to AKG K701? They are costly and my old home stereoamplifier isnt powerhouse, but are they worth it? I have been reading about them for some time now, and i am impressed what i have readed about its highs and mids. My concern is bass though if they are impactive enough for high-speed aggressive drumming and if they are able to bring enough emotion to music.
Im also open for other possible headphone choices.