[65dos]

whether to buy sennheiser 598? is there a better product in this price range? I'll listenfrom your PC, I have no sound card. I listen to rock, post-rock, classic rock, shoegaez, post-punk, jazz, blues, classical music

 

[65dos]

bump

 

[MRiNiCK]

really curious about this too.
I want to get this for myself for xmas or the ultrasone 780.
im just waiting for some reviews

 

[yifu]

I believe that in that price range, a pair of Fostex T50rp would suit you better. They are around 240 USD and they sound very nice and very natural for most music. They are semi-open electrostatic headphones, not dynamic ones so you should find them have a more natural sound. When i heard them for the first time, it just appeared to me as if the sound just came out from the air. 
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whether to buy sennheiser 598? is there a better product in this price range? I'll listenfrom your PC, I have no sound card. I listen to rock, post-rock, classic rock, shoegaez, post-punk, jazz, blues, classical music

 

[Slaughter]

The T50rp is electrostatic? I personally haven't heard them, but they are in the same cheap plastic housing that the 595/555 are in and those sound like they are in plastic. There is no way I would pay $250. I would buy the M50 before I would buy the 598. For what its worth, it has the same frequency graph as the 595, so they couldn't have changed much. Try to find something else.
 
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I believe that in that price range, a pair of Fostex T50rp would suit you better. They are around 240 USD and they sound very nice and very natural for most music. They are semi-open electrostatic headphones, not dynamic ones so you should find them have a more natural sound. When i heard them for the first time, it just appeared to me as if the sound just came out from the air. 
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whether to buy sennheiser 598? is there a better product in this price range? I'll listenfrom your PC, I have no sound card. I listen to rock, post-rock, classic rock, shoegaez, post-punk, jazz, blues, classical music

 

 

[tmblack]

Are they any frequency response graphs for the TP50RP or other models? I would prefer them to the 598's which have the typical loose bloated bass.

 

[Slaughter]

If the 598 is like the 595, it has tight, punchy bass.
 
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Are they any frequency response graphs for the TP50RP or other models? I would prefer them to the 598's which have the typical loose bloated bass.

 

[pp312]

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 it has the same frequency graph as the 595, so they couldn't have changed much.  

 No, actually it doesn't. I was surprised by the difference.

 

[Slaughter]

Still not worth $250 when the 600 can be had for $300.
 
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 it has the same frequency graph as the 595, so they couldn't have changed much.  

 No, actually it doesn't. I was surprised by the difference.

 

[pp312]

Or the 650 for $328. But in any case the jury's not in on this phone yet; there hasn't even been a professional review, has there? Let's hold our horses.