OldDude04
Headphoneus Supremus
Comfort and a good clean bass are equally important to me, so I really hope they struck a nice balance.
Ok, intitial inpressions. Like all the Sennheisers with a similar shape, the HD 569 are plastic but feel pretty solid. The pads have a great velvety feel to them and are super comfortable and seal well. As for their isolation, I'd have to say decent. Someone sitting right next to you would know the song you're listening to past 50% volume, someone sitting 5 feet away would know you were listening to something, but it would be so low as to to unintelligible. They are easy to drive direct from my LG G5, but I preferred to use my E17k to run them. When listening to music from my laptop I used my SB E5 and these things shined. The highs are crisp and clean without being overly bright with a nice roll off at the very top. The sub bass was a surprise, its not crazy, but its plenty, very fast and precise. There is a slight bump in the mid bass, easily EQ'ed. But to me, the mid-range is where this set just rises to the top. They are perfectly present without being too forward, and manage to sound good with both male and female vocals. I ran them through my little group of test songs (I'm sure everyone has there go-to test songs) and there wasn't any genre these failed to sound good with. I'll post up more in a couple/few weeks and see if anything changes, but as of now, I'm completely happy with the purchase.
Looking at your profile, the only thing on there I've had any experience with is the 7506 (not really my favorite, but it's a reference I can use). Have you had any experience at all with the HD 6x0 range, or any of the other HD 5xx headphones? If not, then at least how would you compare the HD 569 with the MDR-7506? I might be able to extrapolate something from there.
Looks like Sennheiser stepped up the packaging quality with the 500 series.