obobskivich
Headphoneus Supremus
Thin in the highs compared to the HD598. I mentioned it because he thought the HD598 sounded thin, which I personally don't. W1000x has more bass and a lot more clarity than the 598, so he may like them. Looking forward to his report.
Still wouldn't agree (like I said, I wouldn't put the word "thin" near the W1000X), but again, that doesn't mean one of us is right or wrong. IMO the HD 5xx series are kind of limp and "generic" sounding - they don't do anything majorly wrong, but they don't do anything majorly right either. It's like they're betting small to prevent losing big. This comports with what Iskra described in the first post. W1000X OTOH is big and brassy, and I suspect that folks will either hate it or love it, because it's absolutely a colored headphone and it probably won't align with everyone's personal preferences. However based on what Iskra mentioned, to my ears, the W1000X sounds like an obvious candidate.