Hello, I just joined, primarily for the audiophile products. Looking at purchasing the NHT C3 speakers for our new living room. Space is about 15 feet wide by 33 long and they will fire long ways. Space is just for general listening, music room with all equipment is downstairs, so hoping they will fill it with sound nicely. Cheers.
Mar 18, 2024
http://www.head-fi.org/t/722996/mid-fi-side-by-side-testing-the-sennheiser-hd-598-akg-k712-and-philips-fidelio-s2-iems-comparatively This has been mentioned before, but on previous pages so letting people know again.
Fellow Canadians, the deal is there on Amazon.ca still (http://www.amazon.ca/Sennheiser-HD-598-Over-Ear-Headphones/dp/B0042A8CW2)
On a side note, I owned the HD598 and currently have the Q701. FWIW, I prefer the Q701. The soundstage is more wider, and (to me) it's more comfortable. Although, for some people, the bumps are what sinks the AKG in comfort. I also found, after a bit of EQ, the Q701 bass felt more complete - hard to describe.
This might not be an issue for most, but I also found the HD5xx headphones earpad to be narrow, I hate that if it moved a little, it touched the edges, and the AKG's are more circular and large.
Still, those are very minute picky things, they're still damn good @ the price above.
PS. I said "normally sell for $320" because the Amazon listing during sale time said: "List Price: <strikethrough>$319.00</strikethrough> Price: $99"
Now it says "Price: $180" instead, which is *still* cheaper than this pair. This being my first pair of proper headphones I'm still very confused about where to go.