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Sennheiser HD598 On-Ear Home Cinema / HiFi Headphones. AU$204 Delivered. DWI.

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Sennheiser HD598 On-Ear Home Cinema / HiFi Headphones. AU$204 Delivered. DWI.
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dreamscene on 16/07/2013 - 17:50 dwidigitalcameras.com.au (484 clicks)

One of the top 3 headphones at Headfi. Best set you can buy under $300. Hell JB Hifi sells them for $378.

Use coupon code: RMN2013 for $10 off. Make sure you choose the standard shipping + insurance which adds $3.00 and Paypal adds $4.00 so total is $214.00 - $10 discount coupon = $204.00. Cheapest in the world.

Very neutral set that can also be amped for even more performance. Although it does play well unamped as well. I have bought one for myself and the reason I put this up is, I received my shipment in 4 days (standard shipping to boot). They posted it via DHL Express. Compared to my ATH-AD900X, the HD 598 sound more natural, no peaky trebles, hits sub bass levels more often. Just a more relaxing sound. The bass is more than adequate unless you guys are crazy bass heads, then you will need to buy a closed designed headphone. I am running these from my plasma TV and movies sound amazing as if the sound is coming from speakers around you. On the computer I have them running from a Xonar STX sound card which has a built in headphone amp and I use the +12 gain (medium) setting to get even better quality out of them for my uncompressed music. The comfort level is amazing, very light. I seriously think that to top the sound quality of these headphones by any considerable measure, price has to double.

Specs:

Link to Sennheiser website: http://en-de.sennheiser.com/high-end-headphones-audio-stereo…

Link to HeadFi User Reviews: http://www.head-fi.org/products/sennheiser-hd-598

Wearing style Headband
Color brown
Impedance 50 Ω
Frequency response 12 - 38500 Hz
Sound pressure level (SPL) 112 dB
THD, total harmonic distortion < 0.1 % (1 kHz/100 dB SPL)
Ear coupling circumaural
Jack plug 6.3 mm
Cable length 3 m OFC single -sided, exchangeable
Transducer principle dynamic, open
Weight 270 g

What's in the box?

1 HD 598 headphones
1 3.5 mm adapter

Enjoy, people.

DS.

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  • get-innocuous on 16/07/2013 - 18:03

    They're ~$201 delivered from Amazon.fr, where I got mine. Great pair of headphones.

  • elli0t on 16/07/2013 - 18:11

    I've had these headphones for almost 2 years (Paid $300 from PCCG) and have used them with my Asus Xonar Essence STX on my PC also. I use them primarily for gaming and the wide soundstage is amazing in BF3. As dreamscene stated, bass is a little light but this is normal for open headphones (compromise for wide soundstage). Just remember the jack plug is 6.3mm standard, comes with a 3.5mm adapter though. For $204 i'd definitely recommend. Can't comment on DWI though

  • KOBH on 16/07/2013 - 18:14
    +1

    Don't risk your money with DWI.

    Read this and you know why.
    http://www.productreview.com.au/p/digital-world-internationa…

  • Merula on 16/07/2013 - 18:37
    +1

    There is a shorter cable that ends in a 3.5mm jack.

    http://service.syntec.com.au/product_info.php?cPath=2161&pro…

  • krisspy on 16/07/2013 - 21:24
    +2

    Careful about calling these "neutral" they're mid-centric with a warm tone, almost veiled if you've been listening to bright sets of cans. Sennheisser's home sound is a love it or hate it thing, I personally love the sound but it be best you try it out yourself before committing.

    • Gnostikos on 16/07/2013 - 21:39

      Cannot agree enough with this post.

      Do not fall for the badge-marketing; no pair of Sennheiser cans deviate very far from their tinny/mid-centric stance.

      If you're a bass-head who needs bowel-shaking sound-pressure levels and plenty of low-frequency oomph, stay well away from Sennheiser in general.

      • rustynail on 17/07/2013 - 09:58

        Not true. The IE8s and IE80s are a bassheads delight - there is so much thump in those IEMs that I can't listen to them ever since I switched to my Westone 4Rs. Then again, I'm deviating from the subject as we are talking headphones here, not IEMs.

  • bakaneko on 17/07/2013 - 00:56

    Anyone tried the hd598 and akg k701?wonder how the 2 stacks up for classical and rock. Eg elgar's cello concerto and Michael jackson's beat it.

    • dreamscene on 17/07/2013 - 16:39

      Check the HeadFi link in the description, quite a bit of comparison reviews.

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