Hi, am looking for a headset to replace my old HD558s. Been trying around a few headsets but I would like to see what you guys can recommend. So far I'm still deciding between the Final Audio Pandora Hope VI at the lower end of my budget and the HD700 and Beyerdynamic T5P at the upper end.

Rig: PC and HTC Butterfly. (Might be getting a high powered music player or DAC/AMP soon)
- music only. But will also be used for gaming.
- Lossless/FLAC/DXD/DSD
- Multiple genres. Dubstep, Rock, Rap, Acoustic, Classical, Progressive House. Too many to list.
- Currently using HD558 and UE900s.
- looking for circumaural headphones for music. Closed or not doesn't matter. Home use only.
- Good solid bass, lush mids and controlled highs. Not too forward or bright sounding. Little warm and laidback will be fine.
- Budget: RM2.5-4K. The lower the better.

This post has been edited by Sentinel92: Mar 24 2014, 01:52 AM

Thought as much for the AKG K712 buy never got to try it yet.

Thanks for the recommendation! Where can I get the Alpha Dog locally by the way?

This post has been edited by Sentinel92: Mar 24 2014, 10:51 AM

The noontech looks like a total Beats ripoff. But by all probabilities sound better than the crappy beats anyways.

Yes Level 2. Middle of the mall next to Nike.

Dude, you said you know what a soundstage is but still asks whether it's involves lesser bass or sound isolation.

As explained, soundstage is that closed room or wide room feel when you listen to headsets. Thats it. Nothing more to it. Also, wide soundstage is not exclusive to a certain headphone type. IEM can have wide soundstage. A high end open back headphone can have wide soundstage. Closed headset can have wide soundstage . It depends on how much or a degree you want it to be.

Too wide and it feels like the instruments are too far away and you cant enjoy it, unless that's what you're looking for. Too narrow and it feels 'in your face ' and claustrophobic.

So its important that you actually try or audition a headset before buying one.

This post has been edited by Sentinel92: May 21 2014, 12:53 PM

soundstage can be affected by your cable, amp or DAC. But don't use stupid software type changes like that under realtek. Those are emulators, they emulate what different rooms like a club or hall sounds like. They don't widen or decrease soundstage.

Also, soundstage is an effect. There is no hardware pros and cons like your camera example. That is totally wrong. As I explained in the sentence you highlighted, you either get wide or narrow, or anything in between depending on what headset you get. Thats it. Nothing else to it.

But otherwise, this discussion can go on and on, and never end.
Just go audition and try headsets within your price range and see whigh suits you. You can ask here all you want but in the end you want something that you like and it's in your price range.

This post has been edited by Sentinel92: May 21 2014, 02:32 PM