Florin Andrei wrote: > On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 19:43, Erik Steffl wrote: > >>Florin Andrei wrote: >>... ... HD580 reference snipped ... >>I was under impression they were >>replaced by slightly cheaper HD570 and same/price or slightly more >>expensive HD590 > > > But aren't 570 discontinued too? http://www.sennheiserusa.com/ still lists them, their site is somewhat confusing, they have fuzzy categories, some heaphones are in few of them, HD570 is in Home entertainment only (while other HD5* are also in Audiophile)... but they also list HD580! and I couldn't find them anywhere when I was looking (2 yrs ago?). Weird. >> I tested both HD570 ($130) and HD590 ($200?) and I liked HD570 more, >>slightly cleaner sound, then again I tested them with mp3 player >>(PJB-100) so take it with grain of salt:-) > > Interesting. Me too, I was unimpressed by the 590. They felt bland when > compared to the 600. > > I'm itching to try out the 595 which some say it's Sennheiser's answer > to the critiques that it typically has a "too laid-back sound" (i think > they're confusing transparency with being laid-back, but maybe that's > just me). for me: HD570 are perfect for half of my music - prince, vanessa-mae, cibo-matto, even chuck berry. I guess you could find better headphones for link wray, sex pistols, dead kennedys (maybe those would need _lower_ quality headphones, I am not an expert:-) I wonder how would HD600 sound (I guess I'll take iPod for test drive:-) erik
