Sennheiser 518 vs 558 vs 598

[Slickaspie]

Not planning to buy any headphones yet but I am looking at options for future considerations. These headphones will be used for PC games and music listening. I don't really care about price at this point I am weighing what options are available between these three. 

[SSL]

The 518 is a warmer, more closed in sound. The 558 and 598 are within 5% the SAME sound signature. No differences in technicalities or overall quality. 558 can be easily modded to sound just like a 598.

 

The 598 SE looks the best and is fairly reasonably priced right now on US Amazon.

[SuicideAnomaly]

3 minutes ago, SSL said:

The 518 is a warmer, more closed in sound. The 558 and 598 are within 5% the SAME sound signature. No differences in technicalities or overall quality. 558 can be easily modded to sound just like a 598.

 

The 598 SE looks the best and is fairly reasonably priced right now on US Amazon.

Although I agree that the 598 SE are the best looking, Sennheiser clearly predicted the hipster movement with the design of the originals.

[spwath]

6 minutes ago, SSL said:

The 518 is a warmer, more closed in sound. The 558 and 598 are within 5% the SAME sound signature. No differences in technicalities or overall quality. 558 can be easily modded to sound just like a 598.

 

The 598 SE looks the best and is fairly reasonably priced right now on US Amazon.

Yeah, vittually the same

518 is a bit different

[Bangflop]

2 minutes ago, spwath said:

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lol damn I was just about to link that site to the guy till you beat me to the graphs  

[Slickaspie]

14 minutes ago, SSL said:

The 518 is a warmer, more closed in sound. The 558 and 598 are within 5% the SAME sound signature. No differences in technicalities or overall quality. 558 can be easily modded to sound just like a 598.

 

The 598 SE looks the best and is fairly reasonably priced right now on US Amazon.

thanks for the response helped me out a lot  

[Slickaspie]

9 minutes ago, spwath said:

Yeah, vittually the same

518 is a bit different

thanks for the fancy graphs  

[SSL]

25 minutes ago, spwath said:

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The difference in the 558/598 graph is caused by a single small piece of foam.

[Pomfinator]

43 minutes ago, SuicideAnomaly said:

Although I agree that the 598 SE are the best looking, Sennheiser clearly predicted the hipster movement with the design of the originals.

Gotta directly compete with that hideous AD700...I know, because I had one

[Bacon8tor]