Sennheiser HD 598

[Tiwaz]

So I am thinking about getting new good headphones that cost max 200€. So I found out, that Sennheiser are okay for gaming cuz of positional audio  and for listening to audio in terms of clarity and Bass. What do you guys think, are they worth it or can you recommend other options. I'd be buying off from amazon.de

 

thanks in advance,

Tiwaz

[nicobombai]

At that budget i think i will stick to the HD598 (home use) or AKG K612 Pro (home use) or Beyerdynamic dt770 80/250 ohms (if youre mobile). 

But if youre just gaming get a SHP9500 + vmoda boompro (my current setup) or ATH AD500X/700X + modmic.

Just my 2cents. However please do have a quick read here. 

 

Audio boards recommended gear.

[OPSJono]

25 minutes ago, Tiwaz said:

So I am thinking about getting new good headphones that cost max 200€. So I found out, that Sennheiser are okay for gaming cuz of positional audio  and for listening to audio in terms of clarity and Bass. What do you guys think, are they worth it or can you recommend other options. I'd be buying off from amazon.de

 

thanks in advance,

Tiwaz

I have a set of HD598's. Had them for, must be around 5 years or something now.

 

They're fantastic for what I want. They're open backed - So you can still hear the room a little.

They're reference level headphones, so they have a fairly flat response curve. 

Meaning that what you're hearing is what was recorded. (No emphasis on Bass, Mid or Treble frequencies)

 

And I think I paid around £170 all that time ago, and they're still good today, and I don't see a need to replace them anywhere near in the future.

A worth while purchase in my eyes.

 

Just a note though, the HD598's have a 1/4" jack as their connector. So you will need an adapter to use it with a 3.5mm output, or get some kind of Audio Interface. Like this one:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Focusrite-Scarlett-Audio-Interface-Tools/dp/B01E6T56EA/ref=sr_1_1?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1475742627&sr=1-1&keywords=scarlett+2i2

[Tiwaz]

17 minutes ago, nicobombai said:

At that budget i think i will stick to the HD598 (home use) or AKG K612 Pro (home use) or Beyerdynamic dt770 80/250 ohms (if youre mobile). 

But if youre just gaming get a SHP9500 + vmoda boompro (my current setup) or ATH AD500X/700X + modmic.

Just my 2cents. However please do have a quick read here. 

 

Audio boards recommended gear.

the AT 700x doesnt have as much Bass I'd like to have

[Tiwaz]

8 minutes ago, OPSJono said:

I have a set of HD598's. Had them for, must be around 5 years or something now.

 

They're fantastic for what I want. They're open backed - So you can still hear the room a little.

They're reference level headphones, so they have a fairly flat response curve. 

Meaning that what you're hearing is what was recorded. (No emphasis on Bass, Mid or Treble frequencies)

 

And I think I paid around £170 all that time ago, and they're still good today, and I don't see a need to replace them anywhere near in the future.

A worth while purchase in my eyes.

 

Just a note though, the HD598's have a 1/4" jack as their connector. So you will need an adapter to use it with a 3.5mm output, or get some kind of Audio Interface. Like this one:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Focusrite-Scarlett-Audio-Interface-Tools/dp/B01E6T56EA/ref=sr_1_1?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1475742627&sr=1-1&keywords=scarlett+2i2

okay thanks, i will check out some reviews as well doe, does the hd 598 have a detachable cable for additional mic from beyerdynamic for example?

[nicobombai]

8 minutes ago, Tiwaz said:

the AT 700x doesnt have as much Bass I'd like to have

Have a look at different suggestions i made, especially AKG K612 Pro, Just add up a modmic and youre good to go

But DT770 and K612 pro have a fix cable tho.

[Tiwaz]

8 minutes ago, nicobombai said:

Have a look at different suggestions i made, especially AKG K612 Pro, Just add up a modmic and youre good to go

But DT770 and K612 pro have a fix cable tho.

the k612 are extremely ugly tho whereas the hd 598 look so good with their bright and dark brown colour

[nicobombai]

10 minutes ago, Tiwaz said:

the k612 are extremely ugly tho whereas the hd 598 look so good with their bright and dark brown colour

Well... It's down to personal preference then

From my experience the hd558 are close to hd598. Do a simple mod and you can turn your 558 to a 598. Get a 2.5 to 3.5 adaptor + v-moda boompro and you get an awesome gaming headset.

Or just get straight up a HD598, they are already good out of the box

Credit: Google images

 

Never the less, i will just wait for someone with more experience to give suggestions

[FloRolf]

24 minutes ago, Tiwaz said:

okay thanks, i will check out some reviews as well doe, does the hd 598 have a detachable cable for additional mic from beyerdynamic for example?

Yes they have an detachable cable but that ends on the mini AUX plug thingy so it's NOT compatible with the Beyerdynamic mic from the COPs.

 

I'd still really recommend the 598s, they are awesome headphones for the money.

[Tiwaz]

51 minutes ago, FloRolf said:

Yes they have an detachable cable but that ends on the mini AUX plug thingy so it's NOT compatible with the Beyerdynamic mic from the COPs.

 

I'd still really recommend the 598s, they are awesome headphones for the money.

so do the hd 598 have a 3,5mm cable or 6,5mm? Is the cable reomovable for a mod mic now?

[FloRolf]

2 minutes ago, Tiwaz said:

so do the hd 598 have a 3,5mm cable or 6,5mm? Is the cable reomovable for a mod mic now?

They have a 3.5mm cable plug for you pc and come with an adapter to 6.35mm afaik but the plug that goes into the headphones is 2.5mm. 

Modmic clips onto any cable so... 

[Tiwaz]

36 minutes ago, FloRolf said:

They have a 3.5mm cable plug for you pc and come with an adapter to 6.35mm afaik but the plug that goes into the headphones is 2.5mm. 

Modmic clips onto any cable so... 

ok,

so i will jsut get the headphones and use a zalman mod mic i found on amazon for 8€

[OPSJono]

9 hours ago, Tiwaz said:

okay thanks, i will check out some reviews as well doe, does the hd 598 have a detachable cable for additional mic from beyerdynamic for example?

No it does not, you would have to figure out a microphone setup, I have a studio condenser microphone, Behringer C1 on a boom arm plugged into the Interface I linked along with the 598's. Works very well together.

[Tiwaz]

50 minutes ago, OPSJono said:

No it does not, you would have to figure out a microphone setup, I have a studio condenser microphone, Behringer C1 on a boom arm plugged into the Interface I linked along with the 598's. Works very well together.

nice, so how is the hd 598 overall?

[OPSJono]

1 hour ago, Tiwaz said:

nice, so how is the hd 598 overall?

Overall, they're fantastic.

 

As I already have a microphone setup, I don't see any need to ever upgrade/replace them until they break. And after ~5 years, it's like they're still new!

 

If you can also have a separate Microphone setup, I can't recommend them enough.

 

My full audio setup is this:
HD598's
Behringer C1
M-Audio BX5 Studio Monitors
Focusrite Scarlet 4i4 Interface.

Around £400 in total.
(Rough guess based on memory and what I paid at the time)

But I couldn't ask for anything better for a PC audio set up.

[Tiwaz]

16 hours ago, OPSJono said:

Overall, they're fantastic.

 

As I already have a microphone setup, I don't see any need to ever upgrade/replace them until they break. And after ~5 years, it's like they're still new!

 

If you can also have a separate Microphone setup, I can't recommend them enough.

 

My full audio setup is this:
HD598's
Behringer C1
M-Audio BX5 Studio Monitors
Focusrite Scarlet 4i4 Interface.

Around £400 in total.
(Rough guess based on memory and what I paid at the time)

But I couldn't ask for anything better for a PC audio set up.

thanks for the info, i will jsut get a cheap Zalman clip microphone for them

[Unhelpful]

As somebody who has 598's... Just go 558's. Exactly the same headphone.

[Dackzy]

4 hours ago, JoeyDM said:

As somebody who has 598's... Just go 558's. Exactly the same headphone.

95% the same, but 100% with the foam mod

[Unhelpful]

47 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

95% the same, but 100% with the foam mod

Honestly? I'm beginning to think that the foam mod audio improvement is placebo. I've heard them with it, without it, and hd598's... I can't tell the difference.

[Dackzy]

37 minutes ago, JoeyDM said:

Honestly? I'm beginning to think that the foam mod audio improvement is placebo. I've heard them with it, without it, and hd598's... I can't tell the difference.

well you might not be able to hear it, but there is a small difference in the frequency response

[Unhelpful]

18 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

well you might not be able to hear it, but there is a small difference in the frequency response

Yeah of course there is, I just don't know if a whole 5% is fair.

[Dackzy]

Just now, JoeyDM said:

Yeah of course there is, I just don't know if a whole 5% is fair.

well look at the frequency response of them both. Also that 5% is just a thing I say to show that there is a difference, but it is small

[pas008]

2 hours ago, Dackzy said:

95% the same, but 100% with the foam mod

i'd pretty much say this

which is fairly easy to do if you want

done it to mine like 4yrs ago

[Dackzy]

12 minutes ago, pas008 said:

i'd pretty much say this

which is fairly easy to do if you want

done it to mine like 4yrs ago

I have done it for my friends, because they didn't dare to do it themselves

[Tiwaz]

28 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

well look at the frequency response of them both. Also that 5% is just a thing I say to show that there is a difference, but it is small

 

30 minutes ago, JoeyDM said:

Yeah of course there is, I just don't know if a whole 5% is fair.

 

14 minutes ago, pas008 said:

i'd pretty much say this

which is fairly easy to do if you want

done it to mine like 4yrs ago

 

2 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

I have done it for my friends, because they didn't dare to do it themselves

Guys, you know that once you start going up the price, when something costs twice as much than the version below, then you will maybe get 5% better quality, thats how it works, the higher the price, the worse the price/performance ratio