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). ).Its not. I've got both PC360 and PC350 only because I want to do a review in some time and got both for around $120 shipped (PC350 needs pads replaced, but driver themselves are ok, and thats the only thing that matters to me
For instance, the PC360 sound very similar to the HD555, and the latter costs around 1/3 of the former... yeah, you have a microphone... but you also get a SHITTY volume controller at the headset that will get on your nerves when you lose audio on one of the channels and need to move it up and down till it gets fixed
My recommendation: stay away from ANYTHING that has a mic attached to it. You are paying a heck for something that can be get for $5 and will be as good (also, if mic brokes, you buy another one... if it brokes on PC350 or PC360... well,
), but because you need an amp I'd make sure to test them BEFORE buying. ) so I speak for myself 
The same thing that makes the K701 dull and boring for you, makes them very special for me. I don't know, maybe its me remembering when I used to be a classical musician (cello player) but I love about everything of the K701. Of course, don't expect them to be any good for badly recorded (or mixed) music nor for bass-heavy music... but, for all the other styles, they are perfect (a BIG IMO here ).Yup, I tried them without amping and they sounded... dull.
Who would use a PC360 for music listening? They are designed with the gamer in mind, directional and positional sound is one of the strong feats of the PC360. For music listening strictly? No chance, I'd rather a Denon D2K over them and that's saying something.
I wouldn't touch CMSS3D for CS:Go not even with a 10 feet pole...specially not if we are talking about expensive cans. If you use $10 cans then no problem, but with cans that can actually play some good music using CMSS3D should be punishable.
+1, features like the CMSS3D is absolutely rubbish, it will mess up the sound more so then be of any much of a benefit instead.
Not bragging or anything, I just bought a lot of cans (that I keep as of today, although will sell most once I've settled on a few
(i also like keyboards, lol, although now I've settled around the switches I truly like after trying a ton of different onces). (Mx black vs Topre vs Mx red vs Mx brown).
Nice rig, what open design chassis is that? Brand? Reminds me of the Antec Skeleton open designed case.
Setup I have now (Matrix M-Stage + HRT Streamer II+). Not a high-end system by any account, but powerful enough for any $500 or below headphone.
The Matrix M-Stage is a pretty good DAC/amp. More so when I used it was performed remarkably well with some opamp rolling. AD627b's anybody?
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So, I understand you'd take the HD650 over the K701 any day... but I wouldn't
What hurts most about the K701 is the bright signature, it can at least times, the highs be more painfully brighter then the similarly priced mid-range Grado's. What was a disappointment was AKG discontinuing their beasty flagship the K1000 for a mediocre K700 which is not even a third of what the K1000 'when amped' properly can do.
Sure, If I only could have a pair of cans at home, It wouldn't be the K701. They do some styles as good as you can imagine, but they are not an all-around can. In this regard the HD650 is superior because there isn't really any style in which It can't be used... but because I have some different cans, all-around ones aren't my type when I can switch as easily (with that said, though, the HD650 are kinda growing on me, although not to the point of keeping them, atm).
Get yourself a Bottlehead Crack kit and you will then know what the HD650's can offer. The HD650's shine best with jazz.
I don't know, this is all personal stuff. What everybody should do is...
a) Test the cans before buying them..
b) (if you can't test the cans by any means) Do as I do: buy them all (2nd hand) and then sell the ones you don't like
In big cities you can go and try the cans by yourself, but I'd have to take a flight to do so, hehe.
+1, testing before you buy?? Now that's one thing I strongly recommend also.
With that said, though, agreed with the AD700 being over-rated (and with the Zalman mic, I always recommend them) . They were so recommended I had to buy a pair (2nd hand too) to test them and...hugh. Don't see where the hype is comming, I'll take any HD555 over those AD700 any time.
Same here, I did exactly that 3.5 years ago. Oh and remove that foam disc beneath the grills covering the drivers, exact sound as the HD595's, same drivers.
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