I've had the Audio Technica's for almost 13 years now, (I have the original MTH M50 model, that's been discontinued) I've had to replace the ear-pads, the leather on the headstrap is all worn out and flaked off. They're still kicking though! They were the first higher-end headphone I ever purchased. They sounded amazing coming from basic headphones,... but the Sennheiser 599's are WAY better. Not even comparable really. The Sennheisers are like the gateway into audiophile headphones. Just pair them with a good AMP and DAC, and make sure you're listening to actual good lossless audio tracks.. you're going to notice things in music you never heard before. Once you've gone on to higher-end headphones, the limitations of the Audiotechnica's start to show. If you're looking for casual listening - while on transit or at the gym, just get some blue tooth Anker Earbuds. $30, and they sound great for mobile listening. I have the Anker's 'Soundbud Curves', bass is deep, and they have good soundstage for earbuds, with over 15 hour battery life. Lugging head-cans around for mobile listening just isn't worth it.
Music is something which is extremely subjective everyone for the most part likes a different style of music, a different headphone style, or values a certain part of music more than others and given all the variables what sounds amazing to one person might not be that good to someone else. The hardest part for me was getting use to music sounding different you kinda get accustomed to music sounding a certain way (especially with songs you know well) the headphone market around $60-$80 is pretty good for folks who just want better but still wants their music to sound more or less the same. For me personally I remember the first time I listened to good music, was in 2008 and I had this song I loved at the time my friend found the song online and had me listen to it thru his headphones and it was crazy. I had listened to this song easily 100 times and felt I knew everything about it and out of no where I started hearing instruments in the song I didn't even know where there. I absolutely loved it but I guess I will give some advice if you listen to a lot of vocal heavy music with light instruments or predominantly instruments open back headphones can be a solid choice, if you listen to bass heavy music however you pretty much want to look for closed back headphones. There is always some grey in between where something can sound really nice on one but in general if you enjoy bass heavy music (like rap, hard rock, etc) go for closed back. If you enjoy a lot of classic music especially piano, violin, or light vocals with a slight background go open back.
Hi, can I be using the Sennheiser while using a shotgun mic(video mic go 2) in a online meeting? Or it will catch the headphones sound (other person's in the meeting talking)?
Here M50x costs 70 euros less than HD599. That is around 50% of its base value. I think that price should play a bigger role in a comparison, because it is a lot bigger commitment in buying Sennheiser headphones for no differences in quality, but just preference.
I have my Skullcandy Hesh 3 Bluetooth headphones which are very practical and actually quite good. However, I took my HD599’s today for a walk and even in open environments they are absolutely kick ass. I’m sitting on the Audirect Atom 2 for my iPhone and I’m using a simple DAC dongle but even for outside use the Sennheiser’s are great. They do lose a lot of bass vs the Skullcandy’s which are sort of purposed for that, but I have loved them wether I’m using them indoors through a large Behringer DAC/AMP, so I have found them to be great all-arounds.
I already have some nice closed Sony MDR-1AM2, I just got an HD 599 SE at £87 on Amazon, a steal. So if I need to be around people, at office, on public transport etc, I'd use the Sonys, or perhaps my bose QC30 in ears, but for home usage it will be the 599.
Excellent review. I have had the ATH 50’s (Not the x) for years and they are very versatile. Mainly used when playing bass guitar. They are sometimes used for listening through my stereo and are fine and very enjoyable. However,, I am looking into open back designs for more airiness and imaging more like my speakers. The HD 599’s have crept up to the top of my list. I’m shooting for under $200. While I’m not sure I will like the color, Your review may have clinched the HD 599’s.
I got the hd599 as my first open backs a while ago. They do sound good but I was dissapointed with the "soundstage" that open backs are supposed to have. Ive done side by side comparison with closed back and no real difference. Have you had same experience with soundstage?
Si lo utilizaste con un smartphone pues no le sacarás el máximo potencial a los hd 599 ese audífono necesita amplificación con cualquier dac básico de fiio lo puedes levantar fácilmente.
Hey, a quick question, I have 598SR, should I upgrade to 599 for 10$ less. 598SR has a special cable for audio calls, but I am more interested in sound quality. Is it okay to exchange it for the bass??? Or keep it as it is. Please suggest. Thanks a lot....0
@jominksimon234 Hii, actually i did exchanged mine to HD599.....and found a difference. For sure i felt that while listening to 598SR, i felt like i am sitting somewhere like 3 rows behind the stage and in 599, i felt i am along with the orchestra....apart from that as you said, both are the same.......Thanks a lot for your reply
@@raghavendradasadi2194 hey do you mean that sitting on orchestra means a smaller sound stage for 599? Which one do you recommend I am getting both for 100 $ each!?
Prashant Dwivedi yes. I felt that soundstage was lacking a bit. But may be I used 598 quite some time before I returned it. So it burnt quite a bit. 599, I didn’t burn it much.
Frankly, I can’t say which one to pick. If you like the color of 599, you can go with that if not 598. I got 599 for 79€ and hence I picked it as it is the latest one. But I got a feedback from metal571 that 599 and 598 after good burning, both sounds the same but 599 has better imaging (clarity and instrument identification) helps in gaming..
Wow, that looks like my ex-fiance's couch. I like the Sennheiser HD599's they are a very nice set of headphones. Maybe I'll listen to the Audio Technica ATH M50x again at the store in comparison but at the time I purchased the Sennheiser HD599's because regardless of them being Open-back headphones I thought they sounded much better in terms of the overall clarity. Yet, the are Open-back headphones and they can be heard because of that as some extra background noise is being generated from the headphones bleeding sound because they are Open-back headphones. Maybe the Audio Technica ATH M50x had too much wear and tear at the store or were damaged or something and I imagine that could have happened being that they were just left in the open so that they could be heard before purchasing them. Anyways, if they sound similar in terms of their characteristics I would most certain think that a nice Closed-back headphone would be a nice option and because of the background noise pollution that is generated by Open-back headphones. I would say that this also made me think of the song "Rivermaya - 20 Million Diamonds" and also the movie Aladdin because of the whole diamond in the rough thing. And that also reminds me of the song "Lepi Dasa - Velika Masina" and so again I found your review to be very interesting. I also thought that the Pioneer HDJ-X5 Headphones sounded pretty good. I am having a hard time with a few things that some people had told me at times and that goes back to many time periods from 1984 to 1989 and also in 1995 thru 1997 and again in 2005 and 2011 and also at some other various times. Regardless, it makes me think of the songs "The Vamps - Wake Up" and "Ellie Goulding - Lights" plus "Quiet Riot - Winners Take All" and they are great songs. The couch thing I think I agree with what some other people had said in terms of their comment on your review and it also made me think of the movies Dirty Dancing and also The Cutting Edge and that also made me think of the movie Titanic and in because of a certain timeline or sequence of things. Those things again made me think of the song "The Hooters - And We Danced" and that also make that song very scary and yet it is a very good song, it's just that I find it to be very scary. I also think that the song "for KING + COUNTRY - Shoulders" is very scary for many of the same reasons and also because I was hit many hit and run accidents where the other driver fled the scene and they were not found and it may have been the same person in those events. That also made me think of many people named Jeff and Scott over the years. Yet regardless of all of those things I also having been hit by car whilst I was riding my bicycle and also waking up in the ambulance on the way to the hospital, it is that I am still alive for some reason. It is something that is pretty interesting and for a lot of reasons and the song "Daughtry - 18 years (Lyrics)" is an awesome song. I wonder with a lot of recent events what are some events that might also take place in the future. I most certain hope they are good things. I do think that "Rey Stevens - Dudley Dorite (Of The Highway Patrol)" is also important because Dudley Dorite looks exact like my brother when Rey Stevens got pulled over, "The Hooters - And We Danced" 1985 reprise @3:27 plus a metal plate, important. Anyways, nice review, btw. Thank You!!.
@@392cuts its hard to choose because they are two very different headphones. Personally, i d choose the m50x, because i make beats on my computer and that think has just an amazing, detailed bass, i cannot really describe it, its just boofy as hell and i love it. On the other hand, if you put the hd599 on, the highs are very detailed, you can hear every single thing in the song and... its just amazing So if you re the guy who likes to listen to quality music at home then i recommend the hd599, but if you travel a lot, or if you want to listen to music outside of the house then m50x it is. If you re a music maker, then m50x would be a better choice i think But yet again they are both amazing headphones on their own way, both really worth their prices.
nice review, i want to buy this Sennheiser. The looks is astonishing, and the reviews say this is very precise, warm and clear open back headphone. I wanted a open-back but very warm sounding, that i could listen to a bass solo of a prog band or something like that. I used a Sony Mdr-1R, that is a closed-back, very clear headphone, but the clear sound wasn't giving me a good imaging, and even was claustrophobic because the impression was ''i'll get some open sound'', but was never open, dynamic, vivid enough, and i wanted to kill myself. And even the bass in that was not warm, you listen to, but was more ''sweet'' than something that have body in the sound. So, my old headphone are shit because don't do anything right enough, same trying to do. I hope the Senn 599 will can be open, vivid and warm. It's a right description? Thx =D
I've had the Audio Technica's for almost 13 years now, (I have the original MTH M50 model, that's been discontinued) I've had to replace the ear-pads, the leather on the headstrap is all worn out and flaked off. They're still kicking though! They were the first higher-end headphone I ever purchased. They sounded amazing coming from basic headphones,...
but the Sennheiser 599's are WAY better. Not even comparable really. The Sennheisers are like the gateway into audiophile headphones. Just pair them with a good AMP and DAC, and make sure you're listening to actual good lossless audio tracks.. you're going to notice things in music you never heard before. Once you've gone on to higher-end headphones, the limitations of the Audiotechnica's start to show.
If you're looking for casual listening - while on transit or at the gym, just get some blue tooth Anker Earbuds. $30, and they sound great for mobile listening. I have the Anker's 'Soundbud Curves', bass is deep, and they have good soundstage for earbuds, with over 15 hour battery life. Lugging head-cans around for mobile listening just isn't worth it.
Do you know good DAC amp for HD 599 ?
You just sold me on the 599 over the M40s. Thanks!
I actually like the couch quite a bit. It's quirky. It's just not in the right room - the right color walls would make it come to life.
This is the most perfect review for me as I have the M50x and thinking to buy the HD599. I liked the real-world review style, thanks!
I was looking for a comparison of these two! Thanks!
This is more of a review thain you want it (not) to be. But in a good way. Kinda exactly what I was looking for.
kriss667 yeah I was kind of improving it but thank you!
Music is something which is extremely subjective everyone for the most part likes a different style of music, a different headphone style, or values a certain part of music more than others and given all the variables what sounds amazing to one person might not be that good to someone else. The hardest part for me was getting use to music sounding different you kinda get accustomed to music sounding a certain way (especially with songs you know well) the headphone market around $60-$80 is pretty good for folks who just want better but still wants their music to sound more or less the same. For me personally I remember the first time I listened to good music, was in 2008 and I had this song I loved at the time my friend found the song online and had me listen to it thru his headphones and it was crazy. I had listened to this song easily 100 times and felt I knew everything about it and out of no where I started hearing instruments in the song I didn't even know where there.
I absolutely loved it but I guess I will give some advice if you listen to a lot of vocal heavy music with light instruments or predominantly instruments open back headphones can be a solid choice, if you listen to bass heavy music however you pretty much want to look for closed back headphones. There is always some grey in between where something can sound really nice on one but in general if you enjoy bass heavy music (like rap, hard rock, etc) go for closed back. If you enjoy a lot of classic music especially piano, violin, or light vocals with a slight background go open back.
Thanks for the comparision. Great video!
Which one is better for metal music
Finally, a great comparison.
Hi, can I be using the Sennheiser while using a shotgun mic(video mic go 2) in a online meeting? Or it will catch the headphones sound (other person's in the meeting talking)?
Here M50x costs 70 euros less than HD599. That is around 50% of its base value. I think that price should play a bigger role in a comparison, because it is a lot bigger commitment in buying Sennheiser headphones for no differences in quality, but just preference.
I have my Skullcandy Hesh 3 Bluetooth headphones which are very practical and actually quite good. However, I took my HD599’s today for a walk and even in open environments they are absolutely kick ass. I’m sitting on the Audirect Atom 2 for my iPhone and I’m using a simple DAC dongle but even for outside use the Sennheiser’s are great. They do lose a lot of bass vs the Skullcandy’s which are sort of purposed for that, but I have loved them wether I’m using them indoors through a large Behringer DAC/AMP, so I have found them to be great all-arounds.
the sennheiser hd 599 se are around 130$($CAN) 1-3 time per years on Amazon...
I already have some nice closed Sony MDR-1AM2, I just got an HD 599 SE at £87 on Amazon, a steal. So if I need to be around people, at office, on public transport etc, I'd use the Sonys, or perhaps my bose QC30 in ears, but for home usage it will be the 599.
Excellent review. I have had the ATH 50’s (Not the x) for years and they are very versatile. Mainly used when playing bass guitar. They are sometimes used for listening through my stereo and are fine and very enjoyable. However,, I am looking into open back designs for more airiness and imaging more like my speakers. The HD 599’s have crept up to the top of my list. I’m shooting for under $200. While I’m not sure I will like the color, Your review may have clinched the HD 599’s.
Hd 599 is 99€ on Amazon Europe this week
Philips SHP9500 is very good and extremely VFM
I got the hd599 as my first open backs a while ago. They do sound good but I was dissapointed with the "soundstage" that open backs are supposed to have. Ive done side by side comparison with closed back and no real difference. Have you had same experience with soundstage?
Si lo utilizaste con un smartphone pues no le sacarás el máximo potencial a los hd 599 ese audífono necesita amplificación con cualquier dac básico de fiio lo puedes levantar fácilmente.
You must be deaf
So true..559s have better sound stage than 599s 😑.
@@andresms8880yes and same for ath m50x with dac. The soundstage and the headphones are transfigured 😉
Hey, a quick question, I have 598SR, should I upgrade to 599 for 10$ less. 598SR has a special cable for audio calls, but I am more interested in sound quality. Is it okay to exchange it for the bass??? Or keep it as it is. Please suggest. Thanks a lot....0
@jominksimon234 Hii, actually i did exchanged mine to HD599.....and found a difference. For sure i felt that while listening to 598SR, i felt like i am sitting somewhere like 3 rows behind the stage and in 599, i felt i am along with the orchestra....apart from that as you said, both are the same.......Thanks a lot for your reply
@@raghavendradasadi2194 hey do you mean that sitting on orchestra means a smaller sound stage for 599? Which one do you recommend I am getting both for 100 $ each!?
Prashant Dwivedi yes. I felt that soundstage was lacking a bit. But may be I used 598 quite some time before I returned it. So it burnt quite a bit. 599, I didn’t burn it much.
Frankly, I can’t say which one to pick. If you like the color of 599, you can go with that if not 598. I got 599 for 79€ and hence I picked it as it is the latest one. But I got a feedback from metal571 that 599 and 598 after good burning, both sounds the same but 599 has better imaging (clarity and instrument identification) helps in gaming..
hey i even use the 599 outside everyday and i love them. Cause if you hear it not too loud it feels like the musik are come from boxes.
Wow, that looks like my ex-fiance's couch. I like the Sennheiser HD599's they are a very nice set of headphones. Maybe I'll listen to the Audio Technica ATH M50x again at the store in comparison but at the time I purchased the Sennheiser HD599's because regardless of them being Open-back headphones I thought they sounded much better in terms of the overall clarity. Yet, the are Open-back headphones and they can be heard because of that as some extra background noise is being generated from the headphones bleeding sound because they are Open-back headphones. Maybe the Audio Technica ATH M50x had too much wear and tear at the store or were damaged or something and I imagine that could have happened being that they were just left in the open so that they could be heard before purchasing them. Anyways, if they sound similar in terms of their characteristics I would most certain think that a nice Closed-back headphone would be a nice option and because of the background noise pollution that is generated by Open-back headphones. I would say that this also made me think of the song "Rivermaya - 20 Million Diamonds" and also the movie Aladdin because of the whole diamond in the rough thing. And that also reminds me of the song "Lepi Dasa - Velika Masina" and so again I found your review to be very interesting. I also thought that the Pioneer HDJ-X5 Headphones sounded pretty good. I am having a hard time with a few things that some people had told me at times and that goes back to many time periods from 1984 to 1989 and also in 1995 thru 1997 and again in 2005 and 2011 and also at some other various times. Regardless, it makes me think of the songs "The Vamps - Wake Up" and "Ellie Goulding - Lights" plus "Quiet Riot - Winners Take All" and they are great songs. The couch thing I think I agree with what some other people had said in terms of their comment on your review and it also made me think of the movies Dirty Dancing and also The Cutting Edge and that also made me think of the movie Titanic and in because of a certain timeline or sequence of things. Those things again made me think of the song "The Hooters - And We Danced" and that also make that song very scary and yet it is a very good song, it's just that I find it to be very scary. I also think that the song "for KING + COUNTRY - Shoulders" is very scary for many of the same reasons and also because I was hit many hit and run accidents where the other driver fled the scene and they were not found and it may have been the same person in those events. That also made me think of many people named Jeff and Scott over the years. Yet regardless of all of those things I also having been hit by car whilst I was riding my bicycle and also waking up in the ambulance on the way to the hospital, it is that I am still alive for some reason. It is something that is pretty interesting and for a lot of reasons and the song "Daughtry - 18 years (Lyrics)" is an awesome song. I wonder with a lot of recent events what are some events that might also take place in the future. I most certain hope they are good things. I do think that "Rey Stevens - Dudley Dorite (Of The Highway Patrol)" is also important because Dudley Dorite looks exact like my brother when Rey Stevens got pulled over, "The Hooters - And We Danced" 1985 reprise @3:27 plus a metal plate, important. Anyways, nice review, btw. Thank You!!.
I have hd 599 but my friend has the m50x s, you described them very well
Which one do you personally like better?
@@392cuts its hard to choose because they are two very different headphones.
Personally, i d choose the m50x, because i make beats on my computer and that think has just an amazing, detailed bass, i cannot really describe it, its just boofy as hell and i love it.
On the other hand, if you put the hd599 on, the highs are very detailed, you can hear every single thing in the song and... its just amazing
So if you re the guy who likes to listen to quality music at home then i recommend the hd599, but if you travel a lot, or if you want to listen to music outside of the house then m50x it is. If you re a music maker, then m50x would be a better choice i think
But yet again they are both amazing headphones on their own way, both really worth their prices.
Oh yeah and just to mention, the hd599 is really comfortable, i had problems with the m50x but i got used to it a week later
BorsoHD aight thanks for the reply !
@@392cuts if you have any more questions im here ;)
Great choice, dude!
Thank you!!!
Exact review I was looking for. Thanks my brother! Jesus loves you family. Have a blessed day!!
That’s very nice God bless you and Jesus loves you too
@@bigtumgo Jesuis loves you too🙂 Jesuis loves me too, Jesuis loves everyone.🧔🏼♂️I also love Jesuis😊
Great review. Very helpful. Thanks.
What about for competitive fps I'm also using the steelseries gamedac
Are these better than the HD 598's? Or is the sound pretty much the same?
Almost same
M50x is better, and yes I've tested both
@@augenblick9925 That’s not what I asked.
Very good review 👍
Very good review. Thanks.
Very useful!
very good review
I really like your video.
nice review, i want to buy this Sennheiser. The looks is astonishing, and the reviews say this is very precise, warm and clear open back headphone. I wanted a open-back but very warm sounding, that i could listen to a bass solo of a prog band or something like that. I used a Sony Mdr-1R, that is a closed-back, very clear headphone, but the clear sound wasn't giving me a good imaging, and even was claustrophobic because the impression was ''i'll get some open sound'', but was never open, dynamic, vivid enough, and i wanted to kill myself. And even the bass in that was not warm, you listen to, but was more ''sweet'' than something that have body in the sound. So, my old headphone are shit because don't do anything right enough, same trying to do. I hope the Senn 599 will can be open, vivid and warm. It's a right description? Thx =D
Happy with hd599
Audiotechnica has a lot of pressure on the head and has uncomfortable pads.
Hd599 for 99 bucks on amazon prime day
You're comparing M50X to 599?
No, he is comparing hd 650 with hyper x cloud 2 ☁️
I prefer Fidelio.
Bit strange doing a review with the subject out of sight sitting low like a little gerbil lol 😆
Thank u
To me Sennheiser all sound the same
No me parese buena comparacio ya que son muy diferentes
Thanks dude. Got 599s for 80usd on Amazon (renewed). I got these for gaming
How is 599 for gaming? Is it good?
@@baboom007 I received 598 instead, returned it. Now ordered once again. I didn't get a chance to try these for gaming.
@@GeraltOfRivia69 let me know when you test them. thx
@@baboom007 great pair .
@@GeraltOfRivia69 Hey, when you use open backs for gaming does the sound leak from headphones into the mic?
I don't care about the headphones. That couch must be burned immediately!
How about dt 770?
Get a good amp with it and it's very solid
Very good review