Great headphones. Great price.

Best value true audiophile grade headphone IMO.

Very good price for great headphones . I paid £160 for them a while ago and thought that was a great deal! :smile: I have listened to couple of sennheisers and to my ears X2's are superior. Hot!

Hot

Just looking at the comparison on that Amazon page - interesting that the L2 is the only pair of headphones that has a high definition Neodymium driver.

While this is classed as hi-res, it doesn't appear reflected in the driver...

Although it's certainly got a wider frequency range.

Always wanted these but gave up my personal space to my kids. Only place open back cans could have been used. Sad face

good price.

Fantastic headphones. I got them on Prime Day for the same price and they're much better than the Audio Technica M50X I was using before. Have some heat!

See the weight of the M50X is stated at 950 gms, thats heavy.

Fantastic deal, ordered a set last night :sunglasses:

I used to own the Fidelio M1 (on ear version) of these, and the bass response was much deeper. External sounds weren't as isolated as the M2, but I flipping loved that deep bass. The cover of one cushion started coming off after one year so I upgraded to M2s. Although the sound is excellent overall, I still miss the M1s. That being said, I do think the M2s are superb. I chose them over the twice as expensive Bose QC25's - the noise cancelling made me feel unbalanced/nauseous after an hour of listening.

Any sound pros on here?

Would i need a sound card in my PC to get the most out of these or is onboard sound good enough these days?

That's a stupid good deal. Been sitting in my wishlist for quite a while hoping to find them on sale at some point and this is much better than I was hoping for!

I just read they are open back, i dont really wanna be blasting my music so other people can hear it, i need a closed pair, i have £200 to spend, very hard to pick :\

I'm also looking for a closed option. Any suggestions / well priced options?

I bought these about a year ago and think I paid more than this from warehouse deals. Really happy with them, with or without a dac. I use them with a headset cable too with the ps4 and they do a fantastic job at that too.

@rev6 I understand that open choices are quite possibly better, but my use case would be the office, so I'd have to settle with closed :disappointed: - still looking for a solution which has great sound for <£150 ideally too. Bought some MX50s for a relative last xmas for £90 - and they've been nowhere near that price since unfortunately!

Ordered, cheers :raised_hand:

Chart if anyone is interested

M50x is so over-hyped and currently equally over priced headphone.
I agree there aren't any really good closed back good value offerings in this price range.

Great price, which is why I posted this deal after I bought a pair at 1.30am.
Apparently, mine needed moderating so yeah, great site. Thanks HUKD.

I have these, this is an amazing price for what you're getting :dizzy_face:

Just ordered a set based on reviews and people's feedback!! :thumbsup:

Hmm, is this worth the extra £50 premium over the HD598 SR...?

Just ordered using prime now! Should be with me in 3 hours! Heat added!

Ordered. If you want to use as a headset, the v moda boom pro will clip straight in.

Expired? Seem to be £200 now

Well - I've noticed the X2's only get 4.5 out of 5 on Amazon and the HD598 SRs get 4.7 out of of 5... Hardly any negative reviews at all for the Sennheissers. The Philips however have plenty of negative reviews including a lot of verified reviews giving it 1 out 5 lol.

I've also seen many people online saying the HD598 SRs sound better than the HD600 and HD650s.

I'm seriously tempted to just buy both and test them out myself as everyone seems to be saying different things.

UPDATE: Just saw THIS review on youtube - doesn't fill me with confidence regarding the X2's

Another crap review of the X2's HERE. Also people online saying they had the X2s, were really disappointed, returned them and went back to their HD598s which sounded much better. I'm not convinced at all that the X2s are better than the Sennheissers.

Which of these headphones is better and which of these deals are better? Sennheisser HD598 SR for £79.99 OR Philips X2 £129.99??

I had already ordered the HD598s before seeing this deal but they still haven't been dispatched yet. I rate Sennheisser MUCH higher than Philips - I've owned cheaper Sennheissers and Philips headphones before and was shocked at the dire sound of the Philips headphones I bought. I've no experience of these X2s though.

The ones I've ordered from Amazon UK are coming from France! Expecting them Wednesday, can't wait :smile:

I recieved mine on Friday, and have listened a fair amount...I just can't escape the feeling they have channel imbalance, simply put the left channel seems fuller and bassier. Voices also seem to be off center.

I've put in a replacement request with Amazon, and will compare the two, hopefully the second pair is better.

I also seem to have a little of the metallic band peeling issue mentioned by others;

I'm confused about something - all the reviews I saw online said these headphones were made of metal and not plastic. I received mine and the main part of the earcups are quite clearly made of plastic(??) :unamused:

Is this meant to be metal? Just to clarify I'm talking about the entire curved part running from the edge of the metal mesh to the ear pads.

Well - I've been putting these headphones through their paces and am trying my best to love them, but am very disappointed with one aspect of them. Everything is mostly great until you reach the high end. When there is a lot going on at the high end, these sound horrendous and worse than cheap nasty headphones on a lot of tracks. The sibilance when it's there is unbearable - I've never heard anything like it on any headphones. It seems to come out of nowhere.

These headphones have excellent soundstage, clarity and seperation - there is no muddiness at all. The bass is surprisingly lacking IMO - thought it would be the complete opposite. The sibilance on these headphones though is HORRIFIC - shockingly bad to the point where it sounds faulty. Looked online and found lots of people complaining about exactly the same thing - appears to be considered normal for these headphones.

The sibilance was considerably worse straight out of the box - after the first hour of burning-in this reduced massively but there has been no change ever since. The X2's have slightly more bass and punch than the 598's but there is hardly anything in it - they sound almost identical - the X2's sibilance problem make a lot of tracks totally unbearable. When you don't hear any sibilance they sound absolutely fantastic which is actually pretty annoying. The build quality and physical feel/weight is in a different league on the X2s. The 598s are alot more comfortable but look and feel extremely cheap and toy like in your hands when next to the X2s. My X2s seem to put far too much pressure on the side of the head - I had to take them off several times due to actual pain - never had that happen before with any headphones. Mine seriously made me think of GOT when The Mountain crushes that guy's skull - I'll assume this eases with use lol.

I love things like the cable but I also have the silver band peeling issue - looks shocking in places and as if it's been stuck on by a child. My biggest concern though is the sound, especially at this price. Some things sound amazing on them - but a lot of things sound absolutely horrendous and I certainly wasn't expecting that.