Audio-Technica ATH-M50x or Sennheiser HD-598?

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Mostly for use on a flight to Australia, and the odd flight elsewhere and some home use. I know neither offer noise cancelling, but I am not sure that feature is worth the trade-off.

I have no local dealer able to demonstrate both these models, so I will go for the shot in the dark. I am after comfort, a neutral sound, above average sound-stage/separation, and something which covers my fairly petite ears. Lots of bass isn't important.

I will not be using them with a headphone amp, just an HTC 816 cell phone, and a Rega off-board headphone stage which gets it's power from the speaker outputs of my Naim Nait XS integrated.

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Topic - Audio-Technica ATH-M50x or Sennheiser HD-598? - ppopp 20:07:58 12/11/15 (8)

Consider - G Squared 16:27:29 12/14/15 (1)

RE: Consider - genungo 19:27:00 12/14/15 (0)

RE: Audio-Technica ATH-M50x or Sennheiser HD-598? - rrsands 06:55:47 12/14/15 (0)

RE: Audio-Technica ATH-M50x or Sennheiser HD-598? - Triode_Kingdom 21:59:40 12/12/15 (0)

RE: Audio-Technica ATH-M50x or Sennheiser HD-598? - welly 19:16:40 12/12/15 (0)

RE: Audio-Technica ATH-M50x or Sennheiser HD-598? - Travis 15:59:29 12/12/15 (1)

RE: Audio-Technica ATH-M50x or Sennheiser HD-598? - Cameraman 05:43:38 12/14/15 (0)

RE: Audio-Technica ATH-M50x or Sennheiser HD-598? - MaxwellP 05:46:42 12/12/15 (0)

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