Mad Dogs sounded interesting to me, but it really depends. your preferences might be very different. I liked the slight bass boost with its slightly darker sound, but it still is resolving enough to be interesting for me.

If I was going to try something over ear to be portable again, I'd try the Mad Dog or Paradox.

I'm with Anax... On ear ends up bugging me after a while.

Just chiming in, I went from KEF M500/Momentum/MDR-1Rs to the Paradox and it's a clear step up. Even straight out of my AK120 headphone output, the Paradox is head and shoulders better.

That being said, the former 3 are a little more portable in terms of size. The Paradox is a full sized can and I look like a doofus carrying it around.

What's your budget, munch? Open or closed? I use the K601 for casual gaming when it's late. They have a bit more clarity than the Senns and image fairly well. Then again the 558 is a bit of an improvement over the 555 anyway. If you value comfort and solid build then the Beyer 880 should also be in the running.

Pretty much each beyer in the 770/880/990 range has a v-shaped response, IIRC the most neutral is the 250 ohm 880. I had the K701s and preferred both the sound and comfort of the K601s, which have a different headband but the same pads. I don't much mind the AKG pads but the beyer pads blow them out of the water.

Pretty much each beyer in the 770/880/990 range has a v-shaped response, IIRC the most neutral is the 250 ohm 880. I had the K701s and preferred both the sound and comfort of the K601s, which have a different headband but the same pads. I don't much mind the AKG pads but the beyer pads blow them out of the water.

ah okay, hmm well it almost leans towards getting 558's at this point. V-shaped is evil.
k601 are still available to buy? thought these were older than me. k701 was discontinued etc right?
tempting. will see what there is to buy in a bit

thanks again!

oh and purrin:
momentums and 1R are very different cans. the momentums are far more even but with a slight bass/treble emphasis, just very very slight.
warm but not overly bassy or anything. smooth-ish.
1R got a pretty  huge 100Hz or so bump in bass, I don't know where but it's definitely mid-bass.
midrange is quite forward too, with a pretty good treble balance. upper mids are definitely not recessed here, like they might seem on momentums

but overall the momentums are clearer and more resolving I find, with a not-bad FR.

1R wins in comfort and looks though, by a mile. haven't tried anything comfier I think.