Listening to Tarja Turunen and Nighwish "End of an Era" DVD (love this band BTW, if you haven't experienced Tarja Turunen you should, she is fantastic, my new favorate rocker Chic)... Sennheisers doing a marvelous job. Midrange is silky, percise, flowing and spacial. One caveat though is the lack of LFE. Still breaking them in. I also looked at AKG and Grado but didn't see anything in my price range. Upgrades always a consideration down the road.The HD 555's do very very well with female vocals as do the M3's. Honestly, the way Axiom delivers most female vocals is rather astounding. Neutral and transparent sound is bliss.
