Yes perhaps a "nice" sound stage, however when listening to the same music through the HD555 & HD 598 C s, these sound more neutral as it was probably recorded, with a good sound stage as well (perhaps not as pronounced since they try to play the music as recorded), the AKG sounds "veiled" or "subdued", as if in a bubble. The Sennie's definitely feel way better than the AKG cans (there is an awful lot of clamping force from the headband...