Headphone set pick!

ConstDinoC7 · Jun 12, 2015

Ill send those back and give a try on V-Moda M100's to see how they are. If not ill just go back to Beats where sound quality was balanced and bass was amazing but the only thing with Beats is the price

BumbleBee · Jun 15, 2015

I doubt very much Beats are balanced

Bass heavy headphones are often slow and have a recessed midrange (voices sound distant). it's a lot harder to engineer a closed back headphone than open back.

Audeze headphones have the best bass period. the bass is bottomless, fast and punchy. Audeze EL-8 is probably out of your price range hehe

you should look at the Philips Fidelio X2.

MaximusE · Jun 15, 2015

Fact is i was really happy with the performance of Beats.

On the other hand Fidelios look awesome but they are open back :/

n8dotcom · Jun 15, 2015

I'm a headphone junkie so I don't might spending the money on a great set of cans. The Audeze EL-8 are great @BumbleBee. In the last couple of months though, I've been using the Blue Mo-Fi headphones, for music and gaming. I absolutely love the sounds. You don't even have to turn on the amp. I game without the amp and it's wonderfully balanced, but when I go to the gym and turn on the amp, the sounds go to another level of beautiful music. It brings back that analog bass. The price is lower than the Audeze EL-8 but they're still not cheap.

Bansaku · Jun 15, 2015

As a Head-phone junkie, owning numerous pairs that out-cost a hi-end GPU, my recommendation would be either the Sennheiser HD558 or the HD598. There may be more expensive headphones, but none come close to their performance to price ratio. My 2 cents.

n8dotcom · Jun 15, 2015

Bansaku said:
As a Head-phone junkie, owning numerous pairs that out-cost a hi-end GPU, my recommendation would be either the Sennheiser HD558 or the HD598. There may be more expensive headphones, but none come close to their performance to price ratio. My 2 cents.

True.

I actually own the HD558's and the HD598's. The HD558's have a little more bass than the HD598's but the HD598's sound a little more natural, even though they both sound natural. The cords for the Sennheisers are really long. Not good for going out.

WhiteNoise · Jun 16, 2015

Just buy Beats and be done. You already know you love them and that is all that matters right? It's not your fault that you haven't heard anything better is it? :peace:

n8dotcom · Jun 16, 2015

WhiteNoise said:
Just buy Beats and be done. You already know you love them and that is all that matters right? It's not your fault that you haven't heard anything better is it?

LoL

I have some Beats too. They are great and they are lightweight, which is key, but I think the Mo-Fi's beats them in sound. They're a little heavier though. I don't game with my Beats either.

ConstDinoC7 · Jun 17, 2015

Am testing V-Moda at the moment. Much much better bass than Momentum's really good sound stage but the Momentum's had a clearer not that deep sound.

ConstDinoC7 · Jun 20, 2015

So guys an update..Am sending V-Modas back because i want to try something more comfortable to the ear and more bulky. V-Modas sound is perfect but hurts my ears after 30 min of usage. I know the available XL cushions but i won't bother.

Am between Sennheiser HD8 and Fidelio X2 although Fidelios are open back.

Anyone can suggest similar or better sound to V-Modas but more comfortable and a bit bulky?

BumbleBee · Jun 20, 2015

I read somewhere the clamping force on the HD DJ line by Sennheiser is kinda rough. nothing about those headphones look comfortable at all.

ConstDinoC7 · Jun 20, 2015

BumbleBee said:
I read somewhere the clamping force on the HD DJ line by Sennheiser is kinda rough. nothing about those headphones look comfortable at all.

What about Fidelios X2? Can a open back headphone beat a closed back headphone on the bass? Or it doesn't matter?

Capitan Harlock · Jun 20, 2015

You dont wanna spend a lot? but you want good sound? Superlux hd668b xd 56ohm 10 to 30khz for only 30$ and with the rest of the budget get an amp/dac .
The mic you can buy a Modmic and you can be ok xd .
The only thing to do with the superlux is buy new earpads like the ones for the akg 240 or similar because the only bad thing about the superlux is the earpads xd

ConstDinoC7 · Jun 20, 2015

Budget is around 300 euros.

V-Modas costed me 280 so they going back

Can anyone suggest similar sound to V-Modas but more comfortable? I don't care for portability

Rowsol · Jun 20, 2015

Guys, he wants bass phones. 668b isn't even close.

The m50's have good bass and relatively good comfort from what I've read. m100's are one of the best bass headphones on the market so you're going to have a hard time finding a pair with sound quality as good. You can try the HiFiMan HE-400. I hear they have good bass.

The Sony XB (extra bass) series is pretty cheap. You could try one of them.

Here's a useful site to see headphone responses. http://www.headphone.com/pages/build-a-graph

I put 4 headphones you might like for comparison to see how they compare. http://graphs.headphone.com/graphCo...]=3651&graphID[]=4313&graphID[]=1193&scale=30

ConstDinoC7 · Jun 20, 2015

Rowsol said:
Guys, he wants bass phones. 668b isn't even close.

The m50's have good bass and relatively good comfort from what I've read. The only way you're getting bass similar to the m100s is to get a planar magnetic headphone. Try the HiFiMan HE-400.

The Sony XB (extra bass) series is pretty cheap. You could try one of them.

Here's a useful site to see headphone responses. http://www.headphone.com/pages/build-a-graph

I tested Momentum's 2.0 and V-Modas M100 so far now. Momentum's had better clearer sound stage but bass was less than ok. V-Modas have good sound stage not good as Momentum's but amazing bass. Also Momentum's were 100 times more comfortable than V-Modas..

Am thinking of going for the Sennheiser HD8 DJ but am not sure if the bass will be as good as V-Modas and also have a good sound stage at the same time? Am sure they are comfy tho.

Rowsol · Jun 21, 2015

Those HD8s look good. Expensive, but good. The m50s are probably a lot cheaper than those HD8s and probably sound similar. According to the frequency chart, they are similar to m100s, surprisingly. You should try them first. Maybe save yourself some money.

ConstDinoC7 · Jun 21, 2015

That's what i first notice when i was comparing these two on the bass but everyone keeps saying that M100's have more bass and more punchy than M50's. HD8 cost about the same on Amazon actually as M100's.

I want to give M50's a try but i don't want to be disaapointed on bass levels and quantity Comfort is sure better than M100's

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