pro900 bass over powering?

[oldson]

have read a bit on these cans. bit of a mixed bag!
i am after a set of closed cans and had been looking at denon d7000 and athw5000. cant trial any locally.
the price of these 3 cans is a tad off putting. espscially as i fancy a new dac too.
the pro900 would offer me a good saving over the other two.
but i dont want over-powering bass.
dont get me wrong, i do like a healthy amount!

interested in your comments, espescially if you use them with a GS solo or other SS amp.
cheers

btw plenty of detail and none recessed mids preferred

[oldson]

someone must have tried these cans with the Solo!?

[haloxt]

Pro series are studio headphones. Like the machinery that forms shaped blocks (music) that fit into shaped holes (typical consumer gear). If you don't want to hear flaws (machinery's friction with blocks of wood as it shapes them) then go for the HFI series or maybe Edition . And I don't consider the bass on stock pro 900 to be broken, it is very useful for its purpose.

I forgot to link a photo to show what I mean . And I'm not saying they aren't good for pleasure listening, it's just if you don't want to hear flaws you should not get pro series. Only exceptions are if you 1. KeeS mod the pro 900 or 2. aren't afraid to go crazy finding the right synergy and have well-mastered music or 3. enjoy unforgiving and neutral sound.

[Illmatic370]

I recently bought a pair of pro 900's. Everything was going fine until I noticed that that the bass was uneven, as in, it was stronger and better defined on the right side compared to the left.
I'm assuming this is NOT normal. I'm using a portable cd player with my pro 900's...could this be whats causing the uneven bass or should I return these can's for new one's?

[haloxt]

I've heard one other person complain about one channel being louder than the other and it was because of a defective unit, you have to try the headphones out of another cd player/mp3 player or computer headphone output or whatever to make sure before asking Ultrasone for a replacement.

[Illmatic370]

Thanks for the input.

The ebay seller I got my pro 900's from has a 7 day return policy. I'm not sure If I'm going to ask for a replacement. Right now I'm leaning towards just getting my money back and purchasing directly from ultrasone.

[haloxt]

Will you receive shipping fees refund both ways if you give it back to the seller? Just FIY, if you got the headphones from an authorized distributor it comes with a warranty against manufacturer defects. That means you can demand a replacement from Ultrasone if you can ascertain that one driver is really malfunctioning. If the headphones really are damaged it's kind of silly to send it back to the seller who would then have to send it back to Ultrasone, unless the seller promises to pay shipping both ways and Ultrasone will not.

[Illmatic370]

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That's the return policy.

I don't know if they are authorized to sell ultrasone products. I'm certain the product is defective though. I used 2 different receivers, cd player, computer, and i pod and they all yielded the same result. More bass on the right compared to the left.

Reading the return policy I'm assuming I just send them back and they send one that (hopefully) works. I should have just ordered them from ultrasone but at 400 dollars I couldn't resist.

[haloxt]

Ask them if they are an authorized dealer and if so CONTACT ULTRASONE and see if they will cover shipping the defective headphones to them, if they will then that is a better option than sending it back to the seller. But even if Ultrasone won't cover it, you can give the ebay seller less trouble because he'd have to send the defective headphones to Ultrasone himself.

If you feel especially mean you can try to ask the ebay seller to pay for shipping the defective item back to them, I'm not sure how much luck you'd have with this though and it'll probably really piss off the ebay seller .

[ultrapaul]

Becuase this is the Ultrasone Forum, I'm going to jump in here.

Because this sale was through ebay, then it is not an authorized sale. Therefore, the warranty is nullified.
The sale of Ultrasone products through ebay is not authorized by Ultrasone. However, we can still take a look at the unit for you.

I am going to assume that you are listening to high quality recordings and not anything compresed. The reason is, the PRO 900 is known for being very revealing to recordings that have been improperly mixed/mastered.

In any event, if you have any questions, please contact us at infoteam@ultrasone.com

[67_390gt]

Make sure both of the ear pads are fully attached