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Originally Posted by
HariBhushan 
I'm guessing the Denon D2000 might be the ones that i could live with since their treble isn't too fatiguing. But i have read that the bass on the HD650's scale quite well for all types of music. It may not have the oomph or sub bass kick that I'm looking for, but as long as Equalizing isn't necessary and the treble is smooth, I will be a very happy camper. How would you rate the bass on the HD600's tho?
The bass on the HD600 fills in and doesn't leave me thinking music is bass light. The bass is full enough. But it lacks punch. The punch escapes out of the open back and never makes it back to the ears. That's a problem with a lot of open headphones. If you try to get punch from the HD600 you'll find yourself listening to them too loud. If you get them loud with the right electronic music you can get your jowls vibrating. There's lots of open headphones that can't do that. But that's also louder than I like to listen.
You can hear the bass drum thuds in rock music. But the thuds are missing the lower frequencies and the punch. You just hear the thud and don't feel it. Listen on a D2000 and you get both the lower frequencies and the slight punch.
Bass on the HD600 is tighter. If I'm trying to listen to something like the fingering by a jazz bass player I'll use the HD600 rather than the D2000. The HD600 lacks in the sub-bass, the really low stuff is not there. The D2000 has the way down low sub-bass.
I never get the urge to boost the bass on the HD600 so the bass is filling in well enough for me. I do sometimes add bass boost to my Grado SR325is with bass light songs. When I listen to the K701 at meets and demos I'm always floored by the complete lack of bass (the bass does not fill in at all). So all in all the HD600 bass does OK. The D2000 bass does better for me though.
