Panasonic RP-HJE900 Zirconia Review - Page 40

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Originally Posted by pokpokgei 

i see you own the sunrise xcited. i bought a pair of them recently and burnt in for 20 hours now. i think they are great, better clarity and more forwarded mids than my panasonic hje270 but dont you find the sunrise xcited lacking in sub-bass? moving on from a earphone with rumble to something like the xcited just makes it feel inadequate for me and makes music sound a little colder and technical.

the highs on the xcited is also more fatiguing and piercing, if i listen to the same volume on my hje270 and xcited, i get fatigued easily with the xcited but not much so with the hje270. but i realise that even with the treble settling down in sunrise xcited after more burn in, the sub-bass i've always enjoyed won't appear out of nowhere. thus i went back to purchasing the hje900. :)

I used to own it, I used my pair for about 2 or 3 months max, so I can't tell you how it sounded compared to my HJE900, but to my ears my Brainwavz b2 sounds just right not lacking anything (like bass, maybe a bit of sub bass, but not enough to distract me) . I never thought of the pannies like a bassy headphone but it does have a V shaped signature. Hope you enjoy your pair, it is beautiful and well made.

Hmm, I might have an extra pair of these around here somewhere...

guys! my panasonic hje900 is finally here!

1st minute of listening AND NO REGRETS ON THIS PURCHASE! 

omg i have finally reconciled with the panasonic house sound. they do sound very similar to my hje270 off my memory and i still have the hje270 so i will do a proper comparison later on. 

i just want to share my joy with you fellow hje900 owners :)

these shouldnt have been discontinued, where am i going to find a same model replacement in future :(

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listening to them for 1 day now,

seems like the hje900 (1 day old) has little rumble/sub-bass compared to the hje270(been using for more than a year on daily basis), which is something i did not expect.

hje900 - constant low hiss noise with my computer output, no apparent hiss heard with ipad 2. seems like it is rather source dependent. treble can be a little sibilant on some soundtrack but never piercing or annoying (violins sound good out of them). very low fatigue for long hour listening on low volume which suits my listening preferences well. cant think of any other complains or improvement to comment on. 

going to continue listening into the hundreds of hours and see if any thing changes :)

*oh and among the sunrise xcited, jvc fxd70 and hje900, only the hje900 sounds good for listening from open box. the sunrise xcited was piercing at open box which made it overbearing until burning it in without simultaneous listening and jvc fxd70 was a little grainy on some soundtrack, not sure if that's the result of the over enhanced treble or was it a problem with the mids (reminded me of the grainy/distorted sounds in 1st ever earbud earphone i own many years ago). i find slight sibilance more acceptable than a slightly grainy sound signature.