The Basshead Club - Page 212

aww, yea that sounds ptetty bad, but why was he taking it apart... MODDING a Byerdyanmic can kinda defeats the pourpose of buying them imo

Yea I don't like Closed Headphones that much any more [maybe there's open driven IEMS] in addition they are very un comfortable to me >.>

 

So the Velodyne vPulse arrived today. I'm not listening to high quality music files like you guys so my review might be a bit off (I have no idea where you guys get those FLAC files). 

 

The bass is really awesome one these, muchhhhh better than my Audio-Technica ATH-ANC23. Though I must admit that the highs on the vPulses are not as clear and crisp compared to the Audio Techs. In fact, when I plugged them in my iPod, I thought that the MP3 files I put on my MP3 player were really poor rips since the highs sound like it's passing through a thin filter before it reaches my ears. I don't know if I'll get  better sound after the 50 hour burn-in, but even if I do I doubt the highs will get to the level of my old Technicas. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I don't think these are worth $100. I say its more like a $50-$60 pair of headphones. But hey...that's just my personal opinion/preference. 

 

Anyway, I hope the Atrio M5's will WOW me much more than the vPulses. With that being said I'm glad I bought these over the Hippo VB's, I can't imagine how poor they would sound since I read that they're highs are even worse than the Velodynes. 

 

: D

 

Anoob

I'll have to wear mine later today with something like Coldplay or Led Zeppelin and see. Burn in will make any headphone sound better but I'd imagine the highs would be the same and the low subs and sub mids (10-200Hz maybe) Will sound better. Do you find them piercing or bright? Also as always some form of EQ can really make a headphone shine. Heck, some headphones it seems are built around the idea of a high quality equalizer. Hope they get better and I hope the M5 are great! Yeah. I think their about $80 worth over 100 imo too. That dumb in-line mic/volume switch is a waste of money and a useless expense for an IEM.

You get Flacs from old School CDs. Buy a CD [non bootleg] then RIP the audio off it as uncompressed wave then convert it to compressed Lossless Flac

 

You can also use P2P sites to get lossless quality files, but that's a choice u have to make ur self! 

 

Nice mini review though ^^ 

 

I'm not too sure what that means : P I do find that to increase the highs I turn it on louder, but it doesn't make it clearer, just louder and it just hurts my ears : ( 

 

Maybe I'll download a diital equalizer for my laptop to see if this fixes my issue. Anyway the Atrio M5's should be here by Monday : DDDD so excited : DDDDDD

Grats, and bright highs usually mean even at low volume they can be a little shrill or painful... it's like overly bright like when you open your car do, that sound is stupid bright! 

Hey Guys

I am building an entirely new rig and had a question.

 

 

Is there anything under 310 dollars that can beat the M100s? 

I will be pairing them with a ZO2.3. I already have the Q40s and I want something with good build quality and something that isn't too ugly.

I doubt, but wait for the AKG K267 Tiesto's first reviews.
 

So bassheads, has anybody gotten their hands on the new XB-series yet? I've placed an order for the XB200, 400, and 600, and I can't wait to get my hands on them. I'll be getting the XB800 once their in stocks, so if anybody has heard them, please let your voice be heard! :)

That's style (XB600):

 

Wondering how better the XB800 will sound...

Edited by miow - 10/29/12 at 9:24am

HifiGuy528 has a little review / unboxing here http://www.head-fi.org/t/629433/new-sony-extra-bass-mdr-xb600-mdr-xb800-unboxing-videos

 

Don't sell your XB500's just yet... 

Edited by TrollDragon - 10/29/12 at 9:26am

Yea my interest quickly faded for these, seems like they are cheap version of XB series as these are manufactured in china while typically Sony products and the other XB series comes from Thailand, nuff said. If they had been manufactured in same place they might have had a chance to be a really nice pair of basshead cans, now it seems more like Sony decided to milk as much cash as possible from a Sony XB series refresh by keeping the costs down for the manufacturing.

Edited by RPGWiZaRD - 10/29/12 at 9:51am

 

Aren't the V-Moda M100's manufactured in China too? No one seems to complain about it :P

 

Now serious, I read on the other thread that the XB800 sound like the XB500 and cost 129€, so CMO.

Edited by miow - 10/29/12 at 11:02am

 

I'm not speaking in the sense "China = always bad" but in this case, using logical thinking which I do on a regular basis to make educated guesses:

 

- The only real reason to withdrawn popular well selling previous gen XB headphones is that they aren't making enough money, they are too expensive to make for how cheap they sold for. I always thought the old XB pads looked quite expensive.  Also the drivers themselves are no slouch, it's just the frequency balance is far from ideal, the XB500 in particular benefits a lot by EQing, the far major drawback is the balance, the driver itself isn't THAT bad, the cups' material doesn't really make the drivers justice either xD

 

- Now a possible way to do it is always: "ride on the fame". XB500 especially has gained a lot of popularity among the typical youth that craves the bumped bass. Now the fame will make up for the loss in quality, people still buy it unless it sounds complete crap (Beats still sales well despite sounding like garbage). There's enough hype built up at this point, it can take some dip in SQ and lower manufacturing costs at the expense of the hype which is suprisingly slow fading away.

 

- At first glance it looks stylish and nice looking and even durable.... at a distance.... up close.... reveals very cheap plastic...

 

- Thailand is where most good Sony stuff comes from, there must be a reason it was moved to China manufacturing, in this case I obviously suspect => lower manufacturing costs at expense of quality

 

- The initial not very positive reviews just further emphasize my suspection; a new series that is only meant to bring more $$$ for Sony by lowering manufacturing costs and upping the price, riding the fame of previous XB series for a good 1-2 years or so when we finally get a better sounding XB series again

Edited by RPGWiZaRD - 10/29/12 at 12:04pm

Yea that does not suprise me really. They fixed the one thing that MIGHT have stopped ppl from buying... and that's how sexy they looked! Still though I want to grab a 1000 b4 it's totally off the market e.e might have to sell my ZUNE HD and what not but... ME GUSTA xD