First over ear heaphones help.

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Originally Posted by Sneakily 

So I have been looking at a lot of heaphones that have a nice bass response for hip hop and rap type genre that sounds clear and delivers pretty hard. I have come up with a list of a few I am interested in, my price range is to about 150$ including amp if it would help.

 

 

XB500

Sony MDR-V6

K81DJ

Grado SR80i

M50

ZX700 

Panasonic RP-HTF600-S 

Scratch the SR80i and M50 from your list, they deliver quality bass with sizable impact but looks like you're after a

big basshead can.

XB500 would be a contender and rather cheap to boot. 

Where are you going to use them? portability is important? 

I think it's between the XB500 and grado SR80i.  You would do well with either of them.

Panasonics man.. get the Panasonics. Serisously.. I have guys that own Ultrasone Pro900s. HD650 and even a shure SRH940 that all love these phones..Look at Malveauxs review on my thread. And by the way the velours are nice addition but not a complete necessity. There are a few guys that prefer the raw sounds of them without the velours. http://www.head-fi.org/t/571005/the-panasonic-rp-htf600-s-headphones-more-fun-than-the-hd650/360#post_7804435  Go to the beginning of the thread and check out Malveauxs review on them. It is the guys that owns these that let their friends hear these.  Only for them to not only buy one but also to be shocked at how cheap they are. Nothing comes close to these at all for the price. They sound more like a $150- $200 bass heavy HP..

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Originally Posted by Sneakily 

Will probably be ordering the Panasonics before they go up in price since they seem to getting very popular recently. Would a CMOY BB amp help with these a decent amount?

These drive amazingly well on any source.  Amps just add to them. You will dig em. Post your impressions on em on my thread when you get em. If you look at who has bought them and what they all own in comparison. It is surprising.. The great thing is they don't cost that much but you will see why there is already a group of headfiers that swear by them. There is nothing that touches them at that price. Gelocks impression with his amp.