Bassy headphones lower than 100$ - Page 2

Personally, I found the HTF600s to be better than the XB500s, even after both have been equalized. The XB500s had more bass quantity and a tighter bass (not that the HTF600 lacked bass quantity), but I preferred the warm HTF600 sound signature. 

I also prefer HTF600 over XB500 BUT only together with digiZoid ZO amp + very slight EQing as otherwise I'd find the bass extension to be lacking. I'm such a spoilt basshead though that I don't care about the headphone if bassresponse isn't up-to-par, ie, it has to have enough quantity, excellent extension and has to be as evenly boosted as possible from like 15Hz all the way to 200Hz and good enough impact to it while not being completely all over the place but not too tight either.

Bass put aside HTF600 has significantly better quality in the mids, you can really hear what I at first thought XB500 had nice midrange after you EQ it correctly so you get rid of the excess smoothness/"muddiness" in the midrange that it is still somewhat lacking. The presence of mids on the XB500 is fine really (about the same level as HTF600 actually), it's just the tonality is slightly off, you can really hear it's quite uneven in the mids, some frequencies stick out a lot more than the others what my 10-band EQ can't correct, especially around 1.5 ~ 2kHz it's very forward in the mids which gets this slight nasal sound to it why it helps if you up both the 500Hz and 1kHz on a typical 10-band EQ to balance it out. The HTF600 has more neutral sounding mids, you can really hear the mids are very even and quite forward on the HTF600 once you've burnt in the headphone (I also think boosting the highs just a very little does wonders to the midrange on this headphone too). 

But yea after HTF600 + tiny bit EQing and with digiZoid ZO amp set to level 6-7 (out of max 32) it sounds pretty much perfect and very impressive for something that costs less than $50, I had personally evalutated that sound more like $150+ sound but then again the amp costs $100 too.

I also prefer HTF600 over XB500 BUT only together with digiZoid ZO amp + very slight EQing as otherwise I'd find the bass extension to be lacking. I'm such a spoilt basshead though that I don't care about the headphone if bassresponse isn't up-to-par, ie, it has to have enough quantity, excellent extension and has to be as evenly boosted as possible from like 15Hz all the way to 200Hz and good enough impact to it while not being completely all over the place but not too tight either.

Bass put aside HTF600 has significantly better quality in the mids, you can really hear what I at first thought XB500 had nice midrange after you EQ it correctly so you get rid of the excess smoothness/"muddiness" in the midrange that it is still somewhat lacking. The presence of mids on the XB500 is fine really (about the same level as HTF600 actually), it's just the tonality is slightly off, you can really hear it's quite uneven in the mids, some frequencies stick out a lot more than the others what my 10-band EQ can't correct, especially around 1.5 ~ 2kHz it's very forward in the mids which gets this slight nasal sound to it why it helps if you up both the 500Hz and 1kHz on a typical 10-band EQ to balance it out. The HTF600 has more neutral sounding mids, you can really hear the mids are very even and quite forward on the HTF600 once you've burnt in the headphone (I also think boosting the highs just a very little does wonders to the midrange on this headphone too). 

But yea after HTF600 + tiny bit EQing and with digiZoid ZO amp set to level 6-7 (out of max 32) it sounds pretty much perfect and very impressive for something that costs less than $50, I had personally evalutated that sound more like $150+ sound but then again the amp costs $100 too.

I have the XB-500 and the RP-HTF600.  The 500 is bassier, but even after EQing, the HTF600 sounds better.  If you're solely listening to dubstep the 500 might be the superior choice, since dubstep is so bass-heavy.  The HTF600 is better for other bassy, but more frequency-diverse genres.