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post #31 of 39
12/9/11 at 8:04pm
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If that were the case, moving on to a HFI-580 after a DT990 is more a case of I bought the wrong headphone and/or all I care about is bass and I thought the DT990 provided that. All bass-heavy headphones be it a $100 580 or $2,800 edition 10 have to extend into other frequencies and therefor aren't accurate, that isn't however to say people don't prefer them or that they aren't fun to listen too... I sure enjoy my Sony XB500s from time to time.



I am a basshead myself and am also looking forward to a pair of XB700's one of these days. I have no idea what u wrote above that. I think you are trying to say that bass heavy heapdhones are moving/have moved into other frequencies. ....didn't i already say that above?

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post #32 of 39
12/9/11 at 8:22pm
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I am a basshead myself and am also looking forward to a pair of XB700's one of these days. I have no idea what u wrote above that. I think you are trying to say that bass heavy heapdhones are moving/have moved into other frequencies. ....didn't i already say that above?


I'm saying the more +dB bass a phone has the further away from accuracy it goes... some people may look for accuracy and others more and more bass.

 

Aside from FR graphs it would be nice if the manufacturers released a dB guide, something like; Headphone-X has +3dB Bass, +1dB Mids -2dB Treble

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post #33 of 39
12/9/11 at 8:34pm
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I'm saying the more +dB bass a phone has the further away from accuracy it goes... some people may look for accuracy and others more and more bass.

 

Aside from FR graphs it would be nice if the manufacturers released a dB guide, something like; Headphone-X has +3dB Bass, +1dB Mids -2dB Treble

 

The consumers, mainly us, wouldn't really fully believe it. We would then need to run personal tests like the graphs. however as one headphone supremus and contributer has stated somehwere. they are not entirely accurate. and teh speed at which headroom churns them out...i would lessen the accuracy even more. the only reason i use them is bc there is one for everyone heapdhone and since the graphs all have the same units, it makes it easier to compare. adn if headroom is testing with something wrong..then it's continuously wrong..
 

 

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post #34 of 39
12/9/11 at 8:37pm

Well they are wildly inaccurate due to things like positioning, driver placement, open or closed etc. Perhaps if it came from the manufacturers it would be accurate, at the very least you would be able to gauge all of their products if they shared this standard.

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post #35 of 39
12/9/11 at 9:09pm
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Well they are wildly inaccurate due to things like positioning, driver placement, open or closed etc. Perhaps if it came from the manufacturers it would be accurate, at the very least you would be able to gauge all of their products if they shared this standard.



Yes exactly what I mean, placement, if it's sealed properly and all that, and if they are burned in. BC let's face it, there are waay too many of those graphs from HeadRoom for me to believe they spent very careful effort on each one. But since there are so many, we can gauge in some way shape or form other than not knowing :)

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post #36 of 39
12/9/11 at 9:59pm

I vote for the htf 600 s.

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post #37 of 39
12/9/11 at 10:06pm
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I vote for the htf 600 s.



Panasonic?? the reviews are just decent on amazon, relatively unknown, not very well recommended or known on head-fi, and there is even a comment on overratedness on it

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post #38 of 39
12/10/11 at 4:22pm
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Seems the CAL dropped in price, for Christmas perhaps? I am really worried about the headphones being comfortable and sturdy, not breaking easily.

 

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Anyone own any:

 

Fostex T50RP

 

Non-Modded of course.


Edited by PaperDesperado - 12/10/11 at 4:40pm
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post #39 of 39
12/10/11 at 7:19pm

To be fair, there is a gigantic topic of Head-Fiers suggesting it. I own them with velour pads and I was rather impressed when I first got them, but I will say that they are a bit overhyped by Head-Fiers. Rather than being an exceptional value at $30 as a headphone, they're more typical I'd say. They're nice, bassy headphones that I personally prefer to the Sony XB500s. 
 

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Panasonic?? the reviews are just decent on amazon, relatively unknown, not very well recommended or known on head-fi, and there is even a comment on overratedness on it



 

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