POLL! Best basshead cans! 200$ and below. - Page 2  

Sub bass.

Sound stage.

Comfort.

Take any of the headphones mentioned, put them on, play a solid 30hz tone.

The one that feels the best and does that 30hz tone with authority is the headphone you'll want.

And that's what the Denon lines does.

(add in it's wonderful, spacious sound stage that most closed phones lack, it's flat signature and sparkly treble make it an exciting pounding headphone that does great at all genres, not just bass)

Very best,

But how would you compare its "slam" with the xb500?

The XB500 only does one thing well: sub bass. Everything else about it is below average to average. It becomes average when it's equalized to be more of a flat response (and it actually equalizes very well, just bring up the mids & treble and it's a totally different headphone, for the better). The low end slam on the XB500 is nearly as big as it will get without spending a ridiculous amount of money on something far more capable with the right amplifier and stuff. For $40, the XB500 and the HTF600 simply slam your head with silly amounts of bass. The D2000/5000 in comparison also hits you with that massive slam of sub bass, but the response is less emphasized by comparison, and is more of a flat response so that you get your mids & treble too without having to equalize to pull them out of the monstrous bass. The D2k/5k are more what someone would call an audiophile's bass emphasized headphone as it just is more refined, the bass is clean, tight, low and hits wonderfully but doesn't take away from mids & treble. Mean while, the Denons have a bigger sound stage, much improved there, and the comfort and style are better.

Between the XB500 and HTF600, I prefer the HTF600. All the bass. But also with sound stage, mids & treble.

Between them and something like the Denon line? No contest if you want quality and not just an all-bass-at-the-cost-of-everything-else approach to audio.

Very best,

You're wrong actually...the one with sub bass is the xb700

The XB500 only does one thing well: sub bass. Everything else about it is below average to average. It becomes average when it's equalized to be more of a flat response (and it actually equalizes very well, just bring up the mids & treble and it's a totally different headphone, for the better). The low end slam on the XB500 is nearly as big as it will get without spending a ridiculous amount of money on something far more capable with the right amplifier and stuff. For $40, the XB500 and the HTF600 simply slam your head with silly amounts of bass. The D2000/5000 in comparison also hits you with that massive slam of sub bass, but the response is less emphasized by comparison, and is more of a flat response so that you get your mids & treble too without having to equalize to pull them out of the monstrous bass. The D2k/5k are more what someone would call an audiophile's bass emphasized headphone as it just is more refined, the bass is clean, tight, low and hits wonderfully but doesn't take away from mids & treble. Mean while, the Denons have a bigger sound stage, much improved there, and the comfort and style are better.

Between the XB500 and HTF600, I prefer the HTF600. All the bass. But also with sound stage, mids & treble.

Between them and something like the Denon line? No contest if you want quality and not just an all-bass-at-the-cost-of-everything-else approach to audio.

Very best,

Oh, my mistake, I didn't realize you had all these headphones and actually listened to any of them.

I'll just move on.

Very best,

Little confused here... where can I find d2000's for less than 200 hundred?