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Upgrading from XB500s.

post #1 of 5
2/3/12 at 7:57pm
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I'm looking for some neutral cans for £160 or under (around $200-250), I'm coming from XB500s which are bass heavy and I enjoy them for electronic but for anything else (acoustic and whatnot) they fall flat on their face.

 

My music preferences are very varied, I don't listen to just one thing, however I don't listen to any rock/metal or pop.

Even though my music preferences are varied I do listen to a lot of electronic, acoustic and ambient therefore I feel a more neutral sounding pair of headphones would suit me however I definitely appreciate suggestions of all kind, I'll be using a FiiO E10 as the dac/amp.

I don't prefer open/closed, they're purely at home listening, soundstage is definitely preferred.

 

I've been trying to get a pair of HE-300s to the UK but sellers are limited, I'm also thinking about the DT-990 Pro 250s.

 

Thankyou!

 
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post #2 of 5
2/3/12 at 9:36pm

My DT990 Pro 250-Ohm should be arriving in a few days.

I do like the sound of my Sennheiser HD-558s

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post #3 of 5
2/3/12 at 9:47pm
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Let me know what you think of them, I've heard it has a V curve which puts me off a bit for acoustic and vocal heavy music.
 

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My DT990 Pro 250-Ohm should be arriving in a few days.

I do like the sound of my Sennheiser HD-558s



 

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post #4 of 5
2/3/12 at 10:29pm
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Originally Posted by eltocliousus View Post
Let me know what you think of them, I've heard it has a V curve which puts me off a bit for acoustic and vocal heavy music.


The V curve is what I heard too, kind of why I bought them.

The vocal are said to be clear, just not in your face.

But I'll find out on Monday, UPS usually delivers around 1PM.

 

 

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post #5 of 5
2/4/12 at 1:39am

I'm also interested in those headphones as they seem to be the bassiest open-back headphones which exists, personally I'd just lower the 8kHz slider on my EQ a little, the only place it's got a boost in the highs is the peak around 8~10kHz, otherwise it looks REALLY good frequency response wise:

 

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Compare to the closed/semi-closed M-Audio Q40 (which I personally love atm):

 

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Edited by RPGWiZaRD - 2/4/12 at 1:40am
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