The JVC HA-S500.. Appreciation, fan thread. - Page 127

Maaaan. Can somebody download or search Time Wont Wait from Jamiroquai??

@&€&@€&&@. God d&&&. The bass is frikin insane good lord. Violins, chorus man. THE BEAST!! &&€€€&@. Frikin AWESOMEEEEE

Could some1 check these song? Cause i cant frikin bealive what i am hearing!!! The bass is kicking my balls and the chorus is hitting my head god &€&@@,,,,,, ,!!! "untill my face is blue"

CRAZY STUFF!!!!
Edited by rickdohc - 10/1/12 at 7:36pm

Rick your crazy man....

Okay so I think I am officially aborting all transplant ideas. I got in my fancy Monoprice headphones today . They are open or at least semi open with a vent on the side covered with thick felt like material.

I just kinda jury rigged one driver in one side without unsoldering them from my S500 because I was afraid of exactly what happened. I get the same harsh highs and loss of mids and lows as with the "ATH velours". I could cover the vent on the back and get a noticable improvement but it just isn't what it is with the HD25 pleather. To me something about the size of the hole on those pads just tune them perfectly in the mids department.

So I realized that I am going to go through a lot of work just to get something close (but not quite the same) to what I already had if I mess with it long enough. So mission aborted.

Its a shame too because the monoprice are super super lightweight an they flex to make the cups rest with even pressure and no leakage. The pads are almost circumaural and much more comfortable. The headband is.. well painful after a while as it is not padded but after I add the HD25 pads to it, It would have been just dreamy feeling

Anyway I'm going back to the way I had it and leaving it. Its a shame because i really like the weight of these monoprice's..
Edited by Doc-holliday - 10/1/12 at 8:41pm

No Doc don't abandon ship so fast, try them with the sexy closed sony's, maybe it might sound right in that housing.  Just joking tbh, I love the fit/ comfort of these S500s to ever consider a transplant, plus my noob ass ain't got the skittles for such jobs. But it sure is fun watching people like you DIYing the mini cooper outta these suckas. ha

 

So from what I got out of your post is that any open/ semi open housing is gonna makes these carbon nanotube drivers sound really un-characteristic from their signature sound? Damn that sucks if that's the case, an open version would kick some major ones...............

 

Thanks for all your efforts meng.  Was a fun watch. 

 

C'mon analogdude please come through with something magical, want to see some sweet transplants. 

Edited by sfwalcer - 10/1/12 at 8:58pm

I've got more on my audio plate that I can possibly swallow at the time - things loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong overdue ( like year(s) ...) that are finally coming to fruition due to either availability of new materials and/or popping up of some blast from the past needed to complete the job on the time machine most commonly known as ebay. Things are interlinked - you will see ( and HEAR ) and will understand. I promise  it will be well worth the wait. After all, Rome was not built overnight either. No magic involved, just experience, attention to minutest detail and hard work.

 

As always, enjoy your music!

 

That's too bad Doc. Those are so damned sexy!

 

Edit: Oh, and I completely agree about Rick lol!

Edited by waynes world - 10/1/12 at 9:49pm

Lol bud.. Ya it's a sad day for me too. Maybe I'll try it with those uptowns one of these days if I stumble upon a cheap pair but done for now.

Oh yea they are atrocious stock. Fo sho. But I thought they would be a nice transplant project and it just was not to be.

I was talking about the monoprice stock (i.e. pre-transplant). No those monoprice will prolly go in the trash. I took them apart and removed the cable if you didn't gather that from my post and pic above. I don't think that's under the warranty I bought them for the transplant idea. Didn't work so fine. No prob.

Meng forget about those pricey sony MDR R1s just buy like 12 of these S400s and you set fo' life.  But they sure look sexy as hell though, esp that brown and silver ones, my god DAT SEXY CLASSINESS with that modern look.  Nah I ain't even remotely tempted!!!

LoL, just saw this earlier today, MORRRRRRRRRRR BASSSSSSSSS!!! Artists what do they know. ha

 

That MDR1 thread is about to feel DAT FYRE once you get your hands on these, they better look for cover real soon, gonna be an onslaught there. DAT DSNUTS HEAT. 

Edited by sfwalcer - 10/1/12 at 10:48pm

Yeah, I am really looking forward to the M100 reviews, more so than these Sony's tbh. But it would be amazing to compare the 2 and see how these cheapo S500s stack up.

Quote:

 

You can speak for yourself, my drunken friend,  ...but my ears just can't seems to get enough of them S400.

 

edit: (of course I know you're kidding !   ...you don't type drunken)

 

Both S500 and S400 punches well above their retail costs, as for which is better the answer will depends on your preferences.

Mine are for the S400's signature and now at $25 a pop, it can only be stronger as I can now spread the goodness to relatives instead of just being restricted to the $25 FX40 iems.