The JVC HA-S500.. Appreciation, fan thread. - Page 297

Pissssh, you don't have to make excuses ricky boi, just be honest admit that you forgot to take you medication, happens to me all the time as well.

 

I suspect the isolation will be worse than what it is with stock pads considering they are flatter which means you'll have less clamping force.

 

Same can be noticed the same with the ATH Pleathers. 

 

man.. 

 

 

(see how they respond at almost the same time.. smells fishy to me!  hahahaha)

U guys need to dampen your plastic driver housings and fill that hollow casing like I did with my s400 so that tapping on them sounds more solid.
Tuned the s400 into a different animal.
It changed from a bassy midrage centric & subdued highs head phone,
to a signature almost like a baby m100.
No bass bloom, vshaped sound and clear highs on tapped stock pads..
Very clear sounding

My S500 contest prize was a pair of Monoprice 8320's! Thanks DS!

 

I've let them burn in for 16 hours, and have been listening mainly to electronic music like this so far today. They fit my ears quite well, and so far the tips that work best for me are auveo tips.

 

They are indeed quite amazing for the price. Airy, nice soundstage, good bass, detailed highs. My preferred sound signature would be something like that provided by the TDK MT300's (abundant/punchy/detailed bass, upfront/forward mids, non-sibiliant/harsh highs). The 8320's are brighter and less bassy than the TDK's, but pumping them through the E11 and it's EQ2 warms them up nicely and enhances the bass. The sound is very good - it is no surprise that these have such a huge following!

 

You think that I am sfwalcer? Wow - I am ever honored!!!

^ haha i knew that was what rick was thinking the entire time when he posted that comment.  

....... too good.

 

Quit posting so quickly... my split personality can't take it!

Well played WAYNE, self pat on the back! 

So, I finally got to try the ELE with the S500. Pretty much felt like I was getting a frontal lobe lobotomy with the aggressive sou d. When I play around with EQ, it seems to be the around the 6hz or 8hz range that's getting to me.

Not entirely sure why I seem to be the only once suffering so much with this. It's not bitrate or badly sampled albums, either.

 

Hey, you're not allowed to post something OT in this thread!

 

Dsnuts says that it's a good idea to burn the ELE in, so you should give that a whirl.

 

The ELE does brighten things up a tad. Works wonders on less-bright phones such as the Uptowns or tdk mt300's. With the S500's, it might tend towards frontal lobotomy mode for me as well if the S500's weren't burned in sufficiently, and also if I wasn't using the HM5 pads over top of the stock pads. But burned in and with HM5 pads, the S500 and ELE sounds great to me. And it also sounds great (and less bright) when the E11 is thrown into the mix.

 

I located one here in the F/S section of the forum.  I should be getting it any day and will pair it with my Magni for testing purposes.  I don't anticipate that it will really take the place of the Modi, or the Muse, which is on its way to me.  However, I'm eager to see what it offers as I do have some darker headphones to try with it.  In my case, I'm glad I'm buying it used, as it should already be nicely burnt in.  Nothing beats "plug and play." 

Guilty as charged.  

 

Hey dsnuts, I hate to see you doing all of that time consuming work! I would be happy to get stuff sounding better for you. In fact, it would probably just make sense for you to change your tenso shipping address to my address