The JVC HA-S500.. Appreciation, fan thread. - Page 32

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Originally Posted by Achmedisdead 

What a tease.....my Amazon tells me the S500's have shipped, but there is no tracking info...lol.

same here but when i track it on japanpost i got    Status: Posting/Collection

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Originally Posted by sfwalcer 

haha that's what we get for going the cheap standard shipping route, I feel your pain bro. Gotta pay to play.  

Well, I'm getting it for under $50, so if it takes a little bit longer, I guess I can deal.

Seriously though, which more established and well known pair of phones would these compare too?
 

Can someone post a couple of pictures how these headphones look on your head? What  about isolation? Is it good?

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Originally Posted by nipit 

What  about isolation? Is it good?

Isolation is moderate.  With music playing at normal levels you can't really hear the environment.  There is no sound leakage.

Anyone tried the S400 yet?

They're certainly good looking headphones, it'd be interesting to see how they're tuned with the smaller 30mm carbon nanotube drivers.

my amazon order says no tracking information either, although the estimated delivery date of the 15-20th has remained unchanged. no clue.

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Originally Posted by dnullify 

Anyone tried the S400 yet?

 

They're certainly good looking headphones, it'd be interesting to see how they're tuned with the smaller 30mm carbon nanotube drivers.

my amazon order says no tracking information either, although the estimated delivery date of the 15-20th has remained unchanged. no clue.

Like LaRazZa said you got to go to the Japan Post site to track your package.

http://www.post.japanpost.jp/int/ems/index_en.html

"Enter your 13 digit inquiry number" then go.

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Originally Posted by bobeau 

 

Isolation is moderate.  With music playing at normal levels you can't really hear the environment.  There is no sound leakage.

So how does these headphones sound? Are they that good? ;]

I've got tracking info! 

Listening and enjoying mine right now.  Sound great especially once I started doing paperwork and forgot about listening critically and just enjoyed the music. 
 

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Originally Posted by nipit 

So how does these headphones sound? Are they that good? ;]

let's just say that....it brings new life to your music once again. :D

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Originally Posted by cyloh 

These sound nothing like portables. Full size cans quality here.

 

With burn in, I fear the possibility that my Denon D2000(wood cups) will be collecting dust. No competition here for me. The S500 are a step or two above the Denon in terms of.... everything.

 You've got to be kidding.

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Originally Posted by RushNerd 

 You've got to be kidding.

Only getting them can tell but don't pay it much mind unless you want them yourself :/

Personal exp:

Most people that haven't gone on the hype train yet will use posts like that that compare the hype headphone to a set of popular set that they have and say that it's either better or it has qualities that at a price to performance ratio are better. Are they wrong? Not neccesarily. They could have just found the headphone of their near dreams. A headphone more suitable for them(the hype phones) than the phones they compared against. Each person is different but this is a recurring theme I see in threads on giant killing headphones where one member gets the headphones and utterly falls in love with it(nothing wrong with this) and thus compares it. However I also noted that that love sometimes isn't shared. 

I'm waiting for U.S arrival to pick myself up a pair and see but if you are wondering with your statement, then wait and read some more or do the same :/

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Originally Posted by Dsnuts 

To be honest. My volume I burn my HA-S500 is actually much louder than 100% volume of the Z1060. So 90% should be just fine.  My 85% in my burn station is around 115% or so of the max volume of the Z1060.

 

@DannyB. Wait till you get your velours on there. In the mean while burn them headphones in like they have never been burned before!! Burn with your best fire! Glad everyone is enjoying your new HA-S500.

 

In honor of hearing what you guys will be hearing here in some 120 hours of burn in.. I don't know what I like better the vocal clarity. the awesome imagery, or the detailed full sound. Awesome find ericp10..I dump all the credits to you my friend. Thanks for enlightening these on us headfi guys.

I've got close to 200 hrs of burn on mine, the vocal clarity and treble are putting up a heck of a fight with the FXD80   ...and then a volley of bass rumbles sets in on the track and the S500 quickly over-runs the FXD80.

Heck !    ...this is the first time I'm hearing on anything other than very high end speaker systems, which did justices to the digital cannons of Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture Op 49 (by the Cincinnati pops Orchestra) as much as it does to the quieter phases of the piece.

LOL !   ...Boom !   ....Boom ! Boom !     ...and you're hearing clearly the delicate clinks from the triangle as the beater hit it.