[epithetless]

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Put the S500 drivers in the S400 white ones and you got white S500.  

 
Yup. That's your only option for white S500s...short of a coat of paint, of course.

 
I've considered doing the transplant myself, but I'm not too keen on investing in another pair of S500s for a mere cosmetic change.

 

[Dsnuts]

White over gun metal?. White looks nice n all but over gun metal?

 

[Lifted Andreas]

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I've considered doing the transplant myself, but I'm not too keen on investing in another pair of S500s for a mere cosmetic change.

 
+1
 
Anyways, it's the sound that matters.
 
I'll be pairing my S500s with a C&C BH amp soon (which will replace my E11). 

 

[7S Cameron]

White over gun metal?. White looks nice n all but over gun metal?

yeah I'm with Ds on this one. I really like how white looks with certain headphones, but you can't beat the gun metal on these.

 

[Lifted Andreas]

yeah I'm with Ds on this one. I really like how white looks with certain headphones, but you can't beat the gun metal on these.

I chose black over gun metal when I bought mine.

Gun metal looked cheap and tacky to me in the picture.

 

[Zaroff]

Beware, blacks scratch VERY easily, as opposed to the gun metal ones.

 

[Lifted Andreas]

Beware, blacks scratch VERY easily, as opposed to the gun metal ones.

Well I've been chucking them about for a few months now and so far no marks whatsoever.

Really great construction for the price, but we all know that already.

 

[Zaroff]

Indeed, they're a solid build, but the black ones have a fine layer of some matte matter on the cups, and I've had two scratches on mine already, whereas the gun metal ones don't have such a coating, and are still intact. I also think they do look classier in black

 

[Seekky]

Where's the cheapest S500 i can find now?
Anyone willing to sell me one? 

 

[Eugguy]

Where's the cheapest S500 i can find now?
Anyone willing to sell me one? 

Japan amazon. I bought one today, 35 dollars US. Will come out to 45 after shipping to us. eBay costs about 55-65 after shipping.

 

[Carlsan]

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Japan amazon. I bought one today, 35 dollars US. Will come out to 45 after shipping to us. eBay costs about 55-65 after shipping.

Tenso shipping is closer to $20, are you using another shipping service?

 

[clarkkent]

Do you have to deal with Tenso with doing that?
 
This is the seller I bought mine from (although I bought the gunmetal ones, which he doesn't have listed right now), $57.60 after shipping. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Victor-JVC-HA-S500-B-Black-Carbon-Nanotube-Stereo-Headphones-/130846991404?_trksid=p2047675.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D14294%26meid%3D5461998580397608679%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D1095%26rk%3D1%26sd%3D140904104844%26

 

[Seekky]

Thanks guys, i will try to find one on the sale/trade forum first, if not, i will buy a brand new one.
do they sound good without mods? too lazy to do mods lol

 

[gopanthersgo1]

They'll sound great, but they'll get even better!

 

[jtaylor991]

I think things have gotten a bit better with my burn in. I've found that those flat vocals still remain to some degree, just with those recordings. If anyone here listens to hip hop I like Tech N9ne and Strange Music a lot, but their recordings don't seem to do so well under scrutiny. Deep good bass is not a common occurrence, nor does a spread out/well mixed soundstage seem to be. And the vocals have that airiness to them that bothers me.
 
Other recordings have a nice wide soundstage as well as depth, which I haven't yet really experienced with my Sennheiser HD650s (the depth). Maybe they need a better source/supply chain to shine (one definitely can do better than an Audio-gd Compass integrated $200-300 dac/amp) but $60 portables that can do it over sub-flagship ~$350 cans definitely says something