Bass Heavy Headphones? - Page 5

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Originally Posted by vivalacarlo 

I know but i can't do anything, i don't have money yet lol. By the way, i remembered testing them out in the sony store using just my ipod and they had no type of bass at all but i heard that if you plug them in decent amps that it can rattle your head, how do the sounds differ when using them through an ipod only and when using them with an amp?

Depends on the amp, but generelly I would say that you get more juice into them with a more solid amp like an SS, and I think damping factor could have some effect on the bass as well. My PRO900's bass didn't shine until I got a lower output impedance amplifier like the Matrix M-Stage.

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Originally Posted by vivalacarlo 

I know but i can't do anything, i don't have money yet lol. By the way, i remembered testing them out in the sony store using just my ipod and they had no type of bass at all but i heard that if you plug them in decent amps that it can rattle your head, how do the sounds differ when using them through an ipod only and when using them with an amp?

yes, that is exactly what i experienced before. they have no punchiness at all. anyway if you only have iPod classic (that is what i use), then set the eq to small speaker then turn the vol all the way up, would help a bit. But I would recommend you to get a fiio e07k or e17, or the zo2.3 (which i don't own). they have more than 10db of bass boost which can make the xb headphones shake ur head like crazy~!!!

So if you are tight on money, I would recommend you spend the money to buy the e07k, which brings me a lot of fun. I mean the amp can provide more power to ur headphone, but then xb series are designed for portable use, so it doesn't require that much power from ur device. This is why i would suggest some amps that have hardware eq, to add more bass to see the true potential of these headphones. Alternatively u can also just listen to some bass heavy songs to feel the bass. anyway  i believe buying something like e17/e07k will help you a lot.

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Originally Posted by vivalacarlo 

Is the zo2 the same as the zo2.3 because i am confuse, i think once i get money i am going for the zo2 just because i read that it provides the highest bass boost

I think there are some version like zo2.1 which has more hiss...The price of zo2.3 are even higher than e07k,  yes i do believe that zo2.3 has more bass than e07k but to be honest, i think too much bass isnt a good thing. It can cover mids and highs, just like what happened to the xb500, so you cant hear anything but bass...so i would say enough bass is fine. Besides e07k is a dac and an amp meaning that you can also charge and play on the computer as better sound card and adding all the bass boost to ur computer (hardware eq are tons better than the software eq when you compare them). Computer PO -> amp (zo2.3) is not a good solution.

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Originally Posted by vivalacarlo 

alright thanks, what dock is it compatible with?

what do you mean??

Stick with getting the dt770. I sampled both 900 pro and the dt770 as well as COP. The 900s were beast but they are $100 more. The dt770 imho were better. Keep in mind I'm new to the game but I could tell the COPs bass bled a little on highest bass settings.

+ the beyers look better