dooodstevenn
Head-Fier
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after long hours and days of relentless search that would fit my needs, i decided to go with the XB line, and since many say the 500's are the best of the bunch, i drove 20 miles to the nearest best buy that had them. tried them out, and even with some EQing recommended from other users speficically for the xb-500's im still not satisfied with them. im in the process of burning them in but they still have no difference. Ive been comparing these to sennheiser's HD 238 precission headphones which are open back/ "open aire" cans. in a silent room i still prefer the senn's as they give good mids and highs, while still giving a punchy non over bearing bass.
with the xb's i can definitely hear bass but they drown out the mids and highs. I thought i was a bass head, i think i still am, but the grainy mids and highs just really bother me. i honestly think they are a step down from my current hd 238's so i will be returning them.
Can anyone recommend any other closed headphones that would be a step up from the hd 238's under the 100 dollar mark, if theyre an outstanding step up from my current headphones i would pay the 100, but if theyre not too much better i'd like to pay around 50-60
new or used, does not matter too much to me.
with the xb's i can definitely hear bass but they drown out the mids and highs. I thought i was a bass head, i think i still am, but the grainy mids and highs just really bother me. i honestly think they are a step down from my current hd 238's so i will be returning them.
Can anyone recommend any other closed headphones that would be a step up from the hd 238's under the 100 dollar mark, if theyre an outstanding step up from my current headphones i would pay the 100, but if theyre not too much better i'd like to pay around 50-60
new or used, does not matter too much to me.