rawrster
Headphoneus Supremus
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Arrgghhh... All this FX700 talk is making me think of getting them instead of the DBA-02. I listen to some not-so-well-recorded music, and I think I'd rather have bass slam than potentially annoying bright highs. As long as the bassy FX700's don't sound veiled...
Any reason besides price why I should still consider the DBA-2?
Right now my full-size cans are the HE-5LE. How do the DBA-02 and FX700 sound signatures compare to the HE-5LE?
Thanks
That says it all to me. Now while I do like the DBA-02 and very much enjoyed them why even bother? Go and get the FX700. They are both very different sound signatures from my reading on the FX700 and well the JVC Victor sound in general. The FX700 sounds more like a basshead phone. The DBA-02 is not that. It's much closer to an Etymotic sound. I believe the driver used is a TWFK which are very good drivers for the upper frequencies. Although if you have lots of poorly recorded music I'm not sure how the FX700 would do but the DBA-02 isn't that forgiving of that.
It doesn't matter how good a phone is. If it doesn't suit your preference there really isn't any point other than wasting your time, money and possibly frustrating you as well.
It may sound like I'm bashing the DBA-02 but I'm not. I really do like them and wouldn't recommend it because of the bolded text in the quotes. DBA-02 lies in the upper mids and treble.