shuttleboi
100+ Head-Fier
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I bought the Denon D5000 recently from Amazon.com for $399. I've read that people find that it has overwhelming bass and need to mod it, but mine's bass is almost perfect.
Interestingly, when I got the headphones, I felt that there was some problems with the earcups, so I ordered a replacement from Amazon. When I got them, I did find that the bass was quite strong and drowned out the mids, unlike my first copy. The first copy had been played about 4 hours by this point, so some burn-in may have occurred, but I don't remember it ever having so much bass. I used the same source for both. I kept the first copy and returned the other one.
I must be extremely lucky. My phones sound incredibly good. Bass is just fine (might actually be a bit light for my tastes), and mids and highs are perfect. Bass, mids, and highs are far better than the Sennheiser 595 I've had for four years. I'm hearing details in CDs that I've never heard before. And the D5000 is soooooo comfortable, even more so than my already-comfy Senn 595.
Interestingly, when I got the headphones, I felt that there was some problems with the earcups, so I ordered a replacement from Amazon. When I got them, I did find that the bass was quite strong and drowned out the mids, unlike my first copy. The first copy had been played about 4 hours by this point, so some burn-in may have occurred, but I don't remember it ever having so much bass. I used the same source for both. I kept the first copy and returned the other one.
I must be extremely lucky. My phones sound incredibly good. Bass is just fine (might actually be a bit light for my tastes), and mids and highs are perfect. Bass, mids, and highs are far better than the Sennheiser 595 I've had for four years. I'm hearing details in CDs that I've never heard before. And the D5000 is soooooo comfortable, even more so than my already-comfy Senn 595.