[andy43]

Besides the obvious Beyer DT990, what are some open headphones with a good amount of bass? I find that open headphones often lack in the bass department, at least by my standards. I'm looking for open headphones with good bass because I'm interested in headphones with a lot of soundstage to give a speaker like presentation.

 

[MaZa]

Perhaps Ultrasone PRO 2500 would work? Its closed version pro750 has a strong bass with very good extension.

 

[oqvist]

Ultrasone Pro 900? It´s closed but it has better soundstaging then any other open headphone I got incl K701. Certainly the most speaker like though it´s not quite there of course.

 

[Bilavideo]

Grados have great bass, but to hear it you need a decent amp. The upper registry is kept clean and detailed by using the open-air approach, but it loses bass leaving people to ask, "Where's the bass?" Get a decent amp (and I mean a real amp, not a toy) and you'll have bass like nobody's business, even with the SR60.

 

[nhancakes]

if i ever feel like i need a lot of bass with my ms-1s i just crank the dial on my marantz receiver, and if i really need more I'll just turn on the loudness switch. lol

 

[mace2]

I've heard the Denon D2000 has good bass... or at least I hope so, as I have one in the mail.

Edit: Oh sorry I missed the "open" in the title.

 

[Sandwich]

amped portapros

 

[Acix]

You can try the GMP 435 and the Ultrasones HFI-2200.

 

[Frank I]

The 701 do bass well. Its all there not tipped. Great open cans with bass

 

[Tiemen]

Sennheiser HD580/ HD600/ HD650.

 

[hifihead]

Another vote for Sennheiser HD580, HD600, HD650. The bass is tight and not muddy.

 

[Chrispy]

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Originally Posted by Bilavideo /img/forum/go_quote.gif Grados have great bass, but to hear it you need a decent amp. The upper registry is kept clean and detailed by using the open-air approach, but it loses bass leaving people to ask, "Where's the bass?" Get a decent amp (and I mean a real amp, not a toy) and you'll have bass like nobody's business, even with the SR60.

I took my 325i against my friends Senn HD 555s recently. Our if Carat-Emerald.

Grados have bass, but not the way the Senns did, I think.

 

[MrGreen]

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Originally Posted by Chrispy /img/forum/go_quote.gif I took my 325i against my friends Senn HD 555s recently. Our if Carat-Emerald. Grados have bass, but not the way the Senns did, I think.

Grados have tight impactful bass. I find that Senn is fairly slow and uncontrolled.

Although its not open, the denon line is essentially open in terms of isolation etc

 

[sachu]

The head-direct HE-5..a good amp a necessity though to get at those sweet low octaves.

 

[Ham Sandwich]

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Originally Posted by andy43 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I find that open headphones often lack in the bass department, at least by my standards.

What are your standards for bass? Are you after bass that extends real low, bass with punch, bass with full body, real accurate and detailed bass, or what? Until you qualify what you mean by bass you are going to get a mess of crazy suggestions, like the K701 (yikes!). Combinations of bass characteristics are important as well. For example, the Grado SR series can give you some of the punch of a bass drum kick but don't actually extend down very low. The HD580/HD600 can get reasonably low but don't deliver the punch of a bass drum kick.