ac500
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All I'm gonna say is I hear more bass out of my HD800 than my HD650. I'm talking about real bass, not midbass / 100khz. The HD650 sounds more bassy sometimes due to the big mid bass boost it has, but I'm not a basshead and I really don't care about thump as much as I do natural bass timbre.
I'm not saying the LCD2 bass is not better than the HD800 bass, just that the HD800 is by no means "lacking" to my ears. At least versus the HD650, I find the HD800 better in every way, and notably more in deep true bass.
I'd imagine though that for hip hop or music where you want massive bass thump, you might prefer something like the HD650 or LCD2 where you can turn them up really really loud without burning your ears with "pesty" treble. As for me, I like listening very very quietly versus most people I think, so the HD800s are nearly ideal for me.
I'm not saying the LCD2 bass is not better than the HD800 bass, just that the HD800 is by no means "lacking" to my ears. At least versus the HD650, I find the HD800 better in every way, and notably more in deep true bass.
I'd imagine though that for hip hop or music where you want massive bass thump, you might prefer something like the HD650 or LCD2 where you can turn them up really really loud without burning your ears with "pesty" treble. As for me, I like listening very very quietly versus most people I think, so the HD800s are nearly ideal for me.