Like gelocks said before, are you sure it's not your Schiit amp or DAC?   For example in this thread the OP was describing a problem similar to yours with the Schiit Modi regarding a popping sound. There is also a problem when your soundcard/DAC is set to a sample rate much greater than the...

  More like, you LIVE in Japan without needing to d:   And in some of your videos you were speaking to your students in Japanese!

        Last year, I tested all of the hyped budget-fi in-ears to find something better than the Sennheiser CX500, and was disappointed by each one. I concentrated on in-ears because prior to that I was recommended the Grado SR60 and the Sennheiser PX100 for basshead full-size cans, which...

  So that makes two cases now. @Kukyo was first to report about this weak spot. Maybe he can tell you something?   Really sorry Subere ... I'm not sure how I'd handle this from the US either. If you bought from Amazon Japan, there may be hope:   From...

        I'm super happy for you Z! As long as you're clear about what you want, you won't get disappointed because you've been informed beforehand (: As for the pads, here is something hilariously clever that @Subere came up with.

            ati, I just had to reblog that collection. I think what makes me most jealous is your Alienware laptop. I mean, look at that. Thanks for the vid too! And yes to cans that'll make us poo ourselves!

To anyone still on the fence about getting the JVC HA-SZ2000/HA-SZ1000, first ask yourself if you truly want the loudest bass reproduction currently possible in headphones:     If not, you're better off with something cheaper. Or something already designed with your favored frequency...

@Hawaiibadboy   I'm guessing it's your birthday right now in Japan?   Here's a birthday card I stole from social media (sorry if you've seen it before) that is kinda apt in the context of headphone recs:       I know the SZ isn't THAT powerful enough to detach the pinna from the head...

So,   months after trying to simulate the built-in Windows bass boost enhancement, specifically at 50Hz +24dB, I measured its frequency response again, zoomed in, and saw that it was peaked at 41Hz lol. But then I saw that my 25Hz peak was shifted to 35Hz this time. Then I saw my soundcard was...

  You can start with me (:   I owe Hawaii this experience. And so do the recent owners and prospective buyers in the SZ thread. If you've been hanging out in here for the past few months, you'll have noticed how Hawaii's influence is nothing short of shocking. Starting with the dissolution of...

@willyvlyminck you asked for progressive rock samples with "close to the edge bass guitar," though I'm more into progressive metal, so I sampled the best songs of Liquid Tension Experiment. Not Victor Wooten level virtuosity, but great sounding bass nonetheless. Although in the following samples...

I concede that loud listening is dangerous. And that I'm definitely crazy d:   Right now, using these 20Hz-20KHz hearing test tones, I can hear all of them just fine (I'll check for higher frequencies later). My ears do ring after a day of extreme listening, but it is nothing intrusive and...

  Heya,   I measured both the SZ and the 77X for bass SPL and the SZ reached 125dB with no distortion, while the 77X reached 109dB before distortion (the 77X was able to touch 110dB in the measurement video, but I wasn't paying attention lol). You can see the posts here and here. My...

      This is a documentary bestseller waiting to happen. Even Hawaii's brief history as a head-fi member is legendary lol I haven't seen an online community shaken up like this in such a short time   I've always dreamed of working in animation in Japan but I being poor have only my...

I would personally return them and save for a JVC SZ1000.   I haven't tried the 55X, but I had the same first impression with the 77X. To me it was unlistenable. As I said in my initial 77X review, "the HA-MR77X is UNLISTENABLE as is. Horrible, horrible sound, like listening to music coming...

          Before anything else, Hummel, every, time I see your name I always remember CB's genius post about you...right now I'm still clutching my stomach laughing   Okay.   I will try to answer you seriously without laughing.   I think what you're trying to say is that, you can't...

So I'm seeing that most of the complaints come from iOS users.   If only JetAudio had an iOS app, but the JetAudio BBE mach3bass effect should be available in iOS since BBE itself launched its own iOS app, the SonicMax Pro.   For parametric EQ, I couldn't find anything decent from Android...

              You need EQ. You want to be able to crank the bass up to their limits without the rest of the frequencies touching your perceived loudness threshold, so you need to raise the bass frequencies (which is equivalent to lowering the rest, if you use a negative preamp).  ...

Sorry for derailing the thread.   Now let's go back to something SUPER IMPORTANT that just happened: @gelocks, @cb3723, and @Hawaiibadboy now have the JVC HA-SZ1000. (Adding @SDBiotek makes four SZ1000 pioneers.) I mean, seriously, for so long everyone (except me lol) had been hard at work...

  LOL thanks for pointing this out, the 125dB specified rating went right through my mental filters because that sounded about right standing next to a live rock band. Of course it depends on how one plays. According to this bass drum recording tutorial, a drum a meter away usually hits >120dB...

  SPL meter: RadioShack Digital Sound Level Meter     RealTraps measurements above show the device to be accurate around -3dB from 30Hz to 1KHz, C weighting.     Test track: Isolated bass track of Wiz Khalifa - On My Level   I removed the vocals and other instruments in Wiz Khalifa...

        The SZs look obviously underdamped in those measurements. I tried looking for specs on the "Golden Ears Headphone Amplifier" but found nothing. The closest I could find is a certain "HeadRoom Balanced Desktop Amplifier" showing a 5.36Ohm output impedance, which is too high for the...

  HISTORIC.   I was laughing and at the same time wanting to cry as I read this. What a great day for Bassland.

  So I finally got an SPL meter, and am currently uploading the SPL measurement videos for the JVC HA-SZ2000 and the JVC HA-MR77X. The results aren't surprising (in a very good way).   In the meantime I'll try to catch up with all the posts I need to like and reply to!   AND Dischord that...

  Try playing this pre-EQd test track with everything flat. Raise the volume +24dB, or until you can hear the vocals at normal volume. Test your M100 and see how loud it reaches before distortion, and compare that limit to that of the SZ. As for you saying "i cant distort my m100 at listening...