1. Sony MDR-XB500 2. No need :)   Aww yea.

So the songs on soundcloud werent binaural at all, as you guys said, due to the compression. Yet, there are plenty of people at the top of thread saying how brilliant and clear and transparent the recordings sounded. Placebo effect?

Came in here expecting to see some ass :(  

^ Best reply ever.  

Haha why do you want him to be an audiophile? It just means hes constantly goign to be searching for something better and spending more and more money on it! Ignorance is bliss.  

Quote: Amen. The first and only "audiophile" headphones I've bought to date are the Sony XB500's that I bought a week back, and I don't plan  to go any higher. I even tried the Klipsch X5's a while back, and hated them. Hell, while I'm at it the Beats sound really good to me too, its just...

XB500. I have them, and I've heard they have more bass than the XB700, and the beats studios (tried them). Plus even though they sounded really muddy to me without EQ, I like them a lot with just a little bit of EQing.  

Hey, I wanted something pretty similar to what you want - fun sound, good bass without compromising on the rest, and I really do find flat boring. I bought the Sony XB500's, and I'm really happy with them, check them out. I didn't think I wanted a lot of bass, but I tried the Klipsch X5's before...

Just checkin in again: Its been a week since I got these headphones, and I'm extremely satisfied with the sound. I'm not really an audiophile, I just wanted something that sounds very upfront, not laid back at all, and very fun, and these are perfect. They're really comfortable, and Ive worn...

I just bought the MDR-XB500s man. If you like the bass my advice is stick with the XB series, they're perfect. Maybe just try the XB500's or the XB700s.

Just jumped the gun on the XB500's. Amazon prime 1-day, so I should have them tomorrow! RPGWizard, every single thing you've said about these headphones resonates with me as exactly the kind of sound I want, so thank you :P

They look pretty different according to this : http://graphs.headphone.com/graphCompare.php?graphType=0&graphID[]=2801&graphID[]=1383  

The MDR's seem nice, but way too big for normal use. Is there anything thats close but at a normal size?  

Hi, I know that the beats are way too overrated and expensive. What I want is a pair of headphones as close to the Beats as possible, but without the hefty price tag that I have to pay for Dr. Dre's name on them. I'm considering the ATH-M50's. What do you guys think?  

Hey what do you guys think about wearing the M50's outside? I'm thinking of buying a pair, how portable are they, and do they look ridiculous?