Got a replacement for my broken TD-III's a couple weeks ago, after several weeks of using the A330's it was like being reunited with an old friend. I ended up liking the A330's for what they do, shameless bass with no regard for other frequencies. They're muddy and sluggish, but together with...

If isolation is very important then I'd consider looking into a pair of IEMs instead of full size phones.

I think I can echo what bowei006 is saying. I bought a pair of HTF-600's recently because I wanted a 'fun' pair of full sized headphones for at home, so naturally I thought the warm basshead phones were just what I wanted. Well, I wasn't disappointed by them, but they're not what I was...

Something a little different?  

Probably not exactly what you're looking for, but I'm pretty into the downtempo/trip hop/chillout genres, so here's a few from that direction:   Bonobo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7m86aMNjlQ   Grifta http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nb-x1QxON8   Blockhead...

Just in case anyone's interested, in the end I settled on the translucent tips that come with the A330's and the following EQ settings on the J3:   80 Hz : 6 300 Hz : 5 1.4 kHz : 1 2.4 kHz : 3 13 kHz : 5 BBE: 6 Mach3Bass: 4 3DS : 2, MPE on, Stereo Enhance off   So pretty...

Part 2 of my A330Pro impressions:   They've had about 30 hours of burn in by now, so today I sat down and went through a variety of music with both the A330's and my old TD-III's (with the cord held just right so both sides would work...). So after all that I've concluded the A330's do only...

Quote: It's not terrible (I've certainly heard worse), but it doesn't have quite the same "pop" that the TD-III had. They're definitely pushed back, so you end up with what I can only describe as one layer of sound that contains everything from bass to vocals to highs, pushed down into...

My A330Pros arrived today, they haven't had a chance to burn in yet but I thought I'd share my first impression of them. My last pair of Xears were the TD-III v2's, I hated the cord but loved everything else about them. Sadly one side gave out a couple weeks ago, so I perused the dozens of...