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ViralRazor
ViralRazor
Quick question, what do you generally listen to? (And what do you define as rock and electronica, old classic rock, hard rock?)
I'm being a tad pedantic but I've had almost an entirely different perspective on some of what you said haha.
bcasey25raptor
bcasey25raptor
Dear ViralRazor
I mostly listen to heavy metal, I consider rock music as the umbrella genre which includes heavy metal, punk, and rock. Electronic i tried was average run of the mill electronic (random eurobeat remixes, basshunter was easy to find, E nomine, some random dubstep), for classical i tried some beethoven, bach, and you know the generic stuff, I also tried symphonic based metal and found the performance to be quite good. Hope this answers your questions. Good cans but undeserving of their unanimous praise.
ViralRazor
ViralRazor
Ahhhh. Try listening to EDM (hardstyle, hard trance) and some alt rock (like Muse). Heavy metal. Hmmmm, I haven't listened to that in quite a while, more into hard rock and a bit of punk these days. Though try deathstars on these - industrial metal with synth elements. I dunno they seem to handle every song I throw at em (except hardstyle tbh, they're pretty good but the mid bass just isn't good enough for me) exceptionally.
ViralRazor
ViralRazor
And I've found the best praise of them has come from professional reviewers and not really head fi haha (which just FotMed it for quite some time). Which is interesting.
ViralRazor
ViralRazor
Okay I hope I don't come off too much like I'm defending my purchase :)P - I really like these, and yes I paid $169. Shure 840s here are $199) but harsh highs? I don't feel the highs on these are harsh at all (based on my extensive, extensive collection of hardstyle and its typical synths, I feel it does the synths justice - go listen to scope DJ stargazer) though can be a little weird with certain high hats in certain songs.
Note that I find nothing I have heard so far harsh so my ears may be very accomodating and others have noted that the highs can be harsh or excessively bright.
bcasey25raptor
bcasey25raptor
What other headphones around that price point have you tried? Compared to my shires these are very harsh my Sennheiser hd 25 1ii is nearly as smooth as my srh840
ViralRazor
ViralRazor
I've tried my mates 440 and his IE6 (not actually a headphone but meh :p) so not too many however read on!
Its just that I don't hear the harshness haha. My ears/brain is tuned that way probably! Personally I feel that you should only care about harshness, brightness if it bothers you and these don't interestingly. Haven't had any fatigue from em yet!
bcasey25raptor
bcasey25raptor
Well good on ya. If your satisfied I'm happy for you.
RudeWolf
RudeWolf
Great review! I bought my HD25-II for 125$ mint condition- seems like I've cheated.
bcasey25raptor
bcasey25raptor
Rudewolf. Thats an amazing price. Wish i could get it that cheap in canada.
RudeWolf
RudeWolf
To jerk your chain even more- as a matter of fact I did buy it from a Canadian head-fier.
bcasey25raptor
bcasey25raptor
I bought mine at a retail store (best buy) for $199. That was the cheapest i could find them.
miceblue
miceblue
Wow, thanks for the honest review. I tried the M50's briefly and I was a bit disappointed with them even though a lot of people seem to be hyped up about them. They sounded good, but not amazingly good. People claim it's really good at its price point. I would like to try an Ultrasone HFI580 someday just to compare the two.
Brooko
Brooko
Quick question Casey - and I'm not knocking your review - I didn't think the M50's were worth the hype either. Why the high rating, when your actual review says otherwise? I would have expected 4 stars at the most (maybe 3.5) - and that's being generous. Just curious .....
bcasey25raptor
bcasey25raptor
I based the rating off of what i paid.
Brooko
Brooko
OK - that explains the value rating - but audio quality 5? Design 5 - with the shallow ear pieces and the poor earpads? See what I mean? Then 5 stars for total given the deficiencies you listed in the review. Just making comment that the overall score does not match the commentary :wink:
bcasey25raptor
bcasey25raptor
If you think i should i will change the score to match the $150 price tag. I gave it a 5 for design because i think they look awesome. And they fit around my head well. Unlike my shures. The 5 for the sound quality was based on me paying $100. For $100 they are fine.
Brooko
Brooko
No Casey - you don't need to change it unless YOU want to. It's your review - not mine. I was just curious as to the reasoning behind the overall rating. You've explained it. Thanks
bcasey25raptor
bcasey25raptor
Oh and brooko, you always complain about me not hearing the srh940 and making assumptions. While don't worry i just placed an order for a pair. Should have it in a couple weeks.
Brooko
Brooko
<grin> I'll be interested to see how you like them Casey. I think you'll like their speed, warmth, and sweet highs. Not sure how they'll go with your chosen genres though - they'll make bad recordings sound pretty awful. Give them a few weeks before you review them OK. I found that I really missed the mid-bass - it was enough to really make them sound 'off'. Hopefully they'll be everything you expect them to be though. I'm interested in their new open can - but it would have to be massively good to beat my HD600s - they are simply incredible.
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