This is exactly what I have been looking for; a well made, comfortable S500. I have bought a lot of head phones looking for this. 40mm titanium Hi Res drivers. Closed back with a bass port. Metal headband with infinitely adjustable slide. Soft pleather pads (40mm x 57mm) My ears fit without touching. These arrived today. I've had them burning for a couple of hours. They sounded good out of the box. I am listening to my headphone test songs as I write and two things stand out: These are VERY comfortable, and these Kick *****.
A little bit about me: I have enjoyed most types of music at different times of my life. Early music, Classical, Jazz vocals, Difficult listening music, Punk rock, Classic rock, Folk, Blues, Metal, Grunge, Miami Bass, Dub, Dub step, Trap, EDM, Euro Vision ... I also make music, and that is why I got into headphones in the first place. I make Bass music for "the cars that go BooM" (Db Drag Racing). The closest equivalent would be Miami Bass. I have a great monitoring system, but not everyone wants to hear me working on a song for a couple hours that has it's central focus at 50hrz. and literally shakes the glass in our building. Getting headphones that can recreate a good car audio system is not easy. My first cans were Sennheiser HD590, that was probably 15 years ago. I still have them, they are excellent. There are plenty of headphones that can recreate sub bass, and there are plenty of headphones that can recreate crisp highs and seductive mids, but there are very few that can do both equally well; and this has been my quest. So many have seemed so close, but there is Always something missing. The JVC HA-S500 came the closest so far, but they are so uncomfortable to me that I can only wear them for 10 minutes at the most.
On to the JVC Solid Edge, HA-SD7-B: For me, they are the HA-FXT200ltd of over ear headphones. Very Tight, Very fast, Great sub Bass reproduction, They sound very similar to the JVC HA-S500, but they are way more comfortable and have a real quality build. I think that these will be dismissed as fashion cans because they come in 3 colors, but that would be a real mistake. These are solid performers with an edge, a Solid Edge. There is almost no information on these cans in English, but on the back of the box it reads "Pops, Rock, Anime, and Dance" along with the international symbol for each of these genres. More camouflage I suspect. For more information translated, check out my introduction thread.
I want to thank all of you at head-fi for a most Homeric education. "How do you thank someone who has taken you from crayons to perfume? To Head-Fi, with love."
A little bit about me: I have enjoyed most types of music at different times of my life. Early music, Classical, Jazz vocals, Difficult listening music, Punk rock, Classic rock, Folk, Blues, Metal, Grunge, Miami Bass, Dub, Dub step, Trap, EDM, Euro Vision ... I also make music, and that is why I got into headphones in the first place. I make Bass music for "the cars that go BooM" (Db Drag Racing). The closest equivalent would be Miami Bass. I have a great monitoring system, but not everyone wants to hear me working on a song for a couple hours that has it's central focus at 50hrz. and literally shakes the glass in our building. Getting headphones that can recreate a good car audio system is not easy. My first cans were Sennheiser HD590, that was probably 15 years ago. I still have them, they are excellent. There are plenty of headphones that can recreate sub bass, and there are plenty of headphones that can recreate crisp highs and seductive mids, but there are very few that can do both equally well; and this has been my quest. So many have seemed so close, but there is Always something missing. The JVC HA-S500 came the closest so far, but they are so uncomfortable to me that I can only wear them for 10 minutes at the most.
On to the JVC Solid Edge, HA-SD7-B: For me, they are the HA-FXT200ltd of over ear headphones. Very Tight, Very fast, Great sub Bass reproduction, They sound very similar to the JVC HA-S500, but they are way more comfortable and have a real quality build. I think that these will be dismissed as fashion cans because they come in 3 colors, but that would be a real mistake. These are solid performers with an edge, a Solid Edge. There is almost no information on these cans in English, but on the back of the box it reads "Pops, Rock, Anime, and Dance" along with the international symbol for each of these genres. More camouflage I suspect. For more information translated, check out my introduction thread.
I want to thank all of you at head-fi for a most Homeric education. "How do you thank someone who has taken you from crayons to perfume? To Head-Fi, with love."
