Hey thanks for this review. I was considering getting one but I keep on seeing guys that sell them or return them. Must not be all that is what my thoughts were. As a current owner of the D2000 you helped clear it up for me..

No problem, glad to help... I had the D2000s previously and I think they outperform the XB1000s in every way. Like you said, I feel there are few active supporters of these headphones (kinda a love or hate relationship). If you have the D2000s and are looking for a new headphone to compliment them I would look into the Ultrasone Pro lineup, they have a different sound that plays well with certain genres (and outperforms the Denons for movies and games).

Would you say the SONY MDR XB1000 are worth getting for a purchace price of $180.00?

thats a pretty good price, if you already have another set of headphones that are great all-arounders and want this for just messing around with sometimes then yea $180s not bad. I personally wouldn't go there again because I have headphones that can do everything better than the XB1000s. If i were you, and this is considering you don't already have a great pair.. I would save up and get some Denons DX000 or Sennheisers 650s or even Beyer Dynamics DT 880/990s for around $250-300... all do much better than the XBs.

In your opinion, since you own 3 of them, which are the best, in terms of deep, thumping bass that you can like, feel in your chest. Bass that just blows you away. I don't care about sound quality I'm going for BASS. Which has the overpowering bass that will blow your socks off?

Also, I do not care about price, just bass

I'd go for the XB500s.. they sound pretty bad SQ wise but you can equalize them to sound MUCH much better and the bass is the most thumping of the three... I'd recommend that one personally, just bought it as a gift too. If price isn't a issue for you, you might want to look into the Denon d5000s.. that thing is a bas monster and has great SQ...

Thats a bummer, I was really looking forward to gettin the XB1000's because I thought they would be amazing, and I really like the look of them, and u thought with the huge 70 mm drivers they would be good. Or at least the 700's. But alright, I'll look into it.

Yea I totally feel you, I was really really excited about the XB1000s.. the idea of them just sounded so cool in my head. When I got it though it became evident that I just liked the huge pads, and the wow factor fades fast then you listen and you're even more disappointed haha.. but yea man if you want just bass.. XB500s, if you want sound quality and bass look towards Ultrasone Pro series and Denon Dx000 series. I'm a bass lover too and so far my Denon D7000s and my Ultrasone Pro2900s have been my favorites...

Do you think the XB1000's would be better with an amp?

I tried it on one amp and another dac/amp hybrid (peachtree audio decco2)... without an amp you're not doing most mid-high end headphones justice... with an amp the XB1000 sound just cleaned up a bit, but still not that great of a can. There is really nothing you can do to make this sound better than any of the other headphones I mentioned.

q.Q' yay, I have the xb700 with a Fiio E6 atm... I just lost my E6 amp so -.- after having that setup for 6 months I'm hoping to upgrade to xb1000 and Fiio E11.
It's good to head that xb 1000 is a worth while upgrade! ^^

i had these and they seemed under powered depending on what you plug them into.. for my phone these headphones needed a headphone amp and that solved the problem..

These are better than beats pro right? Please no anecdotal evidence