[hyogen]

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Agree with you about the bass...but the Ultrasones are not only about bass, they offer much more.

 


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Yes, ultrasone (at least with my signature pro) is really good at bass guitar, guitar (both wood/electric), piano, and drum set, it performs well when listening to other instruments like cello

 


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Some people (like me) enjoy the visceral effect you get with bass and sub-bass in electronic music due to the air pressure - just hearing it isn't enough. This is best experienced with a subwoofer, but since that isn't always practical at home due to noise pollution I've wanted to get the closest to a well integrated sub in a headphone. Obviously due to physics headphones can never properly reproduce the effects of a sub, but for me the D7000, Pro900 and UM Merlin come close enough (until I find something better).

OK, this makes more sense.  So as long as it's not encroaching on mids and highs....  What's your guys' opinion about best ultrasones for trance?  
 
have any of you heard the panasonic htf600s?  which have been pretty hyped up for being a $30 can?  How about the beyer dt880 (which I loooove with having only listened to a few sets of good headphones...can't say i have heard any better before)
 
would you say, get ultrasones for $160 or so...and put a bigger dent in the wallet than the panasonics, or just get the panasonics and save for something quite a bit better than ultrasones..
 
 
 

 

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OK, this makes more sense.  So as long as it's not encroaching on mids and highs....  What's your guys' opinion about best ultrasones for trance?  
 
have any of you heard the panasonic htf600s?  which have been pretty hyped up for being a $30 can?  How about the beyer dt880 (which I loooove with having only listened to a few sets of good headphones...can't say i have heard any better before)
 
would you say, get ultrasones for $160 or so...and put a bigger dent in the wallet than the panasonics, or just get the panasonics and save for something quite a bit better than ultrasones..
 
 
 

haven't heard of htf600s
if your budget is around 200, I would suggest you to try (and go) the 990/70x/D5k/600/650, D5k is another bass monster- -
 
880 is a great can, I like it very much
but now it's broken- -, and maybe sooner or later I'll fix it

 

[hyogen]

i finally did get to hear ultrasones.. picked up hfi550 slightly used (alienware ozma 5) for $25......could NOT be happier.  Pretty sure I am not gonna look any further for a long while for closed headphones.  I'm actually quite set with open and IEMs also. 
 
Unless I am on the go, the HFI550 are probably my go-to headphone everytime, since my wife gets annoyed with me blaring music through my semi open dt880  
 
What people said about ultrasone was true......perfect for electronic!  They're not really even bass cannons unless equalized/boosted that way.  But yes, they can handle tons and tons of bass