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Why yes I do,
 
Electronic music is ALL I listen too
Drum & Bass/Dance is my favorite (sry)
 
 
Dubstep, IMO just overrated
It already in mainstream and advertising commercials
I used to listen to it often, not as much anymore
 
 
 
DT990 600ohms/E9+E7
Perfectly happy
 
 

Very nice set up. I too am a fan of D&B. I like alot of the chilled stuff.(liquid). How do you think the DT990s do with sub bass?

 

[sesshin]

Real audiophiles don't listen to dubstep through headphones, they listen to it through a speaker setup with nice subwoofers. Even the bassiest headphones can't compete with subwoofers when it comes to bass-heavy electronic music.
 
That said, you might want to check out the Sony XB1000. 

 

[koolkat]

I wonder what it'd be like to listen to dubstep on the HD800... LCD-2, Stax?

 

[jasonb]

never heard the HD800, but dubstep is fun on my HD650's with my HeadRoom desktop amp. there is plenty of bass.
 
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I wonder what it'd be like to listen to dubstep on the HD800... LCD-2, Stax?

 
 

 

[obzilla]

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I wonder what it'd be like to listen to dubstep on the HD800... LCD-2, Stax?

LCD was nice when I had an hour with them the other day, nowhere as deep and heavy as the Pro 900s, but really nice in quality.
 
 

 

[ZARIM]

The Ultrasone HFI2400 offers big surround soundstage and shows good details in muisc with deep punchy bass(highely recommended). The Matrix M Stage, Matrix Quattro and E7+E9 willbe better pick for these headphones.

 

[SennheiserHD]

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Real audiophiles don't listen to dubstep through headphones, they listen to it through a speaker setup with nice subwoofers. Even the bassiest headphones can't compete with subwoofers when it comes to bass-heavy electronic music.
 
That said, you might want to check out the Sony XB1000. 

you obviously haven't heard the ultrasone pro 900's

 

[sesshin]

LCD-2 shouldn't be mentioned in a thread about dubstep imo. Bass is accurate but nowhere near "subwoofer in my head" level. 
 
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I wonder what it'd be like to listen to dubstep on the HD800... LCD-2, Stax?

 

 

[HesterDW]

Ultrasone Pro 900 and Sony XB1000 are apparently contenders. Cant wait to try the XB1000.

 

[sesshin]

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you obviously haven't heard the ultrasone pro 900's

umm... I have actually. But this isn't my opinion about which headphone is bassier though, it's a matter of physics. It's impossible for headphones to reproduce subbass frequencies the same way subwoofers do.

 

[hew]

One would think listening to dub step would be a physical experience on a good stereo system. Very deep bass is more felt than heard - pants flapping, chest thumping and all that. With something like 2 JL fathom f110s and unlimited dynamics it should be very dramatic. However, surprisingly, it is not as impressive as some rap or pipe organ music. I suspect most of the bass in dub step don't go much below 40 hz.

 

[SennheiserHD]

 
 
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umm... I have actually. But this isn't my opinion about which headphone is bassier though, it's a matter of physics. It's impossible for headphones to reproduce subbass frequencies the same way subwoofers do.

i have felt various headphones rumble on my head so much i thought they would fall off, you should really stop buying that sony crap and try some real headphones.
 
 
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One would think listening to dub step would be a physical experience on a good stereo system. Very deep bass is more felt than heard - pants flapping, chest thumping and all that. With something like 2 JL fathom f110s and unlimited dynamics it should be very dramatic. However, surprisingly, it is not as impressive as some rap or pipe organ music. I suspect most of the bass in dub step don't go much below 40 hz.

There are plenty of songs that go below even 20Hz, dubstep is a genre that is based on well bass!
 
 

 

[HesterDW]

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One would think listening to dub step would be a physical experience on a good stereo system. Very deep bass is more felt than heard - pants flapping, chest thumping and all that. With something like 2 JL fathom f110s and unlimited dynamics it should be very dramatic. However, surprisingly, it is not as impressive as some rap or pipe organ music. I suspect most of the bass in dub step don't go much below 40 hz.

You'd be surprised. Maybe not brostep. But plenty of dubstep songs do. 
 
 
 

 

[SennheiserHD]

 
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You'd be surprised. Maybe not brostep. But plenty of dubstep songs do. 
 
 
 

^what he said
 

 

[koolkat]

 
I agree.

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One would think listening to dub step would be a physical experience on a good stereo system. Very deep bass is more felt than heard - pants flapping, chest thumping and all that. With something like 2 JL fathom f110s and unlimited dynamics it should be very dramatic. However, surprisingly, it is not as impressive as some rap or pipe organ music. I suspect most of the bass in dub step don't go much below 40 hz.

But it doesn't give you that chest-punching feeling. Listening to dubstep on full-sized speakers is way better than on headphones.
 
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i have felt various headphones rumble on my head so much i thought they would fall off, you should really stop buying that sony crap and try some real headphones.
 
 
There are plenty of songs that go below even 20Hz, dubstep is a genre that is based on well bass!
 
 

What concerns me is that the surround sound option on my laptop increase the bass limit to about 43Hz.
With surround sound, I can go as low as 18-20Hz, below that all there is is a soft hum, which I suspect is 
noise in the recording. 

 
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LCD was nice when I had an hour with them the other day, nowhere as deep and heavy as the Pro 900s, but really nice in quality.