[Kel Ghu]

Heys guys,

I just found out that I am a basshead... I love the sound of my AKG K701 and Sennheiser HD650. But their bass is still too weak to me... My AKG K81DJ has very powerful bass, but it is too muddy and it is not a full size high-end open headphones I want to use at home.

I need a pair of very very bassy open headphones. My budget is something like $500.

Thank you for your help!

 

[FallenAngel]

I don't know though, HD650 has some serious bass, extends very low and sounds great, are you looking for more boomy/bass-oriented sound (Darth Beyers) or are you looking for something that has more bass punch (I love the bass on the Grado RS-1, very sweet).

 

[Kel Ghu]

Yeah, HD650 and K701 have great bass quality and are deep, but what I need is more volume natively. I can play with the EQ, but the volume is still too low or the sound ends up somehow... hmm wrong. I don't know how to say it. Maybe boomy is the word... I just want more bass!

 

[Tyler J]

Beyer DT 990 is supposed to have lots of bass.

 

[Jaska]

If I were seeking a really bassy open headphone, I would probably make some inquiries about the Ultrasone PROline 2500. Just a thought, hoping someone who owns one of these can comment further.

Now I'll go quietly back to my Grado SR 225, which I will not recommend as a bassy headphone

 

[Rednamalas1]

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Originally Posted by Kel Ghu /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yeah, HD650 and K701 have great bass quality and are deep, but what I need is more volume natively. I can play with the EQ, but the volume is still too low or the sound ends up somehow... hmm wrong. I don't know how to say it. Maybe boomy is the word... I just want more bass!

K701s have decent bass quality but have anemic bass quantity IMO.

 

[MrKazador]

Why not just equalize?
I use replaygain so when I listen to rap or any bass heavy music I up the low frequencies and works really good.

 

[Rednamalas1]

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Originally Posted by MrKazador /img/forum/go_quote.gif Why not just equalize? I use replaygain so when I listen to rap or any bass heavy music I up the low frequencies and works really good.

equalizer tends to distort sound too much IMO on most setups - I usually play everything flat with no sound effects etc

 

[ph0rk]

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Originally Posted by Rednamalas1 /img/forum/go_quote.gif equalizer tends to distort sound too much IMO on most setups - I usually play everything flat with no sound effects etc

Then it is a cheap or poorly implemented equalizer. Even some software eq's (like that in iTunes) are susceptible to clipping with tracks that are already pushing the edge of clipping. Using replaygain/mp3gain/aacgain to take them down to an album average of 89 db fixes this.


I hate to sound like a broken record, but some tracks really do sound basstastic out of a k701 - The hidden track on infest by papa roach for example (nice dub bassline). Flipping on something like the generic R&B eq will make your eyes pop out.... with a k701. Others just don't seem to have a lot of bass content, so even heavy eq doesn't help all that much.

 

[CountChoculaBot]

I've always heard the DT990 has plenty of bass.

I've also read plenty of posts stating that the AD2000's bass is fantastic, since there's a lot of it, but it's also extremely good quality bass, or something.

 

[eruditass]

PL2500

 

[Cankin]

Other components in your audio chain make huge impact too, with $500, you can probably upgrade your source or amp if they don't provide what HD650 demands.

 

[Kel Ghu]

Sounds like the Ultrasone PROLine 2500 should do it, uh?
My source and amp are a Headamp Pico, playing with mostly CDs and FLAC. I spent $500 on that and I don't feel like spending more on an amp for now.
I'll try replaygain.

 

[troymadison]

Out of the ones I tried, maybe the HD650

 

[Kel Ghu]

But I already got the HD650. It's good, but not enough to me... I am a basshead... sigh...