Don't presume anything when you've never talked to me on this site. I've owned the MS Pro in the past for a number of years. I would never listen to electronic on them. The only time I'd recommend it is with the MS Ultimate mod. I think you will find yourself in the vast minority with it as a EDM 'phone. The sub bass is very weak in comparison to Ortho's. Soundstage small, imaging is below most top line headphones.
I'm not saying I want a very flabby and uncontrolled bass, but for my preferences the most important thing to me is the pulse and beat of electronic music followed by soundstage+imaging, speed, layering and feeling of space.
Admittedly I have never heard the AD2000x but I am well aware of their pedigree from their reviews with ambient electronic on this very site. I did say MOST not ALL.
I believe I would be correct in saying that most EDM listeners on this site would not be listening on HD600's, MS Pro's and DT880's only for their edm music.
If he seeks a upgrade into the mid fi range then get a HE-400. Seems to gel with the majority of people for edm. Seems he wants a neutral side grade.
You have already admitted your preference for the " texture" of the synths and such, yet it is that a preference. Yet you act cavalier about someone having a difference preference for their edm like say bassier or u shaped headphone. You seem to imply someone must be clueless to have a bassier headphone for electronic with your statement about what you are not surprised about. If you think that all that there is to the TH600 and TH900 is a big bottom end then you yourself have no f'in clue.
What I will concede is that the op since has asked for a more neutral can. This wasn't ever stipulated at the time of my first post.
Listen guy, I only made a recommendation, which you were so offended by, so I defended it. The only presumption I will admit to is one made by seeing how long you have been on this site, you been here for less than a year bro? Cool, you know all about hifi headphones, way to go. Now, of-course you may have been elsewhere and your headphone knowledge may be vast. But someone coming in with that attitude you had, usually not the case.
The fact that you elude to talking about what
most listeners use is a logical fallacy, if fact. The dt-880's and 600's have been getting recommendations for edm for many years now. Also, for someone looking for a mid price can they probably are not adding to their collection, it is more likely than not someone who is looking to move up and upgrade. Which either of those cans really fit the bill.
As for the ms-pro's. I've owned them twice, the first time around I did the ultimate mod. I liked them but not enough to keep. Second time I kept them stock, and can't imagine selling them. The music you listen to may be all about bass, I'm happy for you. But what goes along with a headphone that does PRaT in spades is you start noticing that EDM is not all about spades, and you have your gear exposing you to a completely different side of music you've heard and might get into in the future. If you are making a move from one bottom focused phone to another, that experience is missed. And besides PRaT, hell yeah I'll talk about the synths, and not too many headphones can relay texture like the ms-pro. The 701 was another that did that really well for me, but that is not an EDM phone. The MS-Pro for $700 is very hard to top, considering they have been going for $450 on the used market, damn impossible.
I didn't like the ATH-AD2000x, the original ATH-AD2000 is top notch.
I discount the bassier u shape phones in this case because the OP already has heard that, he should hear what else is there, that is a judgement I made based on where I've been and what has worked for me in the past. Which comes back to my presumptions, I've been there. I've heard the u-shaped cans with a top notch amp with big bass, and I though it could not be beat for EDM. But then I heard all else that was there, so I make my recommendations based on my experience and guiding someone else in the hobby in a direction which I think to be meaningful.
I discount the th600 and 900 both because to me, too much bass, when the housing of the headphone shakes that is not hifi. They are decent, they are not $1000+ decent. That being said I've only heard them at a meet, I'm sure they work for many people.
To the OP, my apologies, didn't not mean to start a flame war in your thread. My intention was to only make a recommendation.
