denon ah-d5000 too bassy !

[plonter]

Hi all! about a month ago i bought myself a new pair of ah-d5000 after all the good reviews and recommendations i heard about them.

they are fantastic! really listening enjoinment except for one thing...
i think the bass is too much for me! its really heavy.
now i am realising that i maybe not the basshead i thought i am.

i mean...with recordings with not much bass they are great becuase the bass is exactly what i want. but with heavy bass recordings , its just too much sometimes.
do you know if some burn in will reduce the bass a little?
i will be glad to hear some of your opinions regarding the subject!
thx.

 

[hawat]

Maybe you should try the markl mod, its supposed to reduce the bass on the d5000 while giving it more control. I 've read that it changes more than just bass though but those who did seem to appreciate those changes as well.
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f4/how...0-mods-299627/

 

[plonter]

thx for the advice. i heard of this moded ah-d5000 before on this forum .
but i dont think i will do that. i dont want to start "shredding" and "ripping" my new denons, i just dont trust myself in this kind of things. and i am too lazy also to buy all this products and start doing it.

i probably have no choice but to stick with the stock one and hope to get used to the bass and maybe ,just maybe, it will relax a tiny bit after some decent burn in. i think that for someone who isnt as lazy as i am this is probably the best idea, to markl the denons.

 

[milkweg]

Why not just use an equalizer to reduce the bass?

 

[ph0rk]

I was just going to suggest eq. Eq is always best when it is cut rather than boost, imho.

 

[plonter]

yea...i guess its another idea,but the problem is that i am using ipod and as you know(or dont)it dont have so much equliser setting to play with so i set it on flat which i think is the most natural sound. it sounds great on every headphones i use exept for the donons bass ofcoure ,which is coming from nowhere... a flat eq i tell you! and the bass is having a party!

 

[plonter]

maybe i will find someone to markl mod the denons for me so i will not have to look.

 

[JohnnyLightOn]

What better person to do the markl mods than markl himself? Here is his website:

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[hawat]

Or maybe you can try to use only the d5000 for some time and get used a bit to their sound. If you were really used to the hd595 before, the d5000 might have been a too big change

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If you don' t live in the us it can get pretty expensive to get those mods done by someone in the us. shipping + the chance to get yourself taxed again.

 

[plonter]

Quote:

Originally Posted by hawat /img/forum/go_quote.gif Or maybe you can try to use only the d5000 for some time and get used a bit to their sound. If you were really used to the hd595 before, the d5000 might have been a too big change . If you don' t live in the us it can get pretty expensive to get those mods done by someone in the us. shipping + the chance to get yourself taxed again.

its all true. i guess i will have to give the denons a chance...
some times the bass is not so bad even very pleasing.
i did got used too much to the hd595...but what can i say...they are just WONDERFUL! my first full size . all i wantes is a little...just little more bass and peircing treble. but i dont regret the denons at all. they are really audiophilic too.

by the way..how much people do markl them? do the most do or doesnt?

 

[Currawong]

plonter: Hard to say. Some people like the default sound. I'd say a lot of people with D2000s don't mod them.

Modding the pads is reversible, damping the cups etc is not.