http://www.head-fi.org/t/716711/the-hardest-hitting-headphones-are-the-extreme-bass-club <------ This is the definitive Basshead thread on the site, would highly recommend moving this convo there lest it devolve into the mess of first drop shipping updates lol.
I dont want the vibration, the other users misread my post. I was just wondering which TH-X00 version is best suited for my needs when considering deep sub bass prescense.
I dont want the vibration, the other users misread my post. I was just wondering which TH-X00 version is best suited for my needs when considering deep sub bass prescense.
I dont want the vibration, the other users misread my post. I was just wondering which TH-X00 version is best suited for my needs when considering deep sub bass prescense.
Well, vibration can easily be had by slightly loosening the screws that hold the grill in front of the driver, so that's that.
The best way to come to a somewhat conclusive decision is just to look at the frequency response curves for each of the different wood types.
Honestly, looking at the curves here the PH look to yield the most subbass since the slope of the line past 30hz seems to be the most gentle. However, because of the offset of the other two graphs, you have to just eyeball it, unless you want to put a ruler on your screen or print out the picture.
edit: Moe beat me to it via subjectiveness(is that a word?), and experience.
@SleepingLesson, you do know that there is a small gap between the cup and the frame if that is where you are saying they are slightly too small. If the screw holes don't match then its possible that the cups are different sizes which they really shouldn't be due to MassDrop saying only the wood type is different.
lol, but nah. They're not close to a good open headphone, but they're certainly on the better end for closed headphone soundstage. Especially if you go a pad with a larger ear hole that's more angled. But even stock they're well above an average mid-fi closed headphone for soundstage.
The Emu-Teaks (Rosewood, Ebony, and Teak) are back on Massdrop, potentially going for $449. In the wake of the massively saturating Fostex TH-X00 drops, how are these teaks going to fare? I already have the mahogany version of the X00 and I declined to buy into "the hype" of the purple hearts and the Ebonies that recently dropped. I confess, however, that I am intrigued by the Emu Teak ebony, which is about $50 cheaper than the Fostex ebony.. is there any way one can adjudicate between these two? I have seen a review which ranks the Emu-Teak ebony above the Fostex mahogany X00. I have still not completely determined whether I should forget all the other cans and simply hold on to my Fostex Mahogany X00, but I admit to being tempted by the ebony version of the X00 when it was running. The Emu-teak ebony seems to be a bit superior to the mahogany X00 (at least according to what I read), but what is likely to be the difference between the EMU-teak ebony and the Fostex ebony (which costs about $50 higher than the Emu-teak ebony)?.
This is probably a tough question, given that the Fostex ebony X00 has not been released to the public since the drop, but this being head-fi where people seem to have access to the most exclusively owned gear, I am hoping someone can give me a helpful answer, and it would be highly appreciated. Thoughts?
I believe the E-MUs have the same Fostex drivers, but are actually dampened and tuned differently (rather than cups being the only difference between X00 models).
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