mmille24
New Head-Fier
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IMO, hard to get over the look of the Icons. Very tacky looking.
IMO, hard to get over the look of the Icons. Very tacky looking.
@Giogio
In the other thread a poster was talking about the icon wireless headhones. You thought about giving them a go? Never heard of it before but looks interesting.
That was me. I actually canceled my ws99bt order for a bit after i found them. Couldn't find much info on them, except that they dont seem to have aptx. Theres not many reviews on them, but what i could find, coupled with the reviews on the Legacy (the wired version), werent extremely promising. Apparently they couldnt even get the bass boost switch right, boosting several frequencies instead of just the bass. Doesn't exactly instill one with confidence in a $400 set of cans. ANC didnt get great reviews. The final nail in the coffin was an interview i saw with the company owner, who spent the entire ten minutes talking about achieving the style of the headphones, and said absolutely nothing about engineering the sound.
Yeah... I'll pass.
Giogio, I'd like to pick your brain about another topic: I know you ended up keeping the y45bt... I'm assuming you'd recommend them over anything at around $120 price point? I'm looking at getting my wife a pair, somthing smallish and portable.
I also wanted to mention that you never added the S1+ or Momentums to your bass rankings... or was that intentional? You may want to add them in, because for newcomers, it may seem that if you're looking for bassy cans, these two aren't even worthy of consideration.
Awesome! One more question: I'm reading through the WS99 thread in anticipation for my WS99BT's that are on the way. Any idea if the WS99BT's are basically the same soundwise? If so, I'm in for a real treat. The Ws99 got amazing reviews from tons of people, and seem to be a real steal at $125 on Amazon, if anyone's looking for some wired cans.
ETA: Just noticed that Neutron has updated, and it's awesome! I know there are a lot of people hesitant to use EQ, especially parametric EQ. This new update give you a graphical representation of the changes you make, which makes it MUCH easier to understand, even if you've never used any EQ. A big thank you to whoever turned me on to this app, Giogio I think. I love it!
Awesome! One more question: I'm reading through the WS99 thread in anticipation for my WS99BT's that are on the way. Any idea if the WS99BT's are basically the same soundwise? If so, I'm in for a real treat. The Ws99 got amazing reviews from tons of people, and seem to be a real steal at $125 on Amazon, if anyone's looking for some wired cans.
Going to order the Plantronics Backbeat Pro & Samsung Lever Over, do some compare and contrast.
Would love to try the ATH-WS99BT but need the ANC and a return to Japan isn't ideal.
What made you take the Symphony 1 and the Denon AH-GC20 out of the equation?
Hey guys, I'm brand new here, been lurking a while because I've decided to treat myself, take the plunge and drop some cash on my first (and ideally last?) pair of stellar cans.
I'm primarily looking for something to aid me in my adventures of dedicated lay-down, mostly THC-assisted, mentally intense listening seshes. I'm mostly into all genres of metal and electronic - old and new technical death metal, melodic death and power metal, black/gothic/folk metal, deathcore, and then all sorts of EDM; trance, complextro and electro, dubstep, DnB etc. So while I like to think I appreciate a ton of bass, realistically I think I'm less of a basshead and more in need of something with a detailed/balanced soundstage, that won't freak out at the crowded mids, and often muddy low end of the clicky kick drums of metal. But that will still provide a decent amount of boomy crazy bass for the more MLG Doritos & Mountain Dew type music like dubstep & deathcore, without compromising the rest of the curve for beautiful flowy synthesizers in trance and black metal.
Sorry if that was too much detail lol. Anyway my initial inclination was to get a tried-and-true pair of wired 'phones like Grado's, which I hear are the king for metal and just about any serious listening. But upon playing with my brother's Sony MDRZX750BN, I discovered I absolutely love the freedom of no wires. That would allow me to ditch my meh Klipsch S3 IEMs too and have one solid jack-of-all-trades pair of cans for runs, walking to class and just wandering around the house.
This is still foremost about the critical listening seshes though, as well as my budget - the cheaper the better, and I definitely don't want to spend over $200. So here's my question - are there BT headphones that match the sound quality of a good wired pair that don't break the bank? I was thinking if the sound is better on all of these when you add the wire, then that's fine, I don't mind tethering myself when stationary and focused on nothing but the music. Hence why I love the $70 Grado SR60e idea. But I'd be willing to pay more if I could keep the audiophile sound quality while throwing in BT so I can ditch the wire, stand up and go places too with the same headset.
I should mention I'm not the strictest audiophile. I can appreciate second-best sound quality if it's still great and keeps the price down. Honestly, maybe I'm just thinking too much and should just pull the trigger on the cheapest option. I've had my eye on the Plantronics Backbeat Pro, it seems like the most well-rounded pair with the best reviews on sound quality; I just get concerned when I see people saying it sacrifices some of the mids for more beefy bass and highs. But again maybe that's a null point if the soundstage is still kickass, especially when you consider the rest of its great features (NFC!!!!) and all-around well-thought-out design and functionality.
EDIT: forgot to mention for these mystical musical excursions I'll probably just be at my computer with FLAC quality source files and whatnot. Which is why I don't mind a wire there, and would rather go for maximum sound quality phones. But the bluetooth will be for walking around on my Android phone, probably with MP3s, so APT-X encoding doesn't matter to me as much.
Hey guys, I'm brand new here, been lurking a while because I've decided to treat myself, take the plunge and drop some cash on my first (and ideally last?) pair of stellar cans.
I'm primarily looking for something to aid me in my adventures of dedicated lay-down, mostly THC-assisted, mentally intense listening seshes. I'm mostly into all genres of metal and electronic - old and new technical death metal, melodic death and power metal, black/gothic/folk metal, deathcore, and then all sorts of EDM; trance, complextro and electro, dubstep, DnB etc. So while I like to think I appreciate a ton of bass, realistically I think I'm less of a basshead and more in need of something with a detailed/balanced soundstage, that won't freak out at the crowded mids, and often muddy low end of the clicky kick drums of metal. But that will still provide a decent amount of boomy crazy bass for the more MLG Doritos & Mountain Dew type music like dubstep & deathcore, without compromising the rest of the curve for beautiful flowy synthesizers in trance and black metal.
Sorry if that was too much detail lol. Anyway my initial inclination was to get a tried-and-true pair of wired 'phones like Grado's, which I hear are the king for metal and just about any serious listening. But upon playing with my brother's Sony MDRZX750BN, I discovered I absolutely love the freedom of no wires. That would allow me to ditch my meh Klipsch S3 IEMs too and have one solid jack-of-all-trades pair of cans for runs, walking to class and just wandering around the house.
This is still foremost about the critical listening seshes though, as well as my budget - the cheaper the better, and I definitely don't want to spend over $200. So here's my question - are there BT headphones that match the sound quality of a good wired pair that don't break the bank? I was thinking if the sound is better on all of these when you add the wire, then that's fine, I don't mind tethering myself when stationary and focused on nothing but the music. Hence why I love the $70 Grado SR60e idea. But I'd be willing to pay more if I could keep the audiophile sound quality while throwing in BT so I can ditch the wire, stand up and go places too with the same headset.
I should mention I'm not the strictest audiophile. I can appreciate second-best sound quality if it's still great and keeps the price down. Honestly, maybe I'm just thinking too much and should just pull the trigger on the cheapest option. I've had my eye on the Plantronics Backbeat Pro, it seems like the most well-rounded pair with the best reviews on sound quality; I just get concerned when I see people saying it sacrifices some of the mids for more beefy bass and highs. But again maybe that's a null point if the soundstage is still kickass, especially when you consider the rest of its great features (NFC!!!!) and all-around well-thought-out design and functionality.
EDIT: forgot to mention for these mystical musical excursions I'll probably just be at my computer with FLAC quality source files and whatnot. Which is why I don't mind a wire there, and would rather go for maximum sound quality phones. But the bluetooth will be for walking around on my Android phone, probably with MP3s, so APT-X encoding doesn't matter to me as much.