Giogio
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I do not think at all that the 950 get even remotely close to the sub bass of the Fidelio.
If you talk of quantity, well, I am not interested in quantity as much as I am in quality, and the quality of the bass and sub bass of the 950 is thousand light years far far away from the Fidelio.
Fidelio's Rumble is dense, vibrant, accurate, clean, solid, and beside this they have a very nice punch.
The 950 air just puff puuff boom boom. Only air. No control, no density.
Maybe you have improved this with the Mods (you should talk with that guy, I have tagged you, did you receive the notification? He wants to know about the mods). But, I severely doubt any mod can bring them to that kind of deeeep solid rumble of the Fidelio.
The UE, I agree. Maybe a bit more on the mid than on the low bass, but still there.
The Denon, I am so working on getting them. I really want to test them.
The Audition Pro have a very good rumble, good amount also without EQ, and surely good quality, not as precise and clean as the Fidelio, not as deep and not as dense, but good.
We talk probably of two different worlds, you movies where certain things are not as easy to notice, me of Techno, Dubstep, DEFAC, and music, basically, where the nuances of the whole low range come out better than in movies. In movies you do not notice that too much.
I consider the A-Pro somewhere between Fidelio and 950.
I have just checked Edge of Tomorrow. The rumble is there, all sounds balanced and clear, no harshness, nothing wrong, the fight scenes at the end are intense.
I really think you should try them.
If your worry is the return, maybe you can talk it with them and explain the situation. They are very nice.
But, unless you want EXACTLY the Fidelio but without the problems of the Fidelio, I cannot imagine you will be disappointed.
But if it is a "better Fidelio" you're looking for, you are going to be disappointed with EACH single headphone you try. Because there is only one Fidelio. And that is the Fidelio.
The Momentums M2 AEBT and the Fidelios are going to 'Jurrasic World' right after I leave here. I'm expecting some rumbling there. I have seen 'Edge of Tomorrow', but will get it again for testing purposes.
Maybe it's different batch numbers for the Fidelios? Are you in the U.S.? Because they are all imports here. Mine came directly from Hong Kong and Seoul 9 months apart. Just stabbing in the dark. The price sure has dropped!! Maybe they are on the way out? That's why I got a second pair.
Ok so after a suggestion from Giorgio at XB's thread I am going to revise this latest mod and even am considering purchasing the XBs to test it for myself. I have been considering purchasing but when I listened to them at the store, I noticed the audio quality lacked "life" and lacked the audio quality overall. Ive been putting off buying to a large degree for that reason, and sacrificing wireless functionality for something like the Monster Inspiration and its well put together, deep clear bass, and superior sound vs the XB's for gym use, despite being anchored by the cable of the Inspirations.
But I am starting to change my mind, they may improve a whole lot with this mod. I will be following this thread intently.
fair enough.
But "kind of bass" is not the right expression to define the AMOUNT of bass.
And, I AM interested in quantity. I just prefer a little less of better bass than a little more of worse bass.
Which is also subjective I suppose.
Your call. I step back.
If I were you I would buy a wired headphone with detachable cable and I would stick a low latency receiver in its 3.5 connection.
It would cost you less, it would sound better, you would have more choice to find the one with the signature you want.
I tried something similar with my amazing Klipsch Image S4 in ear's (fantastic sound with a great bass response). I used a Bluetooth receiver with 3.5mm female connection but the quality sounded terrible! I guessed it was the fact they really needed to have an in built amp?
not necessarily, you have to choose the right headphone, right impedance, right adapter.
I'll look into it, thanks
So thanks to all the advice on here i have just bought the m2bt, will be here tuesday.
I'm thinking about also getting the m2aebt and p5 for comparison purposes. I know the m2aebt is over ear and the others on ear but i might want to keep the on ear for everyday use and a larger ANC model for travel.
Is there another over-ear model with ANC i should consider?
Thanks again for all your help, especially to giogio and 1wyseman
Hey, I need help looking for a new headphone as well.
I am currently using the bose soundlink over-ear 1 and i love them, but sadly the bluetooth died out.
My priorities are the comfortableness, over-ear and also i hate BULKY looking headphones. Hence, I am picking
between beats studio , marley liberate xlbt, Bose soundlink over-ear soundlink II and maybe m2 aebt (its a little bulky).
So between these headphones, which one do you recommend? Or are there other similar headphones that is a better choice?