[Uberclocked]

  Yeah, I've gotta see if my x2's are the only pair that do it.  Bassgasm is one of my all time favorite, from back in the '90's when I was boomin' from my Lincoln Mark VII up to today.  I love listenin....no, FEELING this beat from all my car/truck stereo's and especially on my Vintage Polk Audio SDA SRS 1.2TL's.

Slightly off topic, but I can hear and feel the beat as well if you're one of those Hondas with the 12" subs in the back.  If you love sub-bass, you might want to check out the MDR XB-1000s.  They're discontinued, but some person was offering to buy one from his local store and send them to you for $300 because they still stocked them on the F.S. forums.  Really great deal, considering the prices on Amazon and Ebay as of now are insanely high.

 

[s0ckpupp3t]

  Can anyone else give her a go with Bassgasm and see if you have the same "didgeridoo" issue I outlined above?  I'd appreciate it much.  It could be blaring, but like I said, my Senn 598's handle the same bass with no issue.
 
Like around the 2:07 mark...
 

I currently have 2 X2s in the house.  Neither of them exhibit a didgeridoo effect at 2:07.

 

[Bizill]

Did you turn the volume pretty high?  Actually, I needn't turn it overly high, the didgeridoo starts in quickly. 
 
Thanks for the replies, guys.  I understand the concept of open cans and my main gripe was that these x2's do most things better than my 598's, especially bass, but Bassgasm in particular are handled BETTER on the 598's.  Go figure. 

 

[Uberclocked]

  Totally, I'll give that a whirl - Ideally I'd like to get in there fully and secure with threadlocker, but attempting to remove the cups via those plastic flat-headed caps on either side of them didn't work out so well (didn't loosen via counter-clockwise motion - seems to be "plugged" in somehow, attaching to the rods that the cup swivels on.

Yeah, they're intended to stay.  If you look closely on the plastic hinge thing (the one on the front) between the cups and the metal circle, you can see a wire coming out of it.

 

[Uberclocked]

  Did you turn the volume pretty high?  Actually, I needn't turn it overly high, the didgeridoo starts in quickly. 
 
Thanks for the replies, guys.  I understand the concept of open cans and my main gripe was that these x2's do most things better than my 598's, especially bass, but Bassgasm in particular are handled BETTER on the 598's.  Go figure. 

Where did you buy them from?

 

[s0ckpupp3t]

  Did you turn the volume pretty high?  Actually, I needn't turn it overly high, the didgeridoo starts in quickly. 
 
Thanks for the replies, guys.  I understand the concept of open cans and my main gripe was that these x2's do most things better than my 598's, especially bass, but Bassgasm in particular are handled BETTER on the 598's.  Go figure. 

For you Bizill, I turned up the volume to the point the bass was uncomfortable for me and then also kicked it up a notch by turning on high bass boost on my JDS C5D.  It felt like I was going to blow out my eardrums with the bass but still no didgeridoo sound.

 

[Bizill]

Thanks guys.  Amazon.  Uh, oh, return/replace time?  Everything else sounds great.  Spectacular, even.  That is, until Bassgasm.

 

[canthearyou]

  Can anyone else give her a go with Bassgasm and see if you have the same "didgeridoo" issue I outlined above?  I'd appreciate it much.  It could be blaring, but like I said, my Senn 598's handle the same bass with no issue.
 
Like around the 2:07 mark...
 

Dang!! These cheap K612 pros sound great! Rattles my ears with no distortion.
X2sbetter be good. Now I'm getting nervous.
 
Check out Bass Mekanik!! 

 

[Uberclocked]

  Thanks guys.  Amazon.  Uh, oh, return/replace time?  Everything else sounds great.  Spectacular, even.  That is, until Bassgasm.

Were they sold by Amazon or just fulfilled by Amazon?  Worst case scenario, request a replacement asap because Philips isn't exactly known for their great customer service.

 

[Bizill]

Amazon, on purpose.  Even though it mean paying tax.  Again, Amazon takes care of me.  I'm gonna give it a day or two.  Too much time at work then kids and stuff when I get home.  Very little time to dabble.  I'll probably be calling Amazon though.  Ugh.

 

[s0ckpupp3t]

Wow, a huge difference in the mesh hammock tension on the 2 X2s that are with me right now.  I think one is like 2x stronger tension than the other.  The stronger one causes an uncomfortable pressure point on the top of my head if I wear it for more than a 10 minutes.

 

[Mad Lust Envy]

Stretching them out really helps with the clamp. It is *quite* clampy at first.

 

[s0ckpupp3t]

Stretching them out really helps with the clamp. It is *quite* clampy at first.

Not the clamp on the ears but the mesh hammock thingy that rests on top of your head.  The elastic tension on one of them is 2x normal.

 

[ArmAndHammer]

  Can anyone else give her a go with Bassgasm and see if you have the same "didgeridoo" issue I outlined above?  I'd appreciate it much.  It could be blaring, but like I said, my Senn 598's handle the same bass with no issue.
 
Like around the 2:07 mark...
 

Sounds like a hatchback slammin' with a couple 15's in the back through my X2's. No didgeridoo here. Cranked it too....loud enough I could actually feel it.

 

[Bizill]

damn.  I'm not some weirdo in need of coddling nor attention.  I was sitting here at my laptop and drifted in and out of sleep.  Startled myself awake, luckily I didn't chuck my trackball across the room as has happened before, lol.  Anyway, go to Amazon to set up a replacement.  "What the hell, let's try it out one more time before I hit submit on the return."  The didgeridoo problem has ceased, or evolved.  No more didgeridoo, but sometimes a very faint rattle.  Not a rattle like a blown speaker and it, well, something seems to be resonating, but not every time.
 
Weird voodoo happening here.  I was burning my cans in all night last night and today.  I only had the cans off about an hour with no juice flowing to them.  It's not me or my hearing.  I did everything when it was happening including removing the cans back 'n forth with the Senns.  I wonder could giving them a break change harmonics?  Frickin' weird.  I don't want to give these things a bad rep.  I WILL be keeping an eye on this issue.  That much is for certain.  For now I will not be submitting this to Amazon.
 
....AND, JUST BEFORE I hit submit to this post and having played the song passage a few times again, didgeridoo comes back.  So, when the diaphrams get heated (mostly right side, more faint on left) or gets some action something must be loosing control and giving up the ghost.  I'm gonna hold off a day or two and see if this works itself out or not.