[Mr Bee]

Not sure I could swing £200, I'd be more happy with closer to £150.

I agree totally. But the longer it gets the more impatient I become. I initially thought I'd get some around the £150 mark but this is proving to be harder than I first thought. if you spot a deal would you let us know? And Vica versa.

 

[DagsJT]

I agree totally. But the longer it gets the more impatient I become. I initially thought I'd get some around the £150 mark but this is proving to be harder than I first thought. if you spot a deal would you let us know? And Vica versa.

 
Will do!

 

[nicolo]

My only real gripe on my 2nd day with the phones is a certain softness up top - distorted guitars for an example don't quite have the sizzle, bite and crunch that I'm used to. Same thing with snares and the "crack" they produce. It sounds a bit too safe, well behaved and soft.

I'll get home tomorrow and will try some EQ to correct this small annoyance. Tyll talks about a dip in the 5-8khz region - anyone tried to boost the highs there? To my ears the highs aren't even close to being too loud, I really like that air in the higher treble.

 
There's a bi dip in the 2khz-8hz region. This is what i did for my pair:
 
1) EQ'ed that up by +2.5db,
2) 10khz by +4db,
3) 12khz by +2db.
 
This works perfectly for me. I would suggest taking the hearing sensitivity test at the link below with the X2s. This because we all hear sounds slightly differently.
 
http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/hearing.html
 
Once the test is done, you can start eq'ing up the frequencies below the 1khz level. I would suggest eq'ing up the frequencies to the right if the 1k column and then the frequncies to it's left if you feel the need.
 
Hope this helps.

 

[jynxed]

I am not sure about the Black Friday deals. But I haven't already ordered I will certainly be watching and hopefully

Yep they started doing black friday on amazon uk, so deffo worth looking out for.

 

[betula]

   
Not sure I could swing £200, I'd be more happy with closer to £150.

It is worth to check eBay too, with proper caution of course. But there is a chance to find a lucky deal. On Amazon, it is usually around £220. I bought mine from eBay, a slightly used almost new pair, for £160 with shipping. I had been checking the sites for a few weeks though. 

 

[Chronxc]

Yeah. Probably i need some Over ear Headphones. I got my X2's and somehow i dont like them. All my plans are ruined rn. 

 

[Billheiser]

I got my X2's and somehow i dont like them. All my plans are ruined rn. 

Your last sentence does not necessarily follow from the sentence before. If you don't like the x2, big deal, return them or keep them or whatever. Having a pair of brand new, good headphones ruins precisely nothing.

 

[Chronxc]

No, i thougt that im going to be happy with the X2s so i dont to look out for another pair of hp. 
It has nothing to do with the X2s its just that i dont like open back hp. So now i need to find over ear hp which are killing it.

 

[Mr B]

  It has nothing to do with the X2s its just that i dont like open back hp.

 
I have to ask, exactly what about open headphones is it you don't like?
I was under the imagination that there was sound-profiles one could like, or dislike, where as most open headphones have a significantly wider sound-stage, but going from there to automatically disqualify all open headphones in favor for closed is quite a reach. Good closed headphones have a wider sound-stage then some crappy open, they sort of blend together in the middle...
B!

 

[Mr Bee]

Yep they started doing black friday on amazon uk, so deffo worth looking out for.

Thanks for the heads up. I will be watching closely if not already taken the plunge.

 

[madwolfa]

  I have to ask, exactly what about open headphones is it you don't like?

 
Maybe the sound leakage/isolation.. I can't think of anything else.

 

[shortstuff]

Well I got mine now, and they sound amazing the more I run them in. Flat outside of the box so I put 72 hours of drum and bass through them
 
BUT they seem to sound louder in the right ear than the left on some tracks for some reason? grr

 

[obsidyen]

  Well I got mine now, and they sound amazing the more I run them in. Flat outside of the box so I put 72 hours of drum and bass through them
 
BUT they seem to sound louder in the right ear than the left on some tracks for some reason? grr

 
Channel imbalance. Seems to be a common problem. I had 2 pairs of X2s, and the first one had channel imbalance. I miss them from time to time but QC issues make me stop from buying them again.

 

[lltfdaniel]

I have no problem with my x2 both sides are balanced.
 
Shame as they are good headphones in my opinion.

 

[sikki-six]

   
There's a bi dip in the 2khz-8hz region. This is what i did for my pair:
 
1) EQ'ed that up by +2.5db,
2) 10khz by +4db,
3) 12khz by +2db.
 
This works perfectly for me. I would suggest taking the hearing sensitivity test at the link below with the X2s. This because we all hear sounds slightly differently.
 
http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/hearing.html
 
Once the test is done, you can start eq'ing up the frequencies below the 1khz level. I would suggest eq'ing up the frequencies to the right if the 1k column and then the frequncies to it's left if you feel the need.
 
Hope this helps.

 
Thanks, I'll check out that test.
 
As a first thing when I got home, I tried the simple 10-band iTunes EQ, things got better for sure. Like this:

 
 
That warmth was a bit too much for me, cutting some upper bass and boosting the highs helped. We'll see if I need to delve deeper into EQ'ing with these, maybe not.
 
By the way, this is quite a bassy headphone - my LCD-2.1's sounded downright bright & middy after the X2's

 Denon D2000's have more low bass and that "crunch and crack" up top without EQ.