sebaz
Head-Fier
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I recently bought the JVC HA-RX500. I ended up returning them because the mids were too high for my taste. I kind of liked the effect for some music, but overall they sounded rather unnatural compared to all the headphones I ever heard and to my speakers. They had kind of a "cupped hands effect". However, they also had great bass and highs, far far better than my Sonys MDR-V150 (which are obviously a piece of crap). Now I'm kind of regretting sending them back because maybe I judged them without giving them any burn in time. But I've been reading about the bigger models and I'm considering those now.
So far what I got from reading on forums is that the 900s are ported and the 700s are closed. People seem to agree that the 900s have better bass, but one thing that worries me is that also many people are saying that the 900s don't have very good highs. Now, I don't know if those people mean that they don't have the crisp ear piercing highs that you get when you exaggerate the range between 4 and 8 Khz (which I have heard in quite a few expensive headphones at Best Buy), or if they have a falloff at around 8 Khz, which then I wouldn't like because while I hate the high frequencies I described above, I really like the ones from 8 to 20 Khz.
That said, the highs in the RX500 sounded great to me, so if the RX700 and RX900 have the same highs I'd be quite pleased with them. Did anybody here listen to all three models to tell the difference?
Also, a long time ago I had a pair of Grado SR60 which to me were like being in music heaven, they were the best headphones I ever had until one of the cans blew. Since back then I was overseas I couldn't do anything more than throwing them away. However, I'm also considering getting a pair of Grado SR80s. The only thing preventing me from getting them (besides the high price) is that I read quite a few reviews of people saying that theirs also blew, and that trying to get GradoLabs to honor the warranty had been a nightmare, if they even could get them on the phone. Being that my SR60s blew just three months after buying them, I'm a little reluctant to spend $100 on them.
So what I would like to ask is this:
1) do the RX700 and 900 have exaggerated mids? If so, which of these two have less exaggerated mids?
2) which one has better highs?
3) how much better is the bass in the RX900 compared to the RX700?
4) has anyone here heard the RX700, 900 and the Grado SR80, and if so, which one do you prefer?
Sorry for the long post and thanks for any replies.
Sebastian
So far what I got from reading on forums is that the 900s are ported and the 700s are closed. People seem to agree that the 900s have better bass, but one thing that worries me is that also many people are saying that the 900s don't have very good highs. Now, I don't know if those people mean that they don't have the crisp ear piercing highs that you get when you exaggerate the range between 4 and 8 Khz (which I have heard in quite a few expensive headphones at Best Buy), or if they have a falloff at around 8 Khz, which then I wouldn't like because while I hate the high frequencies I described above, I really like the ones from 8 to 20 Khz.
That said, the highs in the RX500 sounded great to me, so if the RX700 and RX900 have the same highs I'd be quite pleased with them. Did anybody here listen to all three models to tell the difference?
Also, a long time ago I had a pair of Grado SR60 which to me were like being in music heaven, they were the best headphones I ever had until one of the cans blew. Since back then I was overseas I couldn't do anything more than throwing them away. However, I'm also considering getting a pair of Grado SR80s. The only thing preventing me from getting them (besides the high price) is that I read quite a few reviews of people saying that theirs also blew, and that trying to get GradoLabs to honor the warranty had been a nightmare, if they even could get them on the phone. Being that my SR60s blew just three months after buying them, I'm a little reluctant to spend $100 on them.
So what I would like to ask is this:
1) do the RX700 and 900 have exaggerated mids? If so, which of these two have less exaggerated mids?
2) which one has better highs?
3) how much better is the bass in the RX900 compared to the RX700?
4) has anyone here heard the RX700, 900 and the Grado SR80, and if so, which one do you prefer?
Sorry for the long post and thanks for any replies.
Sebastian