[OverElysium]

Been awhile since I've been here on the forums.

Haven't been able to purchase anymore equipment lately, I currently have HD650s with custom cables (forgot manufac). My Headroom Desktop Amp won't turn on, I think its a fuse problem...

Anyway my problem is, the HD650s just dont pack enough bass for me, my budget isn't very good but what would ya'll recommend me, I need a new set of cans...

Need more bass, but hopefully not a set that sacrifices highs and mids for the sake of bass...

Thanks for any feedback!

 

[moogoob]

Wow, someone else who thinks that the 650s aren't particularly bassy, contrary to public opinion. Join the club!

Not to say I don't like 'em, (I love my 650s) but even my Grado 325is are bassier. In the Grados' case, the bass is a bit more rolled-off (not as much extension), but it's punchy and immediate.

I'd suggest Denons, but as I'm loathe to recommend cans I haven't heard, you'd have to hear from those who are familiar with those cans.

 

[Ashirgo]

Your music and recordings are most probably short of bass, so you might do best to change your recordings.

EDIT: Moreover, you may like this: http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f133/a...-heard-427880/

 

[leeperry]

you need a VERY expensive after-market cable and a VERY expensive amp...or so I heard anyway.

 

[dcpoor]

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Originally Posted by leeperry /img/forum/go_quote.gif you need a VERY expensive after-market cable and a VERY expensive amp...or so I heard anyway.

op should ask olblueyez about that.

 

[Miths]

The HD650 lacking bass punch? Damn, I really need to get my hand on a pair of bassy headphones some day just to hear what that's like

, because my HD650 packs a mean and extremely weighty punch compared to any other headphones I've owned (which was admittedly only pretty cheap stuff until around a year ago).

 

[Uncle Erik]

Just buy speakers.

 

[PeeeMeS]

You lack EQ

Or do a 2.1 setup with Headphones + Subwoofer

 

[boomana]

The 650s weren't made for bassheads. It sounds like you'd be happier with a headphone with that emphasis. Since there are about 500 or so threads that offer good suggestions for you, I'm going to say to do a simple search.

 

[CDBacklash]

you could always be a jerk and tape up the grill.
It'll make it even muddier though.

 

[Ashirgo]

Or try possibly this:

(eq used here: AiXcoustic Creations: Electri-Q - posihfopit )

 

[John Willett]

The HD 650 are designed to be neutral headphones - the bass *is* there, but it's not over emphasised.

But remember vthat headphones direct sound to your ears, with loudspeakers you are sitting inside the soundfield and *feel* the bass through your body as well as with your ears.

But it sound like you want boosted OTT bass - in which case I think you will be happier with headphones that have extra bass rather than natural bass.

 

[boomana]

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Originally Posted by John Willett /img/forum/go_quote.gif The HD 650 are designed to be neutral headphones - the bass *is* there, but it's not over emphasised. But remember vthat headphones direct sound to your ears, with loudspeakers you are sitting inside the soundfield and *feel* the bass through your body as well as with your ears. But it sound like you want boosted OTT bass - in which case I think you will be happier with headphones that have extra bass rather than natural bass.

Yup.

 

[bhanja_trinanjan]

Quote:

Originally Posted by dcpoor /img/forum/go_quote.gif op should ask olblueyez about that.

x2, The one stop solution for optimizing the HD650 experience! He knows these cans well.

 

[John Willett]

Quote:

Originally Posted by bhanja_trinanjan /img/forum/go_quote.gif x2, The one stop solution for optimizing the HD650 experience! He knows these cans well.

Yup - olblueyez certainly seems to have got the very best out of the HD 650.

Personally I am using mine with stock cable through a Grace m902b - and since I have heard the HD 800 I have not put them on at all.....