[Mani ATH 87]

I know a lot of people don't find the 650s to be bass heavy headphones, and I agree! However, you can get the bass to go pretty hard on them. I downloaded sonarworks demo, and copied the "average" eq curve for the 650s (flat) into the graphic equalizer pluggin in foobar, also using the real bass exciter pluggin, and yeah...earthquake bass!

 

[CanadianMaestro]

650 was never meant for bassheads. It's a lot more refined.

 

[FredrikT92]

I find HD650 suprisingly bassy. But its not very clean, tight and clear like planars. 
 
I got Valhalla 2 now, sounds terrific! Better then the WA6-SE I had

 

[rgs9200m]

Thanks for the replies on the beer-budget comment. We all owe a beer or 2 to whoever designed the 650.

 

[LepakVT]

I feel like I owe a lot of beer to whoever dropped the price of the new HD650 to $290 when I bought it.

 

[Mani ATH 87]

  650 was never meant for bassheads. It's a lot more refined.

 
Regardless, the bass goes hard if you want it too. 

I've got it next to the HE400's right now, and though it doesn't go as low as the HE400, it competes with the right set up.

 

[Rdrcr]

  Thanks for the replies on the beer-budget comment. We all owe a beer or 2 to whoever designed the 650.

Amen.
 
Mike

 

[CanadianMaestro]

   
Regardless, the bass goes hard if you want it too. 

I've got it next to the HE400's right now, and though it doesn't go as low as the HE400, it competes with the right set up.

If the bass in the track, I like to hear it accurately, not over-emphasized. Nothing satisfying about deeper bass if it's not accurate and controlled.

 

[audiojun]

I know a lot of people don't find the 650s to be bass heavy headphones, and I agree! However, you can get the bass to go pretty hard on them. I downloaded sonarworks demo, and copied the "average" eq curve for the 650s (flat) into the graphic equalizer pluggin in foobar, also using the real bass exciter pluggin, and yeah...earthquake bass!

Man I love the HD650 bass and it could be a basshead phone with EQ applied. The HD650 bass shakes your whole Head I was like What when I was experiencing it. Also with Dynamat applied you can enhance the low end even more and it becomes a true basshead can. The HD600 would not respond this way with EQ.

 

[CanadianMaestro]

Yuck. I hate body-shaking bass on HPs. Just me.

 

[iancraig10]

Watch out for distortion with bass raised too much.

 

[EinZweiDrei]

I find HD650 suprisingly bassy. But its not very clean, tight and clear like planars. 

I got Valhalla 2 now, sounds terrific! Better then the WA6-SE I had

im surprised to see someone who would prefer a cheaper amp to the more expensive one. I was thinking about gettint the wa6se as an upgrade feom the valhalla2. I guess theres no need. Just gotta roll some tubes i guess. So far im liking the gold lions and orange globes.

 

[CanadianMaestro]

im surprised to see someone who would prefer a cheaper amp to the more expensive one. I was thinking about gettint the wa6se as an upgrade feom the valhalla2. I guess theres no need. Just gotta roll some tubes i guess. So far im liking the gold lions and orange globes.

Sometimes price doesn't match SQ. There are some sleepers out there.

 

[EinZweiDrei]

Yea true. How is the heron 5 as an upgrade from the valhalla2? I know its not a tube amp like the valhalla. But i still like to know.

 

[Arniesb]

I know a lot of people don't find the 650s to be bass heavy headphones, and I agree! However, you can get the bass to go pretty hard on them. I downloaded sonarworks demo, and copied the "average" eq curve for the 650s (flat) into the graphic equalizer pluggin in foobar, also using the real bass exciter pluggin, and yeah...earthquake bass!

Yeah whitout a doub it can be very bassy like stock basshead cans. I once tried to push bass to extreme to see how rumbling it can be. I added 15db! To all Bass frequencies + Fiio e12 bass boost, while listening at very high wolumes and bass was never rattling or distorting like HD598 or HD449. DT990 cant even handle Fiio bass boost ha ha.