shortstuff
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Bear in mind here I am running them from my pc motherboard with no amp currently. However they have been amped for months with the same amp I use for all of my headphones.
I bought a used pair of Philips X2 from amazon, and they were awesome. Deep deep sub bass, epic. But faulty wiring, would cut out. I sent them back and ordered a brand new pair... these are just like new except all that lovely sub bass - completely missing. The strange thing is that they are still WOOX ones, the pads pull off - no glue, so they are not the new revisions.
I didn't mind for all these months as I listen to a lot of ambient electronic music - think Aphex Twin SAW2, Woob, Gas, The EM:T label, etc, which tends to be light on the bass front, though certain Aphex tracks sound hollow where there should be bass, a great example of this is Schottkey 7th Path, which has a proper, 30hz esque bass tone to it, and these headphones either miss it completely or just produce some hollow noise. The X2's I had to send back however, it was like being in a car with a pair of 15's in the back, thats the closest I can describe it. Or, combine HD650 midbass and treble with the sub bass of DT-770's and you get the old X2.
Now I could sell these, they sound just like HD650's to me but are cheaper so could be a bargain for someone, and then get another set of X2's, but this seems like a risk because they could sound bad also.
Otherwise, I could upgrade...but to what? And what amp should I buy for them? Due to change in living arrangements my floorstanders and amp are surplus to requirement. I should sell them and have around $500 to spend on a headphone amp. And $$$? to spend on different headphones.
Either way it annoys me, I don't get my bass fix anymore unless I use my DT-770 Pro's and then, whilst the bass is excellent, the rest of the tone sound muddy.
I bought a used pair of Philips X2 from amazon, and they were awesome. Deep deep sub bass, epic. But faulty wiring, would cut out. I sent them back and ordered a brand new pair... these are just like new except all that lovely sub bass - completely missing. The strange thing is that they are still WOOX ones, the pads pull off - no glue, so they are not the new revisions.
I didn't mind for all these months as I listen to a lot of ambient electronic music - think Aphex Twin SAW2, Woob, Gas, The EM:T label, etc, which tends to be light on the bass front, though certain Aphex tracks sound hollow where there should be bass, a great example of this is Schottkey 7th Path, which has a proper, 30hz esque bass tone to it, and these headphones either miss it completely or just produce some hollow noise. The X2's I had to send back however, it was like being in a car with a pair of 15's in the back, thats the closest I can describe it. Or, combine HD650 midbass and treble with the sub bass of DT-770's and you get the old X2.
Now I could sell these, they sound just like HD650's to me but are cheaper so could be a bargain for someone, and then get another set of X2's, but this seems like a risk because they could sound bad also.
Otherwise, I could upgrade...but to what? And what amp should I buy for them? Due to change in living arrangements my floorstanders and amp are surplus to requirement. I should sell them and have around $500 to spend on a headphone amp. And $$$? to spend on different headphones.
Either way it annoys me, I don't get my bass fix anymore unless I use my DT-770 Pro's and then, whilst the bass is excellent, the rest of the tone sound muddy.
