[shahkhan]

Its has been more than a week now listening to these JVC gems. Grabbed these from ebay in $40 including shipping. I would say i am really impressed with the SQ of these Japanese cans. Very articulated, rich and punchy bass. Treble is exactly what I want from the cans, as I am not a fan of high treble on the name of clarity. Mids IMO are little laid back, kind of coming back from far behind, not very forward. Comfort level is not very high, but keeping in view price to comfort level, its good. They are easily driven by laptop/cell phone. All in all, at this price point, you cant go wrong having JVC S500s in your gear collection. cheers..

 

[munnich]

hi guys. i had a jvc ha s400 which i broke yesterday by mistake. do you guys think buying a jvc s500 will be an upgrade?
could you guys recomend me on ear headphone with good sound signature. my budget is $70.
i dont like Grado or koss since grado is open and i am im looking for on ear headphones only. thanks

 

[Whaleshark12]

  hi guys. i had a jvc ha s400 which i broke yesterday by mistake. do you guys think buying a jvc s500 will be an upgrade?
could you guys recomend me on ear headphone with good sound signature. my budget is $70.
i dont like Grado or koss since grado is open and i am im looking for on ear headphones only. thanks

Sad to hear that, Maybe you should look up on the S680 instead? It is a over ear headphone not on ear like the s400 or s500. Not sure about the SQ but worth checking out !

 

[424358]

  hi guys. i had a jvc ha s400 which i broke yesterday by mistake. do you guys think buying a jvc s500 will be an upgrade?
could you guys recomend me on ear headphone with good sound signature. my budget is $70.
i dont like Grado or koss since grado is open and i am im looking for on ear headphones only. thanks

As Whaleshark said, try the S680 if you don't mind the over ear, if not, the S500 is still good!

 

[shahkhan]

Guys plz share your opinions about "Amping" the jvc s500s. What amps/dacs you people are using, and is it really enhance the SQ and specially the sound stage??

 

[dakanao]

  Sad to hear that, Maybe you should look up on the S680 instead? It is a over ear headphone not on ear like the s400 or s500. Not sure about the SQ but worth checking out !

 
 

 
As Whaleshark said, try the S680 if you don't mind the over ear, if not, the S500 is still good!

If he would go over the ear, I recommend the Creative Aurvana Live more than anything else in that price range. The CAL destroy the S680 in terms of sound and comfort

 

[penmarker]

  Guys plz share your opinions about "Amping" the jvc s500s. What amps/dacs you people are using, and is it really enhance the SQ and specially the sound stage??

To me, amplification doesn't help much with the headphone. DAC upgrade would be better. Soundstage is pretty much restricted because of the form factor. Get a low power amp because its both low impedance and high sensitivity. Something like the FiiO E12A would be nice since it's made with IEMs in mind.

 

[shahkhan]

  To me, amplification doesn't help much with the headphone. DAC upgrade would be better. Soundstage is pretty much restricted because of the form factor. Get a low power amp because its both low impedance and high sensitivity. Something like the FiiO E12A would be nice since it's made with IEMs in mind.

i am thinking about Fiio E11, what do you think about it? I m using jvcs with my laptop.

 

[penmarker]

I used to have the older E11 model, it doesn't improve much except for the better treble decay if you really focus on it.

 

[shahkhan]

hmm, idea dropped...

, how do you compare these JVCs with senn HD650. I mean is the difference, night and day or not of big deal?? 

 

[penmarker]

They're two different worlds, considering they're built for different purposes and in different price points.

The HD650 is very detailed and has an expansive staging, S500 while detailed pales into comparison and with congested soundstage.

 

[Whitigir]

So, I was bored and based my idea on top of the principles from dynamic drivers:

The more air, the more lows, but minds and highs will fade away.

Today I have made this mod

1/ vents from the back, so more air got pulled
2/ vents to the top, so more air is moved


The logic behind the different sizes = smaller for leakage to move out, and larger for air sucked in.

So this mod works as more air being pulled from behind the drivers, and then dispersed toward the top smaller vents.

Result ?

Sub-bass: now has a nice rumbles and vibrations
Sub-mid: fade back a little bit
High: fade back by a little bit

This result in the imagination of wider soundstage, as the sub-mid, high are both faded toward you as the spectrum got lowered a little, mean whiles the sub-bass gave the lows a nice touch of booming sound.

*Disclaimer* only try it if you dare, I know it works for me as I cover/in-cover the back vents.

 

[penmarker]

It works on the same principle as the Beyerdynamic COP with the tuneable bass response. It's good if you want to make it genre specific, but the clarity is sacrificed. If you do want better bass without compromising the highs and mids, the drivers and housing must be tuned from the ground up.

 

[Whitigir]

It works on the same principle as the Beyerdynamic COP with the tuneable bass response. It's good if you want to make it genre specific, but the clarity is sacrificed. If you do want better bass without compromising the highs and mids, the drivers and housing must be tuned from the ground up.

I agreed totally , then this won't cost as cheap anymore, since you will need to replace the soldering quality, wires, cavity....etc lol.

 

[zooooo]

I'm about to buy a pair of these headphones, and they're a lot cheaper to buy on eBay from Japan than through Amazon. Are there a lot of fakes on the market? I was planning on buying from this link/seller, 100% positive feedback.. I'd love any input before I drop cash on them!