Hi guys, I need a bassy headphone to listen to rap and R&B mainly. I want a deep, powerful and predominant bass but also I want the mids and highs to be there. I was saving money and reading a lot of reviews from fellow headfiers and my budget was from 100 to 160€ ($135 to $217).
I made a list with the most mentioned and better reviewed bassy headphones in that price range that are closed (ultrasone's hfi 580, V-Moda's LP2 or even m-100, ATH WS77, M-audio Q40....) and I was trying to decide wich one fits me better when I discovered this thread and... well, now Im lost lol.
Of course I want to spend less money without sacrificing quality of the sound but you all say that this is one hell of a headphone and a bargain for bass-driven music so I have a couple questions:
- are the s680 better than the s500 for bass-driven music (rap & R&B)
- Do you consider these prices a good ones? -> JVC HA-S500 for 39€ (thats 53$) straight from Japan with free international shipping (Im from Spain btw) or the JVC HA-S680 for 59€ (81$)??
- If I finally buy the s680...are they worth of paying those 20 extra euros for them?
- In spain we only have the HA-SR500-B-E and I think those are not the same as the S500's, correct me if im wrong. They look different and I dont want to take unnecessary risks lol
Thanks for this thread and all the great info you guys give for free =) !!
PD: do both of them isolate well?