I am not recommending the Pro 500s lol. I am recommending the MDR-1R that I've heard OVER the Pro 500s (which I said up-front that I didn't personally hear), because the Pro 500 appears to be priced too highly for a pair of closed, portable colored consumer headphones (in my personal opinion), and I offered suggestions of alternatives.
I never lied or made any exaggerated claims about these headphones. Everything I said can be verified independently. I am just surprised that some of you guys just can't seem to understand that I am NOT making a personal sonic comparison of the products. The only sound comment I made are they are colored (even Yamaha talks about their bass-boost on their website).
Paying $400 for a closed colored pair of headphones doesn't make sense to me when you can get highly-recommended closed, portable, colored headphones AND/OR high-recommended closed, portable, neutral headphones at $300. I came to this conclusion because from my research, there are people that compared to cheaper $300 headphones that I have heard and some reviewers favor the sound quality/signature of the cheaper alternatives over the sound quality/signature of the Pro 500s.
The insults are just very bewildering to me. There is really no reason for people to keep yelling at me for not hearing the Pro 500s. I never heard the Beats Solo Hd, but I feel like I can recommend against them, because from my research, they compare worse to other headphones I've heard. None of you guys have heard every pair of headphones in the $300-$400 range. None of you have even heard the $300 Pro 400, so how can you say that the $400 Pro 500 is worth the extra $100?
At the end of the day, if you still don't understand my point, I doubt any more explaining will help. All this back-and-forth is probably not helping the OP, and honestly, the price of these will would most likely fall significantly in the coming months to better reflect their true value (as illustrated by the $100 discount on amazon a few days ago), so I think the point is moot.
@Billyjoegunrack, I would appreciate it if you stopped the insults. Thank you.