Headphones under 10K for a Basshead

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hahahari said:
@benny, any review that details the characteristics of it well? Also how much does it cost in India and in US?
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Haven't read any reviews for the A900, but i'm sure you'll find plenty on head-fi. I have auditioned it myself so I know that no review or chart can convince me otherwise. But your ears are different then mine and from the reviewers. If you can audition it somewhere, it would always give you a piece of mind. From what I recollect from comparing the D2000 and the A900 was that the A900 has bass that extends deeper and is more in quantity than the D2000. Where the D2000 was better by a slight margin was a wider soundstage. Comfort wise as well the A900 due to the wings on the top seemed more comfortable.
 
They would definitely scale up with an Amp. I tried it with the sflo2 and the maverick D1, with the sflo2 it sounded really good. It improved quite a bit when using the amp of the D1, the bass gets lower and the overall sound is more fuller.

You don't have to get an amp right away if u don't want to is what I'm saying, but adding one later would improve them quite a bit when you do.
 
@benny, thnx for the insights. One question straight up, 900 vs D2k, Which one seems to be better for my tastes, from your perspective ofc. I will audition them if I can.
 
bennysachdev said:
The Audio-Technica A900 has more bass than the D2000. Just an FYI since i've A/B'ed both of them. :)
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That's a lie atleast to my ears :P .

@OP as a bass head i am with D2000.

hahahari said:
Metalspree, do you own one? If so any way I can check one out?
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I have a D2000 half modded , was lazy to do the total mod even though i procured all the parts needed :ashamed: .I have lost interest in D2000 for some reason and gave away my amp( D4 Mamba),headphones ( D2000) and my mp3 player ( Sanasa Fuze ) to my brother who is in Hyderabad as of now.If you are going to travel to Hyderabad ,you can check them out or wait until i reach Bangalore in October :P.
 
Alright, I have decidded to get D2k after reading a lot of reviews. I will source it from US or Canada later this year. I need something with a lower budget can for now. (I am assuming this would reduce price, if not I might as well buy the D2k right away, suggestions?)

@Benny and metalspree, what do you guys suggest? M50's dont have heavy bass, more neutral than warm is what I get from the reviews. Anything other than that? Or am I reading the wrong review? :P

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Yes those are two different situations, so to clarify,

Option One: Wait for D2K in at the end of this year if the price will be substantially lower in US or Canada, in which case I would like you guys to suggest a lower range Cans at around 7k

Option Two: Get the D2K if the price difference is substantial. If so, where to get @ best price.
 
Looks like i have to send the awesome picture of D2000 which lured me to get it :P.A lamer called Fah33m made me purchase it at 3AM in the morning:@

Why get it from US ??.I would say get it locally from Pristine Note there is a difference of 1 or 1.5K INR but you get local warranty .You don't want to play around with a headphone worth 13K .I had to get it from US as i did not have much of choice as it was priced 1000NZD :@ :@.

For a total bass head its D2000 or D5000 this is for my ears atleast .
 
metalspree, PM away m8, am ready to get D2k or A900, just negotiating price with pristinenotes

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The reason I am having such a confusion is bcs

My Yester-fav is Hip-hop and bassy music (choice D2k) but am I am finding that I have started to enjoy alternative rock, 80's and 0's rock and roll and bands like AC/DC (Choice A900) and apparantly A900 is more readily availabe and am getting a pretty god price for it.

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The reason I am having such a confusion is bcs

My Yester-fav is Hip-hop and bassy music (choice D2k) but am I am finding that I have started to enjoy alternative rock, 80's and 0's rock and roll and bands like AC/DC (Choice A900) and apparantly A900 is more readily availabe and am getting a pretty god price for it.
 
Dude, if you are going to source em from abroad, you got plenty of options in your hand apart from the d2k or ad-900's.
Give a look at the Beyer dt 770's and 990's, sony xb-700 and other sony basshead cans, Ultrasone 780's or even the akg 240's and sennheiser hd 25/2..
Lots of options mate and a lot of the above mentioned cans are better and much cheaper than the d2k. Choose wisely :)
 
You can't buy both Apples and Oranges with your budget ,you have to sacrifice some thing :P .

Sennheiser / AKG are no way close to the bass head needs of mine atleast .According me Senn's $uck ( no offense to any one here ).

OP make a trip to Hyderabad and audition my HP's you will know why i am banking on D2000 so badly .Once you mod them the headphones will take you to a whole new level .
 
precisely why i think he should look at the beyer. The DT-880 will kinda give him the best of both world's. For more bass, the 770 and 990. Alternate choice is the ultrasone 780.
 
Hello Hahahari , sorry for not being able to contribute to this thread earlier .Been a little busy with exams. The Denon AH-D2000 and Audio Technica ATH-A900 are both a bass lovers cans . Wouldn't really call them bassheads headphone cause in my dictionary a bassheads gear is the one which just produces insane amounts of bass and sacrifices on all other frequencies and aspects of the sound spectrum . ;)

You wont go wrong with either of them .From what I remember , I didnt find a very huge difference between the D2K and A900 in terms of clarity or sound signature other than A900 having more lower mid bass than D2K and slightly more forward mids compared to Denon. Also its a little confusing for me cause there were two different versions of A900 at the meet where me ,benny etc had auditioned it , the regular ones and the limited titanium edition . Also one of them was modded + recabled if i am not wrong.

Comfort wise both the D2K and A900 are equally good and lot lot better than most closed cans . The A900 has a slight upper hand in comfort due to the 3D wing pads technology patented by Audio Technica.

Whichever you chose to buy , you would be happy audiophile at the end of the day as long as you play it with a goood quality source. I strongly suggest buying a good sound card / DAC with medium amping power to get the best of musical nirvana out of your soon to arrive headphones :D Possible options - Xonar STX / uDAC II / Audinst MX1 / Audio GD / Music streamer II + amp .
 
Alright, the audiophile in me is insatiable :(



Ordered the A900 just now. Within 6 months, pretty sure will be looking for an upgrade and I will have the ability to source from US too, so will do so with a higher end cans. Got a pretty good deal actually, so am happy :D

One of the primary reasons I chose A900 is bcs of comfort and the sound signature seems to be a little bit more to my liking. Now I gotta stay away from TE's audio section and HF forum, sigh its so hard to be an audiophile :P

Thnx everyone for replying! specially metalspree and benny

@fah33m, now you got me hunting for a better source :P.
 
Congrats on the purchase and be careful with audiophile stuff it might turn you into this :lol:

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I got a Sansa Fuze+ 16GB and A900 for 18xxx from pristine notes

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@metalspree, thnx man, will post a review when I have had enough time to play with it :D
 
Firstly Congratulations on your purchase hahahari. I din't get a chance to reply yesterday being bogged down with work.

Metalspree said:
That's a lie atleast to my ears :P .
@OP as a bass head i am with D2000.
I have a D2000 half modded , was lazy to do the total mod even though i procured all the parts needed :ashamed: .I have lost interest in D2000 for some reason and gave away my amp( D4 Mamba),headphones ( D2000) and my mp3 player ( Sanasa Fuze ) to my brother who is in Hyderabad as of now.If you are going to travel to Hyderabad ,you can check them out or wait until i reach Bangalore in October :P.
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Wow you sound really over convinced that A headphone is the best for all bassheads out there. You should start marketing for Denon's - The best Basshead headphone ever!! Everything else is just a lie!!
And the mod you did on the D2000 REDUCES the bass and tightens it up.....doesn't make you a basshead now does it ;) . The stock A900's bass goes lower than the stock d2k, and doing the mod tightens it up even further. So I wouldn't recommend the mod to anyone unless they found the D2000 to be too bassy already, thus making him not a true basshead.
Hell I don't find the bass of the stock D5000 to be too bassy at all, and if i'm not mistaken the bass of the D2k and the D5k is almost similar in quantity or maybe the same, just that the d5k has a slight more sub-bass and less of mid-bass.

edge111hussain said:
Give a look at the Beyer dt 770's and 990's, sony xb-700 and other sony basshead cans, Ultrasone 780's or even the akg 240's and sennheiser hd 25/2..
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bennysachdev said:
Good budget like that, your options are Sennheiser HD25-1 II, Audio Technica A900, Denon D2000, D5000 (if you can get a good used deal), Beyerdynamic DT880 / DT990 from what I can remember and your sound preference (non-analytical fun sounding).
Since you haven't mentioned whether you need it strictly for home usage or no i'm assuming this is a portable and home usage both setup cause your source is an ipod rather than a full desktop rig.
Outta the above mentioned, only the HD25-1 II is a truly portable one. The others, I wouldn't advice you to carry them around being heavier and less sturdy.....
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Actually I did already recommend the Sennheiser HD-25 I II. I had initially tried them with the sflo2 and wasn't amazed considering their price. But after reading a lotta reviews, I decided to take the plunge on them and was rather impressed. I was also under the same impression that Senns are not really good with bass. But after hooking these up to the Xonar STx card...... OMG these babies are truely for bassheads. I actually am in love with them for hip hop, dance, club, house, trance and electronic music. Anything with emphasis on the beats.

Metalspree said:
Sennheiser / AKG are no way close to the bass head needs of mine atleast .According me Senn's $uck ( no offense to any one here ).
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I don't blame you for thinking that way...the fuze/mamba, which you probably must've used to try these, can't drive them for nuts. They're 70ohms impedance with a pretty low sensitivity. So you prolly wouldn't get the bass. And thats the way with pretty much every high end Senns.

@OP If initially you don't get the kinda sub-bass you expected, your not driving them properly, so don't pass judgement without trying them with a good amp. And I certainly do not mean hippos ;)
 
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