Where is the bass? One thing I'm shocked at is the bass is not very obvious at all, I'm no audiophile and don't expect some sort of dr dre beats distorted bass but does the burn in help the bass or am I going to have to buy a headphone amp with a bass...
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These headphones are not designed for the casual listener. They are reference headphones for the studio, they are designed to have a flat response so when a track is in the mixdown phase of production they give an honest representation of level and sound.
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The bass response is much lighter than one would expect. I wouldn't call it bass heavy at all. it's been a while since i've listened to them, but they might be even kind of bass light.
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although I'm not an audiophile, I do not hear any distortion from my system. It is connected to a SONOS internet amp. Last week we had a Loud B-day party and no distortion was heard. yours may be defective or the connection from the system may be generating feedback. If you are looking for bass and treble adj. this system may be too basic for you.
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Mine had excellent bass from the start...almost too much. It might be your source that is lacking bass.
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You won't need an amp, but it would definitely make a difference. I am a basshead and I purchased a cheap FiiO amp and it did wonders to the bass. On my HTC One, I downloaded an EQ App and it had a similar effect. So if you don't have an AMP, try a free EQ - it can make a huge difference.
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Theses headphones are very good but now i have found that the monster n-tune and N-pulses are THE best headphones i own.The n-tunes maybe the best because of sound and size.my advice is if you have the money buy one of the monsters,if the akg's are cheaper then the akg 67's are really nice.but my advice would be to buy one of the monsters because they sound great with ALL kinds of music. Theyy should not be that much more than the akg's,let me know how everything turns out please, I'm very interested to hear from you and your opinion on your pick.
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I disagree completely with all the comments above.I think people have a wrong perception of headphones quality. I am a basshead myself. The Q701 are perfect to restitute ANY frequency! I love listening to Kendrick Lamar for instance with them and the infra bass are making my head vibrate... But you will need an amp, that's all.
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The Bass on these is great! I'm not entirely sure what you mean by 'what you need to look at to tell.' But if you aren't satisfied with the bass of these headphones, the software comes with a built-in equalizer. You can adjust the bass in the headphones.
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I haven't done a heavy bass type of mix with these headphones yet. lower Freqs has much more engergy than higher Freqs , so very heavy bass can sometimes drown other frequencies . My best advice is to try and listen to same song using studio monitors, good speakers or even high-end flat headphones and compare.
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my shure headphones seem to be not very bassy at all... anyone else feel that way? I'm not a bass freak or anything I love highs and mids but the se535's seem to have less bass than my old se215's... Seems a bit strange
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I love my music loud as well. I have my iPhone volume up to about halfway between the middle and the loudest and you can't hear anything besides the music. No outer interference or anything. It's like you're in your own little world of music. Bass is pretty good as well in my opinion.
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Hi, I did not get the headphone, as it got lost somewhere during delivery. I suggest you buy new version of beats pro, with same sound (I got a new black-silver beats pro). The detox limited version was quite old one, when monster and beats collaborated. Now you can not get an authentic detox version already (beats did not provide warranty), 99.9% on market was from China OEM.
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In reply to an earlier post on Jun 10, 2009 7:30 AM PDT Dave in Dearborn, MI says: "They are as tinny sounding as others I have tried and returned. I am getting frustrated wirth the trial and error and all the returns. I even got a pair of the V-MODA Bass Freq Earbuds offered here on Amazon that had great reviews regarding the bass response. I returned them right away....they were as tinny sounding as any others I have tried...and the volume was low as well---even at the highest setting. Could be I just got a bad pair, but I am not going to order another set of those either." REPLY: It sounds as if you didn't have either of these phones properly seated/sealed in your ears. If they are not properly seated, then the sound won't have the bass you're looking for, and it will sound tinny. I have several sets of fantastic in ear phones, and they all need to be properly sealed in your ear to give you the great sound experience that they are capable of.
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I would check three things.. is there enough bass.. is the sensitivity adjustment correct and is the master / slave switch in its correct setting. Mine came with it in slave mode and I had to switch it to master.
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bass is bassy, it does vibrate the headphones, but not too much that it is annoying.They're basically a complete rip-off of Beats by Dre. They're just cheaper and have more features.
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That's the only issue I have. I wish they had better bass. But it's not a deal breaker for me. I only use them at the gym and they are great for cancelling noise, even though I wear a hoodie and the headphones over my hoodie, they sound great and don't get hot. I listen to rap, hop hop, and rock mostly. And they sound great all across the board. I like them better then beats. And if it helps. They don't fall off my head they fit nice and snug.
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More refined, better quality bass. Better mids and hights. I will quote this reviewer who heard a cheaper and not as good pair of Ultrasone's, "I have the ultrasone hfi 580s and am borrowing my friends beats pro over the weekend and i have compared them. The beats suck. They have decent bass but the music lacks mids/ highs, clarity and depth. Ultrasones kick the crap out of beats in th bass catagory. The ultrasones have a deeper and tighter bass. It sounds great. In the beats, the bass is only ok, it sounds flat and artificial. My sennheiser hd 238 has about as much bass unamped an they are half th size!" Hope this helps.