I use headphones plugged in to my FX box while I play my strat - at really loud levels. Can these handle bass tones at stupid high volumes?
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That all depends on what you call "stupid high volumes". However, these headphones are high quality and do a nice job of reproducing tones from low to high. Depending on the genre of music, I may listen at a high volume. These do a nice job and do not distort. I would think that these headphones would serve anyone well from the casual music fan to a professional musician.
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Jerry, I have the ATH-M30 and ATH-M45. Both excellent headphones. I also use them to play my guitar through. I have played pretty loud without an break up or clipping, and they still sound great. Any speaker or headphone can be damaged if you push too many watts through the coil. The M30 handles the bass end very well, with clarity. Turning the volume and bass to extreme levels might damage the headset. It is difficult to know at what level there will be damage, until you get there. Good luck. They do sound good through a Strat, don't they!
1342039
That should not be a problem as I use it at very high levels and the bass is just perfect all the time.
1274634
Don't see why not. I know a lot of guys with guitar rigs that they use with bass and they all sound killer.
1447260
I don't think so. They make noise when they play due to the size of the port. If I could I would build a sealed non ported box to put these in.
1042342
They have in my opinion a good amount of bass w/ out amplifier. Now with an amplifier these headphones get rediculously loud and the bass does get deeper. Any amp would work even pocket one. These headphones do leak a lot! Seriously they leak a lot! But they do sound great. So honestly you won't be getting the price tag sound with out an amplifier.
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You will have to get a digital to analog converter to plug into the analog ports on the back of the amp, but other than that these will give your headphones some serious bass. I'm not an audiophile, but I don't notice any distortion in the headphones until they're being over-driven. I have some Bose OE headphones and they work much better with the amp, rather than the audio card that came on my gaming computer.
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It all depends on your taste in music and wether you like to tamper with the EQ in your music player. Play some Skrillex with your ATH M50s.. See how your ears vibrate? Well, that won't happen with the HM5s, BUT.. You will be able to hear the bass all the way down. You can also tune the bass to your liking if you chose to modify the EQ settings.
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The lower frequencies are pretty good. Just don't expect to pump extremely low bass frequencies at high volumes. It can handle funk, rap, pop, ect. Just not stuff like extremely low frequency with high volume/spl music, like say dub step. Also don't think you will win some kind of loudest/most bass competition. But if you listen to music with a normal bass response, or even a little bass heavy these will do more than fine.
365325
Yes, just tried it, sounds good! Remember though, these are flat monitor headphones, they are not meant to accentuate bass or any other graphic band.
1872208
No. It will sound okay on a guitar amp but it won't pick up the low end on your bass.
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Should be feasible. I would turn the gain down on A or youll blow your ears or headphones or both. At the very least it would distort. Can you not run the click off your board? That's the best way IMO.
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I haven't tried it with a bass, but I'd have to agree with the other responses, that it would be unlikely to handle the low frequencies of the bass, except at volumes probably not useful. The Behringer BX108 (at least the older version) and the Ashdown TOURBUS-15 are nice little bass practice amps although not as portable as the Pignose or the Roland Microcube somebody mentioned.
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Yes. The majority of headphones have an EQ curve that boosts the bass and high frequencies. For audio reference purposes I need the 702s for a very flat response. In between mixing I often boost the bass in the EQ for just listening to music for the fun of it. Different headphone amps may be of help with this issue. Be aware that the mastering of audio content and differences in compression can have an affect. Just to make sure. The bass heavy song you mention. Are the 702s missing completely bass frequencies or that it is more a subtle bass response?
579678
No idea, I would never listen to these with the volume full blast. It would probably cause hearing damage! The sound isolation is great, meaning the noise floor is low enough that I hardly have to turn up the volume much at all.
1260433
You can but you won't get low bottom bass. These are made for recording playback. They also sound better when using the XLR connectors instaed of the 1/4".
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Sure, as long as you're connecting them to the headphone output in the amp / preamp.
171988
Iv found you can get the bass pretty high well low :p and iv had them extremely high volume wile testing tho i leave it in matrix mode due to it sounds clearer and more even wile still getting the surround sound effect.
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Yes, they do. And they can go very loud. Usually if headphone volume is maxed, I set the external volume (PC or whatever) to no more than 20%, 30%.