HD 280 Pro not satisfied Options

[zerowalker]

Okay so i bought the HD280 Pro as i read it was good, with accurate sound and such.
But i am not satisfied with it, the first is the pressure it gives, it´s like i am on the verge of getting a headache, but still not getting one.
Maybe it will disappear through use, maybe not.

But more importantly, the sound.
even my Cheap AKG something, sound better with the bass.
Now i am not one who wants enormous bass or something, but you know, normal vibrations feeling kind of bass.
That gives you that feeling.

This just, sound like there is bass, but it isn´t there;S

I tried putting on some bass sound through the night, about 10 hours to see if there is any Burn In effect.
It does sound alot better than from when i first listened, cause then it was like a Tin Can or something.
But it still doesn´t give me that Real sound feeling.


sorry for bad explanation, maybe someone knows about these headphones?

I am thinking about sending them back, but i don´t know what to get.
I want something like this, isolation, more comfortable and better sound.


Thanks:)

[zerowalker]

Okay to C.R Helmrich, isn´t it irritating that the sound leaks?
I mean, if i use headphones, and don´t have them tightly, let´s say i lift them a bit, the sound become, very clear, and not in a good way, sound like a mobile phone if you get what i mean.

What i mean with Bass Burn In, isn´t just Bass, it´s the Burn In.
Meaning, if i play from the headphones from day 1, it will sound alot worse(depending on lisener) than from a weeks use.
Like a pair of shoes feels better after about a month than from the first week.


Hmm, well my does vibrate sure, but if i listen to a certain sound, in these headphones it sound very treble and loud with high volume.
And on the others they sound bass like, meaning it doesn´t hurt from the high treble sound.


Does the high sounds smooth out overtime and becomes more balanced?

Cause i have read that these headphones take a very long time to burn in.

This post has been edited by zerowalker: May 6 2012, 12:07

[C.R.Helmrich]

Okay to C.R Helmrich, isn´t it irritating that the sound leaks?
I mean, if i use headphones, and don´t have them tightly, let´s say i lift them a bit, the sound become, very clear, and not in a good way, sound like a mobile phone if you get what i mean.

I think I know what you mean. Sound leakage is only irritating for people around you, that's why I wrote "If you're mainly going to use your phones at home ...". When you lift your phones away from your ears, the sound becomes thinner simply because you increased the distance between the speakers and your ears, and the phones were not designed for this increased distance. The issue I was hinting at is that of standing waves, the problem you whitness when playing music over speakers in, say, a bathroom vs. from the center of an outdoor football field. The reflections from the bathroom walls make certain frequencies sound boomy, and others may be attenuated. That's also what can happen in closed headphones between the speakers, your eardrums, and the headphone enclosing.

I'm not convinced that burn-in changes the sound very much. Shoes are made of material whose stiffness can change by wearing the shoes. Speakers, however, are made of metals and plastic (incl. the membrane, I assume) and not in direct contact with your ears. So why should the sound change? What can change is your perception of the sound because you get used to the sound of your new phones and might begin to (dis)like it more. So my guess is: no, the sound of your phones will not become smoother or more balanced over time (at least not so much that it changes from "not so good" to "good").

Chris

This post has been edited by C.R.Helmrich: May 6 2012, 16:50