These are some epic phones on a budget!
After my Sennheiser HD590s died I was looking to buy some new headphones. It was between the JVC HA-RX900, Beyerdynamic DT 770, Sennheiser HD555 and HD595.
After reading several reviews both here and other sites raving about the HA-RX900, I took a leap of faith and bought 'em. The price ($54.99 from Amazon) also played a major role in my decision. I have them plugged into the back directly into the soundcard Asus Xonar DX. My first impression was they certainly deliver on bass. After getting used to and loving the HD590s I was afraid how a new pair of headphones might sound. Thankfully, I feel they sound just as good. I don't particularly care about mids & highs so much for the music I listen to. I think it's fine at least for my needs.
The only issue I have with them is they're not as comfortable as the HD590s. But I wouldn't call them uncomfortable either. On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd give the 590s a 10 and the HA-RX900 an 8 in terms of comfort.
I did have to play around with the asus xonar dx audio center to get them to sound the way I like them. I'm not sure what half the stuff on there is, so I just tried different combinations until I felt the sound was enjoyable. Perhaps someone can enlighten me on getting rid of unecessary settings or changing it to make 'em sound even better
(The rest of the options are either off or at their default values)
After my Sennheiser HD590s died I was looking to buy some new headphones. It was between the JVC HA-RX900, Beyerdynamic DT 770, Sennheiser HD555 and HD595.
After reading several reviews both here and other sites raving about the HA-RX900, I took a leap of faith and bought 'em. The price ($54.99 from Amazon) also played a major role in my decision. I have them plugged into the back directly into the soundcard Asus Xonar DX. My first impression was they certainly deliver on bass. After getting used to and loving the HD590s I was afraid how a new pair of headphones might sound. Thankfully, I feel they sound just as good. I don't particularly care about mids & highs so much for the music I listen to. I think it's fine at least for my needs.
The only issue I have with them is they're not as comfortable as the HD590s. But I wouldn't call them uncomfortable either. On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd give the 590s a 10 and the HA-RX900 an 8 in terms of comfort.
I did have to play around with the asus xonar dx audio center to get them to sound the way I like them. I'm not sure what half the stuff on there is, so I just tried different combinations until I felt the sound was enjoyable. Perhaps someone can enlighten me on getting rid of unecessary settings or changing it to make 'em sound even better
(The rest of the options are either off or at their default values)