Which of your current headphones or ones that you’ve heard before deliver sufficient bass for your preference?
I’m just curious what your point of reference is.
From my own experience, the original AT ATH-M50 deliver the most bass, alas, most of the head-fi crowd frowns upon them because they feel this kind of sound signature is far from accurate. I still think they’re quite enjoyable if you like lots of bass. So for me, that is the point of reference for bass. I have yet to find any other headphone, wired or wireless, over-ear or IEM that would come anywhere close to that level of bass.
Thought I had these, but mine are H17s, same vipon dealy.
Pretty nice, ’though noise-cancellation is less than stellar. My old Bose QC15s(?) would get eerily quiet, even with loud teevee noise in the background, but I didn’t notice much difference in the before/after with these.
Some of the cheapie Sennheisers had “extra bass” or “bass boost” or wotnahellever it was called. I had a pair (still do, but fiik where I put them) that were quite good. Nice “veil”, so “disappointing” high-end at first, but you can listen to them all day and not get ear-fatigue as you would with earmuffs that tout nice crisp highs.
I got a pair for something like 60bux at Best Buy once upon a time, so no idea what they might go for now.
All of those are wired, not wireless, though. Don’t forget that extra bass is especially power-hungry, which is why you need 250W woofers but 10W tweeters will suffice. Wireless and bass-heavy would probably require a coupla 18650s to get any decent runtime. :laughing:
While I am no fan of Bose in general, their noise cancelling technology is one of the best in the business, AFAIK. I am not expecting the same level of performance from these cheap Mpows.
Many of these BT headphones sound better when fed signal through the wire for the reason Lightbringer mentioned - the internal amp isn’t very powerful to not drain the battery too quickly. When you connect the wire and use an external amp, depending on quality of the amp, they may sound better, alas, that kind of defeats the whole purpose of wireless headphones, but at least you’ve got options.
Quick update: I just received the H12. Initial impression is that bass is great when fed power from an external headphone amp, but only so-so when playing via BT. Noise cancellation is decent. Turning ANC on, in addition to reducing noise also changes the sound signature quite a bit. To me, they do sound better with ANC on - bass and treble are better articulated.
They fit my average head on the shortest setting of the headband, so it looks like they’d fit a larger head as well; however, the ear cups aren’t particularly large, so if you have large ears, they may not fully fit over ears. They’re a bit too loose on my kid’s head. Gonna have to decide if I send them back or keep them until he grows up a bit.
Overall, pretty decent at this price point, but if they were for me, I’d want better bass via BT.
I had the H12 for only a week and upgraded to the H21. It was a drastic improvement in bass range and sound clarity. I also have Mpow sport wrap-around in-ear and single ear Bluetooth for different applications. I have to disagree with the opinions that hail the H12 for sound clarity and depth. I gave mine to my 88yo MIL, so she can watch TV without disturbing my wife and I. I’m certain her sound perception is deteriorated, so the clarity I missed in the H12 is unnoticed by her.