Metal: Drummer, basist, guitarist(s), singer. These are all a part of the normal sound spectrum. We don't need a headphone designed for metal. That's like designing a fork for eating a specific food that could be eaten with a normal fork. I use the Focal Elex for metal. The mids are perfect for me, there's enough base to hear the kickdrum, and it's airy enough to hear symbols. You don't need 20 speakers in one earcup. It's a marketing gimmick
@@Zeroless-q1x I have a pair of headphones for listening to base heavy music, a technical pair for stringed instruments, and another for vocals. But they aren't genre dependent. Do you have a spaghetti fork for spicy spaghetti and another for normal spaghetti?
Forks that I've used in my 43 years of life that aren't just a table fork: Salad fork, pasta fork, hors d'oeuvres fork (also called a cocktail fork), fruit fork, carving fork, desert fork, oyster fork, and ice cream fork.
@@TheZoenGaming Like I said. Marketing gimmicks. Hahaha. I've lived my 40 years fine with normal forks and the food doesn't taste any different. Maybe the way I worded my OP is wrong, in the sense that you can have different forks for different jobs, sure, but it's not needed for different flavors. Yes, it's a bad analogy, I get it! hahaha
The 1More over ear triple driver was the video that got me into your channel, and was my first “audiophile” headphone. So when you pulled it off the wall there was so much nostalgia hitting me!
@@chethammerListening to Zeppelin or Pink Floyd on my Grado GS3000x is the most speaker like presentation of any headphone I own and I have many other totl like the Focal Utopia to compare to.
The Superlux HD660 are apparently good for metal, seen that mentioned in more than one review; got a pair myself & they do sound good altough my only comparison are bass-heavy headphones & some crappier ones from AKG
I agree that the One Mores are exceptional headphones and I did successfully manage to change the pads to super soft over ears. They are now one of my favourite headphones. Well worth the effort.
Yes bastion is a game. A good game. The musician that did the music for it does all of supergiant games' music. Check out the transistor soundtrack and the soundtrack to hades - hades is a pretty heavy metal soundtrack
My favorite headphones for metal are the edition xs. Although the tambre’s off, the general tuning gives the music a really nice energy to it while being really wide.
I don't see a reason these exist. My favorite "metal" headphones (contingent on mood and/or use case) are HD25/650 and Focal Clear. Heavys seem more like Beats ("Listen to Metal The Way It's Meant to Be Heard") than anything I want or need.
HD650 are great for metal. But my all time favourite headphone for metal/grunge are AKG K702 *WITH EQ*. Stock they are garbage but with it I honestly can't say I've found a better set of cans. Cymbals are crisp, lots of room and aoundstage, bass is super heavy and goes deep and never distorts. But I just really like open backs and don't listen extremely loud.
@@dustydynasty802 They're my favorite, I don't mind the narrower soundstage given the rest. Detailed, great balance, easy af to drive. Some people find them uncomfortable with the clamping force and hot spots (they're the most comfortable for me). If I had to pick one headphone, it'd be them with a metal forward library. Better exists for sure but imho not near that price point.
I'll give you some well produced metal albums: Type O Negative - October Rust Queensryche - Empire Death - The Sound of Perseverance Crowbar - Sonic Excess in it's Purest Form Metallica - Self-titled Testament - The Ritual Also nothing weird with being a normie some of us can enjoy mainstream stuff and still have a good ear. Heck my favourite setup is AKG K702, with 1978 Pioneer SX590 amp, with SMSL SD793 DAC, and harman curve eq. And I have like 10 different headphones and 10 different amps lol.
You can add to this almost anything mixed/engineered by Daniel Bergstrand. Albums like City and Chaosphere sound incredible while also being great albums on their own.
I’ll add on a few more myself: 1. Dream Theater- pretty much any album after change of seasons 2. Megadeth- Rust in Peace 3. Gojira- The Way of All Flesh 4. Haken- Virus 5. Car Bomb- Mordial 6. Opeth- Blackwater Park
ZMF Aeolus is the best headphone I've ever heard for metal. I like a bassier sound signature to give downtuned guitars some real meat, and the highs aren't fatiguing, but there's still enough clarity and open-ness to feel like I'm seeing a good band in a club
@@Zednix Yeah, I kept my Sony XM4's as my beater pair. Sold them on eBay for the same price as my early pledge. I have several TOTL cans, so I'm also a bit spoiled and maybe expected too much from these...
Sounds like most (all?) commenters here haven't actually used the Heavys, so as someone who uses them, I feel like I can add something to the discussion... The whole "metal" thing is absolutely a gimmick. Honestly, I think this is just obvious. That said, the reason why I bought them is that I wanted a Bluetooth headphone that 1) is cheaper than Bose or Sony, and 2) sounds better than Bose or Sony. Based on the reviews and comments I've seen/read about the Bose/Sony flagships, I concluded that while their sound is decent, the target audience is not the audiophile community; they have a lot of bass at the expense of detail and clarity, and so on. In contrast, if you go beyond the basic Heavys advertisements, you will discover that the purpose of these headphones is to produce deep bass without sacrificing everything else. And the reason I figured they might accomplish that is that the designer was none other than Axl Grell. My go-to headphones for years was the HD280 Pro. They sound fantastic to me. But they are horrible for on-the-go listening. When it comes to sound, Grell knows exactly what he is doing. Ironically, I am not a bass freak, and while I listen to metal, the genre I listen to most is Progressive Metal, which ranges from super-soft to super-hard. Since the Heavys app hasn't come out yet, I EQ'd them manually with the Wavelet app. I think they sound great, either via Bluetooth, or plugged into my portable Fiio DAC/amp. They do exactly what I want - cheaper than Bose or Sony, and they sound fantastic.
This is the type of opinion/perspective i was trying to find when researching the Heavy's. To start, i absolutely agree the metal side of the marketing is a gimmick, no argument about that. Trying to find reviews talking about what it would be like for an average user using these seems rough. I could only find reviews from audiophiles (which I am not one) and they are not helpful. As you have said, I just want something that has decent sound quality that is cheaper. I haven't had a pair of over the head headphones in years and only been using ray con ear buds for the past 3 years or so (which are bass heavy and i do enjoy them personally). My question when flipping through reviews is, is it worth it for me as a frequent average on-the-go music listener (that is not an audiophile) to get these when I'm trying to find the cheaper but decent sound quality option for headphones.
You can peel the pads off the 1mores and a set of xl brainwavz pads will fit over the whole cup. Makes them into over ear and I couldn't detect any change in the sound. Looooove them
@@MGA_83 Bro I can respect them but that's anything but melodic lol 15 different time signatures and 8 strings. But they have some exceptions like Modern Meat is probably the best thing Tosin wrote.
Animals as leaders are very melodic. Weird that someone could think otherwise. But perhaps what has happened is that you listened to them through these headphones with the power off 😛
My only thing for listening to metal is mids have to be clear and they can’t be fatiguing. 8 drivers is hilarious. Edit: You’re totally right about this being a rebranded gaming headphone, the replaceable Astro A40 style backplates definitely proves it.
as someone who listens to a lot of metal, i would suggest you take a listen to archspire's relentless mutation and either of fallujah's two most recent albums for some examples of well recorded metal that isn't compressed to shit like a lot of it is. It's unfortunate that a lot of really good releases are mixed / mastered so poorly.
You mentioned ford escort and that reminded me of my friends old escort. So I image searched 1993 Escort.... NOT the results I was looking for while im at work
I love my Beyerdynamic Custom One Pros for metal and rock, etc., and also Sennheiser Urbanite XLs, both of which have fantastic bass, the former adjustable bass, and comfort, and the mids and highs sound good, too. Not wireless.....only via an IFI amp.
I am an ex Death Metal singer, and I am into Bayers too. For me its not all about low end, the opposite, I need the clarity to understand everything, that is going on. For me the Hights and sound stage are more important
@@phantomflame0658 Ha, they were recorded dry as hell, yeah. I was listening to their stuff last year whilst reading the new book out on SST Records. I didn't really know them that well until recently.
I use my GL2Ks to listen to metal. I also use them for every other genre I listen to. No idea why a headphone would need to be designed for one genre of music. Also Dunes by Sutrah is an incredibly well produced album.
Sordid Pink, are a perfect example of a metal production pissing all over most other genres in their entirety, so yes fantastically produced metal exists. Could give at least 250 other examples.
Ever since you introduced me to planar drivers I (generally) prefer them for metal. Due to how fast they are, they tend to do the best job reproducing the type of metal I listen to. I know it's not your bag, but here are a couple of bands I think you might like given your love for anime. Baby Metal Band-Maid HANNABE.
Would take the Senn HD25 over the Heavys any day. One of the best headphones for metal (or any other genre). They're like a closed HD600 with an indestructible build and time-proven.
Open will always win for me for rock/metal. But it's hard to find a pleasant closed back so maybe I'll check those out if you say they're like the 600's.
Drum and bass dj here. HD 25 are the gold standard in my genre of choice. They work great for all the music I love and I enjoy that. Drum and bass ✅ Heavy metal /Deathcore / Slam ✅ Dubstep ✅ Hip hop ✅
I listen to fair but of everything and have a decent headphone collection. Monolith M1070C Monolith M1070 Hifiman Sundara Closed Back Modded (pads and internal baffling) Hifiman Edition XS FiiO FT3 FiiO FT5 Beyerdynamics/Massdrop DT 177X Go My favorite for metal are the Monolith 1070, Hifiman Sundara Closed Back, Hifiman Edition XS, and FiiO FT5.
As a metalhead, I always assumed these would suck. Just a marketing gimmick. Metal music is still just music, and heavy music in general contains a HUGE spectrum of different production styles and sounds, it's so weird to claim you're targeting metal as a genre when even inside of that genre nothing sounds the same.
You definitely cemented my decision to not buy these. I'm a metal fan (honestly kind of shocked you aren't lol) and have some Noir 99 and 6XX's already and wanted to try something else for fun. Not being able to run them well without battery power is a deal breaker. I would have never used BT and only wanted to drive them off my equipment. When the JT1's get back in stock, I'm going to try those.
Trve black metal is grainy as balls, best listened to on a sony casette player with combat boot marks on them and a pair of porto pro's \m/ Metal has a lot of subgenres actually, technical death metal and black metal for example have completely different sound profiles. Even in just singing styles there is a lot of variety, screams go from really deep to really high, perfectly clean, gritty, classical, etc. There's lots of classical influences and synths too, heck, a lot of actual classical music is metal as fuck, listen to some of Bartók's or Shostakovich's string quartets, or Stravinski, Vivaldi or what about Bach on harpsichord? Anyway I like metal on the Hifiman Edition XS, but I like everything on those.. tbh I pretty much only listen to those nowadays, or to the Audeze Maxwell when I need something closed and wireless like when I watch movies or series and stuff.
These headphones that are marketed for "metal" (in general) are an absolute gimmick if the manufacturer thinks every sub-genre of metal & rock is going to sound perfect on them. There's the recording quality of the song to think about, (if digital) the bitrate & file type, etc. I personally listen to more psych, prog, doom, stoner, post metal/rock genres than your heaviest death/black stuff, but I've got stuff that has heaps of fidelity & dynamic range and I've got sh***y rips of concerts I still love listening to. Maybe my best sounding music still can't compare to all that audiophile, DSD, reel-to-reel, hearing raindrops in every direction beyond the room your in, type stuff. But I don't need it to. There are plenty of good quality headphones and IEMs from 2020-onward that should suffice for ensuring guitar & vocals sound great while still having enough bass to "feel" the kick drum and have Al Cisneros melt your face. I use Hifiman Edition XS and 7Hz Timeless with a Questyle M15, connected via 4.4mm and just EQ the bass up a little. It's plenty until I can afford to upgrade.
I’ve not even finished the video yet, there are a million things that could be said about these, but here, start with this. No headphone can be designed for any genre - for a specific album, okay, but not even a specific band, because every album sounds different. Take Meshuggah, every album produced, mixed and mastered to sound totally different, and it’s hard for any headphone or IEM to make SOME of the productions sound good - album to album, never mind band to band or genre to genre.
You could go from seplultura, to In flames, to lacuna coil, to baby metal, to twelve foot ninja, then slide to the prodigy (i know, tech dance, but you know where im going).
@@Mr_jz_12 good examples, all very different productions, so there is no way that any headphone could claim to sound anything close to accurate, intentional or ideal with even just that spread of artists.
Also you mentioned another good example of a band with a great production there, and really the only band in the world where one song can span 4 genres, genuinely split into different segments, the band twelve foot Ninja are a band that should be getting regularly used for test songs.
@@Mr_jz_12 I was lucky enough to interview Jake from Periphery a long time ago, and it was during that interview that I asked him about any bands he would recommend, and he mentioned them, and this was just before the two bands started publicly being friendly and stuff, and I was blown away hearing them. So inventive. Had a ticket twelve foot ninja’s U.K. tour and then the singer left, they were still going to do the tour but then eventually cancelled it, and it was a bit heartbreaking.
You know.....Marshall did this about 10 years ago and called them Marshall headphones. I never owned any, but I heard they were ok, not great. They looked very cool, though.
Out of all genres I know, metal is pretty much the most demanding genre in terms of speaker/headphones, to cope with the amount of information and distortion without the speaker itself loosing its composure. And I don’t trust some random Bluetooth headphone to manage that when most flagship headphones barely manage it. Just make a good headphone and we’ll work from there.
Bro you sound just like corpsegrinder! My hd600s came in today and im playing enforced, the 600s sound better at high volumes compared to my 560s. Got that tube amp you recommended on the way then ill be playing cannibal corpse after enya.
You know how you the monoprice modern retros are fun? Yeah. I own a pair of Heavys. They're fun. Not GOOD, but FUN. I'll listen to my Focal Elears when I want to enjoy some chill time in my chair at home.
Yeah. I almost purchased these 'cause I was curious about the 8 drivers thing, but I heard the complaints about being too muddy, so I decided to wait for the currently nonexisting app of it. Maybe an inbuilt EQ would make it what it was supposed to be.
@@CBourn48223 _"... I like metal ..."_ Yeah. I like metal too. _"... I like muddy ..."_ Nope. I don't like that. I don't even understand how this extended base universe happened with the headphones. I think this is some kind of an overcompensation, or maybe hiphop and rap wants just a base and the lyrics but metal is something more complex than just that. _"... Might try em ..."_ Yeah. If there will be an inbuild EQ, probably I will do it too. But I don't like when I throw the money out and put a new gadget on the shelf to attract the dust. _"... If you play music from your PC I'd recommend getting Peace Equalizer APO ... It's a real game changer that i can't live without ..."_ Yeah. Android has multiple level of tone controls, EQ as well, on desktop there are multiple possibilities of different EQs, and I have analog EQ too, which are game changers I don't deny, but 1, You have to bother with them, don't deny, and not only once, but for each music source 2, There are situations when you cannot make it good enough. You can EQ it better, but not good enough. _"... lol ..."_ Yeah. Why ?
Is not as bad as the Momentum 3, but yeah is bass heavy, the good thing about it is that the sound hit you you can feel it. but yeah the app is a must for now. I'm not mad for buying it at 150 dollars ( I wouldn't pay more) and these are just my street headphones, And I never thought that would replace my Bayerdynamic T1 so I'm ok with them
@@Dulkh4n _"... Is not as bad as the Momentum 3, but yeah is bass heavy, the good thing about it is that the sound hit you you can feel it. but yeah the app is a must for now ..."_ Yeah. But the Momentum 3 has the inbuilt EQ already. It has a 3 band graphic EQ only, and I use them with bass at negative end, and mid and high both at positive end, WITH the ANC off. (ANC makes the sound more muddy.) Sometimes I take the mid and high back to 75% of the max by my daily taste, but that's all. I think that modern headphones are made to be that muddy. Probably it is 'cause it is much easier to take the bass away than to add it if it is not really existing. But even to take it away you need the inbuilt EQ. That's the sorry case. _"... I'm not mad for buying it at 150 dollars ( I wouldn't pay more) and these are just my street headphones, And I never thought that would replace my Bayerdynamic T1 so I'm ok with them ..."_ I don't really understood when you thought of what can.
@@gmlgml780 never did that's the point. for me these were always going to be my street headphones. one that block sound, have a decent to good sound quality and wouldn't hurt me if they get stolen or broken
I bought these too last year and THEY SUCK. And the worst part is to see those metal posers taking photos to promote them either showing their biceps if dudes, or legs and tits if women. Metal is my life and it hurts to see and hear this.
The other day I rewatched Alf on peacock. Not the whole thing just a few episodes from the beginning. I have since discovered a strange world of online alf enthusiasts
As a audiophile metalhead I can confirm their marketing is total BS. Metal especially modern metal is well produced and it doesn’t really matter too much what sound signature you go for. I use my LCD-X for metalalcore/deathcore everyday and it’s a perfect match. (Also your cat mousepad is metal af 🔥)
Well produced? What Metal are you into? I dwell in the deepest and darkest Black Metal basements where they record on Fisher Price toy tape recorders. Well produced is maybe some modern metal - mostly Death Metal (Blood Incantation and their "analog recording" fetish for example), but there are tons of modern Metal bands that prefer the basement, Black Metal is obvious (unless it's pseudo-BM like Cradle of Filth or Dimmu Borgir, who in fact are Power Metal with harsh vocals), but some really depressive, dark and "melancholic" things will be there as well, fex the worst produced ever: Bestia Arcana "Holocauston" will make you call your Hi-Fi service if you're unprepared.
@@C0ffeeKing yeah, looks like it, but still there's a difference between, say Darkthrone staying as far away from modern compression sound and trigger-drumkit samples, as possible and extreme low-fi basement weirdos lol.
They are a huge scam. I got some and within 7 months i cant even use them because there's ZERO Bluetooth that will connect to them. Hellblocker stopped working within 3 weeks and just buzzes in one ear. I would love LOVE my money back
Yeah I saw these a couple years ago, called it a scam, I do mainly listen to metal and I'll just stick to my elegias or lcd-x. Maybe pick up the new 7hz thing when it comes out. I go out of my way to leave comments that this is a dumb product every time I see an ad
0:41 not surprised in the slightest. When you something like that pop out of no where on your feed. It's usually shit. The number of headphones you have to choose from at this price point. And will leave these in the dust in terms of proformence is laughable.
I dont like metal on my open backs. They lack bass. But on any closed back with a small bass shelf, or large, i love it. As long as the driver is fast enough. Slow drivers just dont do the fast drums and super fast guitars. Doesn't matter if it's a beyer 770 pro or b&w pz7 s2. As long as the driver is fast enough.
@@guybuddy1 lol. Sadly i have not tried it. I demo'ed the 2c in a store. But i can't afford those prices🫣 I have had my beyers for years, same with my b&w. And recently got the harmonicdyne Zeus elites. Best headphones i have for a lot of things. Just not metal
@@andreasjensen8451If you ever do have the chance, try them out. X's are in another league compared to the 2c. Anything from Meshuggah to the sludgiest of the sludgy doom metal, it does it all. Also you can get one used for a fairly reasonable price(~800USD).
Thank you! As a metalhead I would NEVER buy these. ESPECIALLY since they're advertised for metal music. Even the "rock" EQ settings and whatnot are never the way I want to hear my music.
I won't watch this video till the end because I just don't see the point. As my very first planar, Sundara just arrived this morning (UK time) and already getting "wow" factor out of the box while listening into symphonic and folk metal - or any metal I usually listen. The drum in metal is pretty good at finding weakspot of the listener's audio kits, but so are those bands with plenty of different instruments combined, unlike literally all of the electro-pop genres the billboard packed with. IMO the mainstream and overplayed pop genres are the ones which requires quality set the least since those barely have instruments, if at all - since those are being replaced with computers basically. PS: I have misophonia, sensory overload etc. autistic traits all over, and that makes me unable to co-exist with electronic sound effects and thin vocals plus autotune and audible pitch corrections used in mainstream pop. Heavier music is literally my sanctuary, which I can find in metal genres.
Metalhead here. I bought those. I was extremely disappointed in them. The sound is definitely nothing to write home about and then there's the comfort... I have a small head. Not an extremely small head, there are millions of people with smaller heads than mine, and yet, they're already almost too large for me in the tightest headband position. And, yes, they're FUCKING HEAVY, and not in the good sense of the word, so unless you're Corpsegrinder himself, those will break your neck after an hour of use.
Why'd you buy those? Everything about them screams marketing cash grab scam, hilarious too that they're really heavy weight, so you can't headbang lmao
Most headphones aren't good for metal due to limited macrodynamics and clarity when things get extremely layered. I'm sure these are one of the worst as well.
As a man of the Heavy Music, as musician, regular pitter of concerts, and part of the Detroit Deathcore scene the best "Metal" headphone I know is the Drop Panda. Low end is tight and impactful and keeps plenty of clarity everywhere else. The only way id say would make it more "Metal" is if the bass was boosted for more phsyicality on the low end without making things muddy, and maybe take away a bit of the sibilant highs to reduce fatigue at high volumes. But yeah, we dont really need a "Metal" headphone
@@guybuddy1 I sadly couldnt say, i dont have any Ears on experiance with the LCD-X though, but I imagine a larger planar than the Pandas would probably bode well for the low end extension and physicality. Id love to try them some time, but being a broke dude with expensive hobbies, its probably gonna be a while. For now my audio equipment is just an HD650 powered by a SMSL SP400 using Focusrite 2i2 for the dac (good dac is the next piece of gear probably,) and the Pandas.
Oi 🙄 and reminds me of “This one goes to 11”😆. Doing just fine with unleashed in the east, ride the lightning, don’t break the oath and anything by high command, watain, tool & russian circles via my Senns or Focals.
This review is pretty fair in the end. I purchased these since I am a metal fan and mostly because I didn't have a BT headphone and I always used wired ones. The fact that this can also be used with wire was interesting, but I fully agree that what happens when used with the jack does not make any sense (I want to be kind). Heavys come also other with other questionable choices and flaws, even when used as work/office headsets ... discussing with the support they promise me that these issues should be fixed via firmware updates (several months ago, by now I haven't been notified about any firmware update). Only positive thing is that those are really comfortable on the head and also not fatiguing for the ears for extensive listening sessions, but frankly I prefer to use other headsets I have. But in the end, those are not worth the hype or the money that is asked, too many mistakes all at once collected in a single product.
Why don't they just design earspeakers that are just a big bass kick drum with a Pantera logo, you put your fookin head right in it, and listen to metal that way with a subwoofer built into it, too? LOL
If they think they gonna have metal fans as simply as it's done with gamers they're putting their fingers in their eyes... I'm basically a metal fan and that doesn't stop me for listening to any good music of any gender all across the spectrum. That's to say I can enjoy all my music with my Sony XM and my Bose QC45. And when I need more serious shit I bring on my hifiman or my DT1990 PRO etc. If they want to have a chance they better sound good and even if it's the case the fact that they are pretty heavy for a bloothouth headphones is a big 👎. Conclusion: no thanks I have 4 bloothouth devices, 2 buds and 2 headphones and I'm happy.
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Metal: Drummer, basist, guitarist(s), singer. These are all a part of the normal sound spectrum. We don't need a headphone designed for metal. That's like designing a fork for eating a specific food that could be eaten with a normal fork. I use the Focal Elex for metal. The mids are perfect for me, there's enough base to hear the kickdrum, and it's airy enough to hear symbols. You don't need 20 speakers in one earcup. It's a marketing gimmick
Yeah, the only "not metal friendly" thing for me is too backed/ too flat mids. I love my M50X but without MT 604, even Tools guitar sounds like paper
I got some really nice Sparghetti forks actually.
@@Zeroless-q1x I have a pair of headphones for listening to base heavy music, a technical pair for stringed instruments, and another for vocals. But they aren't genre dependent. Do you have a spaghetti fork for spicy spaghetti and another for normal spaghetti?
Forks that I've used in my 43 years of life that aren't just a table fork:
Salad fork, pasta fork, hors d'oeuvres fork (also called a cocktail fork), fruit fork, carving fork, desert fork, oyster fork, and ice cream fork.
@@TheZoenGaming Like I said. Marketing gimmicks. Hahaha. I've lived my 40 years fine with normal forks and the food doesn't taste any different. Maybe the way I worded my OP is wrong, in the sense that you can have different forks for different jobs, sure, but it's not needed for different flavors. Yes, it's a bad analogy, I get it! hahaha
The 1More over ear triple driver was the video that got me into your channel, and was my first “audiophile” headphone. So when you pulled it off the wall there was so much nostalgia hitting me!
If it does classical well, it will do metal well.
Zeo will hate this, but I listen to everything on my Grado SR325X and Classic 99's.
99s are fine. 325 ... ehh
@@chethammerListening to Zeppelin or Pink Floyd on my Grado GS3000x is the most speaker like presentation of any headphone I own and I have many other totl like the Focal Utopia to compare to.
LCD-X and metal is the best I’ve heard at any price
Yes and no. Heavily EQ'd they are my favorite. Not in top 10 without EQ.
LCD 2 closed sound good with metal stock, no EQ.
HE6se V2 has much better macrodynamics and bass control. Sold my LCD-X after.
@@hartyewh1 +1 for the v2, too bad the qc sucks (returned mine and got a Focal Clear instead)
The Superlux HD660 are apparently good for metal, seen that mentioned in more than one review; got a pair myself & they do sound good altough my only comparison are bass-heavy headphones & some crappier ones from AKG
I agree that the One Mores are exceptional headphones and I did successfully manage to change the pads to super soft over ears. They are now one of my favourite headphones. Well worth the effort.
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in cringe and suddenly started laughing
Yes bastion is a game. A good game. The musician that did the music for it does all of supergiant games' music. Check out the transistor soundtrack and the soundtrack to hades - hades is a pretty heavy metal soundtrack
His name is Darren Korb for anyone wondering. Honestly some of the best soundtracks I've ever listened to.
To quote Andrew Schultz, Z’s “got the heavies.”
My favorite headphones for metal are the edition xs. Although the tambre’s off, the general tuning gives the music a really nice energy to it while being really wide.
I don't see a reason these exist. My favorite "metal" headphones (contingent on mood and/or use case) are HD25/650 and Focal Clear. Heavys seem more like Beats ("Listen to Metal The Way It's Meant to Be Heard") than anything I want or need.
+1 for the HD25
HD650 are great for metal. But my all time favourite headphone for metal/grunge are AKG K702 *WITH EQ*. Stock they are garbage but with it I honestly can't say I've found a better set of cans. Cymbals are crisp, lots of room and aoundstage, bass is super heavy and goes deep and never distorts. But I just really like open backs and don't listen extremely loud.
How good are the HD25?
@@dustydynasty802 They're my favorite, I don't mind the narrower soundstage given the rest. Detailed, great balance, easy af to drive. Some people find them uncomfortable with the clamping force and hot spots (they're the most comfortable for me). If I had to pick one headphone, it'd be them with a metal forward library. Better exists for sure but imho not near that price point.
I got those Apos Ray 6S7N Reserve when it was like $175 Bucks on release. Raised my Schiit LYR3 sound to another level
"welcome behind the set. AHH!" 😆
I'll give you some well produced metal albums:
Type O Negative - October Rust
Queensryche - Empire
Death - The Sound of Perseverance
Crowbar - Sonic Excess in it's Purest Form
Metallica - Self-titled
Testament - The Ritual
Also nothing weird with being a normie some of us can enjoy mainstream stuff and still have a good ear. Heck my favourite setup is AKG K702, with 1978 Pioneer SX590 amp, with SMSL SD793 DAC, and harman curve eq. And I have like 10 different headphones and 10 different amps lol.
You can add to this almost anything mixed/engineered by Daniel Bergstrand. Albums like City and Chaosphere sound incredible while also being great albums on their own.
I’ll add on a few more myself:
1. Dream Theater- pretty much any album after change of seasons
2. Megadeth- Rust in Peace
3. Gojira- The Way of All Flesh
4. Haken- Virus
5. Car Bomb- Mordial
6. Opeth- Blackwater Park
@@ishanparikh5587 Yeah DT albums sound great too
Seventh Sun - Bury Tomorrow
If you have 10 headphones in 10 amps you're not a normie
ZMF Aeolus is the best headphone I've ever heard for metal. I like a bassier sound signature to give downtuned guitars some real meat, and the highs aren't fatiguing, but there's still enough clarity and open-ness to feel like I'm seeing a good band in a club
Tasty metal sounds like it would be Grove metal, that slowed-down-thrash, 90's, Pantera type sound
"That kind of thing IS MY BAG, baby" LOL
AXEL GRELL. That’s the only reason I backed the Kickstarter. Sold them an hour after I first listened with them.
I kept mine, and I mainly use them to watch RUclips videos.
Where did you sell them? I have a pair and my Sony ANC headphones are just better and dont have the cheesy voice guy
@@Zednix Yeah, I kept my Sony XM4's as my beater pair. Sold them on eBay for the same price as my early pledge.
I have several TOTL cans, so I'm also a bit spoiled and maybe expected too much from these...
Sounds like most (all?) commenters here haven't actually used the Heavys, so as someone who uses them, I feel like I can add something to the discussion...
The whole "metal" thing is absolutely a gimmick. Honestly, I think this is just obvious.
That said, the reason why I bought them is that I wanted a Bluetooth headphone that 1) is cheaper than Bose or Sony, and 2) sounds better than Bose or Sony. Based on the reviews and comments I've seen/read about the Bose/Sony flagships, I concluded that while their sound is decent, the target audience is not the audiophile community; they have a lot of bass at the expense of detail and clarity, and so on.
In contrast, if you go beyond the basic Heavys advertisements, you will discover that the purpose of these headphones is to produce deep bass without sacrificing everything else. And the reason I figured they might accomplish that is that the designer was none other than Axl Grell.
My go-to headphones for years was the HD280 Pro. They sound fantastic to me. But they are horrible for on-the-go listening. When it comes to sound, Grell knows exactly what he is doing.
Ironically, I am not a bass freak, and while I listen to metal, the genre I listen to most is Progressive Metal, which ranges from super-soft to super-hard. Since the Heavys app hasn't come out yet, I EQ'd them manually with the Wavelet app.
I think they sound great, either via Bluetooth, or plugged into my portable Fiio DAC/amp. They do exactly what I want - cheaper than Bose or Sony, and they sound fantastic.
This is the type of opinion/perspective i was trying to find when researching the Heavy's.
To start, i absolutely agree the metal side of the marketing is a gimmick, no argument about that.
Trying to find reviews talking about what it would be like for an average user using these seems rough. I could only find reviews from audiophiles (which I am not one) and they are not helpful. As you have said, I just want something that has decent sound quality that is cheaper. I haven't had a pair of over the head headphones in years and only been using ray con ear buds for the past 3 years or so (which are bass heavy and i do enjoy them personally).
My question when flipping through reviews is, is it worth it for me as a frequent average on-the-go music listener (that is not an audiophile) to get these when I'm trying to find the cheaper but decent sound quality option for headphones.
You can peel the pads off the 1mores and a set of xl brainwavz pads will fit over the whole cup. Makes them into over ear and I couldn't detect any change in the sound. Looooove them
Knowledge Accepted
hahaha! love the "no sh!T!"; "car's have 4 wheels".very entertaining review.
I look forward to this being in the yard sale. "zeos loves everything!" does he?
Actually returned to the rightful owner. Was sent a LONG while ago straight from the site. SO I got confused lol.
Wow I made some suggestions to make these more metal but RUclips deleted it. RUclips does not like innocuous words that describe metal.
Yeah I said D1ck to myself in a comment and it freaked out.
Metal doesn't have to be angry or aggressive, try looking up melodic metal. It's all about energy and dynamics.
Animals as Leaders
@@MGA_83 Bro I can respect them but that's anything but melodic lol 15 different time signatures and 8 strings. But they have some exceptions like Modern Meat is probably the best thing Tosin wrote.
@@phantomflame0658 I guess the term melodic can be subjective. Their music is very pleasant for me. There are those who call me crazy, though
Animals as leaders are very melodic. Weird that someone could think otherwise. But perhaps what has happened is that you listened to them through these headphones with the power off 😛
The Orphan by Paleface Swiss is very melodic
My only thing for listening to metal is mids have to be clear and they can’t be fatiguing. 8 drivers is hilarious.
Edit: You’re totally right about this being a rebranded gaming headphone, the replaceable Astro A40 style backplates definitely proves it.
as someone who listens to a lot of metal, i would suggest you take a listen to archspire's relentless mutation and either of fallujah's two most recent albums for some examples of well recorded metal that isn't compressed to shit like a lot of it is. It's unfortunate that a lot of really good releases are mixed / mastered so poorly.
HELLBLOCKER DEMOGORGON!!!! lol tHESE HEADPHONES kick the Demogorgon's ass!
and the lama's for that matter ;)
@@alf_prime har the llamas as well!
They have spring metal headbands...."Bihh what???".... literally fell out my chair..
You mentioned ford escort and that reminded me of my friends old escort. So I image searched 1993 Escort....
NOT the results I was looking for while im at work
I had a friend who had house rabbits, and told his kids to google Dutch Dwarfs. Luckily he got there in time....
@@richardgoddard37 WHEW
Gotta keep that FORD in there bud
Metal fan here: never heard of those headphones
Beyerdynamics are good enough
I love my Beyerdynamic Custom One Pros for metal and rock, etc., and also Sennheiser Urbanite XLs, both of which have fantastic bass, the former
adjustable bass, and comfort, and the mids and highs sound good, too. Not wireless.....only via an IFI amp.
I am an ex Death Metal singer, and I am into Bayers too. For me its not all about low end, the opposite, I need the clarity to understand everything, that is going on. For me the Hights and sound stage are more important
@@Pucis666 Otherwise it could sound very sludgy. On the other hand a band like St. Vitus might sound BETTER with more sludge! LOL (the SST band)
@@thiscorrosion900 St. Vitus needs some colouring cause the albums are DRY. But I love Wino
@@phantomflame0658 Ha, they were recorded dry as hell, yeah. I was listening to their stuff last year whilst reading the new book out on SST Records. I didn't really know them that well until recently.
I use my GL2Ks to listen to metal. I also use them for every other genre I listen to. No idea why a headphone would need to be designed for one genre of music. Also Dunes by Sutrah is an incredibly well produced album.
Saw fronzilla got a signature set for atilla my first thought was come see your thoughts I think I’ll be spending the money over your set over these
I as a metal person use the Maxwell. Oh, and Bastion is a nice little Diablo lite clone.
Sordid Pink, are a perfect example of a metal production pissing all over most other genres in their entirety, so yes fantastically produced metal exists. Could give at least 250 other examples.
Ever since you introduced me to planar drivers I (generally) prefer them for metal. Due to how fast they are, they tend to do the best job reproducing the type of metal I listen to.
I know it's not your bag, but here are a couple of bands I think you might like given your love for anime.
Baby Metal
Band-Maid
HANNABE.
How interesting that 8 drivers works for iems but underwhelming for headphones
It is all about how it gets into the HOLES
I listened to the black album from Metallica on HD650s recently at Montreal Audiofest. I liked it a lot.
Would take the Senn HD25 over the Heavys any day. One of the best headphones for metal (or any other genre). They're like a closed HD600 with an indestructible build and time-proven.
Open will always win for me for rock/metal. But it's hard to find a pleasant closed back so maybe I'll check those out if you say they're like the 600's.
Drum and bass dj here. HD 25 are the gold standard in my genre of choice. They work great for all the music I love and I enjoy that.
Drum and bass ✅
Heavy metal /Deathcore / Slam ✅
Dubstep ✅
Hip hop ✅
dual entry, no waiting
To be fair metal headphones are imo quite decent marketing strategy, a little bit like countless sets sold as "gaming headphones" nowadays
I listen to fair but of everything and have a decent headphone collection.
Monolith M1070C
Monolith M1070
Hifiman Sundara Closed Back Modded (pads and internal baffling)
Hifiman Edition XS
FiiO FT3
FiiO FT5
Beyerdynamics/Massdrop DT 177X Go
My favorite for metal are the Monolith 1070, Hifiman Sundara Closed Back, Hifiman Edition XS, and FiiO FT5.
Thank you, I couldn’t find any reputable reviews on these
Look at this guy Calling Zeos Reputable..
still rocking a fiio BTR5 with a Schiit Heresy with a pair of Sony MDR-X10. Flacs never sounded so good.
As a metalhead, I always assumed these would suck. Just a marketing gimmick. Metal music is still just music, and heavy music in general contains a HUGE spectrum of different production styles and sounds, it's so weird to claim you're targeting metal as a genre when even inside of that genre nothing sounds the same.
Interesting... it's the idea I would go for making headphones... does it work?... let's see
So you need to define "work"
So are we saying just stick to the Fiio JT1 for all hard rock and metal?
You definitely cemented my decision to not buy these. I'm a metal fan (honestly kind of shocked you aren't lol) and have some Noir 99 and 6XX's already and wanted to try something else for fun. Not being able to run them well without battery power is a deal breaker. I would have never used BT and only wanted to drive them off my equipment. When the JT1's get back in stock, I'm going to try those.
I read that third word as Cremated. Which is ALSO SO FUCKING METAL!!!
I've always laughed at those, finally able to see someone actually talk about them
Trve black metal is grainy as balls, best listened to on a sony casette player with combat boot marks on them and a pair of porto pro's \m/
Metal has a lot of subgenres actually, technical death metal and black metal for example have completely different sound profiles. Even in just singing styles there is a lot of variety, screams go from really deep to really high, perfectly clean, gritty, classical, etc. There's lots of classical influences and synths too, heck, a lot of actual classical music is metal as fuck, listen to some of Bartók's or Shostakovich's string quartets, or Stravinski, Vivaldi or what about Bach on harpsichord?
Anyway I like metal on the Hifiman Edition XS, but I like everything on those.. tbh I pretty much only listen to those nowadays, or to the Audeze Maxwell when I need something closed and wireless like when I watch movies or series and stuff.
New Ford Escort confirmed!!!🔥🔥🔥 WTF IS A 5 DOOR HATCHBACK!?🦅🦅🦅
These headphones that are marketed for "metal" (in general) are an absolute gimmick if the manufacturer thinks every sub-genre of metal & rock is going to sound perfect on them. There's the recording quality of the song to think about, (if digital) the bitrate & file type, etc. I personally listen to more psych, prog, doom, stoner, post metal/rock genres than your heaviest death/black stuff, but I've got stuff that has heaps of fidelity & dynamic range and I've got sh***y rips of concerts I still love listening to. Maybe my best sounding music still can't compare to all that audiophile, DSD, reel-to-reel, hearing raindrops in every direction beyond the room your in, type stuff. But I don't need it to. There are plenty of good quality headphones and IEMs from 2020-onward that should suffice for ensuring guitar & vocals sound great while still having enough bass to "feel" the kick drum and have Al Cisneros melt your face. I use Hifiman Edition XS and 7Hz Timeless with a Questyle M15, connected via 4.4mm and just EQ the bass up a little. It's plenty until I can afford to upgrade.
These might be good mow the grass headphones 😂
I’ve not even finished the video yet, there are a million things that could be said about these, but here, start with this. No headphone can be designed for any genre - for a specific album, okay, but not even a specific band, because every album sounds different. Take Meshuggah, every album produced, mixed and mastered to sound totally different, and it’s hard for any headphone or IEM to make SOME of the productions sound good - album to album, never mind band to band or genre to genre.
You could go from seplultura, to In flames, to lacuna coil, to baby metal, to twelve foot ninja, then slide to the prodigy (i know, tech dance, but you know where im going).
@@Mr_jz_12 good examples, all very different productions, so there is no way that any headphone could claim to sound anything close to accurate, intentional or ideal with even just that spread of artists.
Also you mentioned another good example of a band with a great production there, and really the only band in the world where one song can span 4 genres, genuinely split into different segments, the band twelve foot Ninja are a band that should be getting regularly used for test songs.
@@RocketLauncherwithInfiniteAmmo Tweleve foot ninja are (well were before they broke up) local to me. Such an amazing band!
@@Mr_jz_12 I was lucky enough to interview Jake from Periphery a long time ago, and it was during that interview that I asked him about any bands he would recommend, and he mentioned them, and this was just before the two bands started publicly being friendly and stuff, and I was blown away hearing them. So inventive. Had a ticket twelve foot ninja’s U.K. tour and then the singer left, they were still going to do the tour but then eventually cancelled it, and it was a bit heartbreaking.
You know.....Marshall did this about 10 years ago and called them Marshall headphones. I never owned any, but I heard they were ok, not great. They looked
very cool, though.
Does it best an Apple Airpod MAX or Sony WH-1000XM5 🎧?
Out of all genres I know, metal is pretty much the most demanding genre in terms of speaker/headphones, to cope with the amount of information and distortion without the speaker itself loosing its composure. And I don’t trust some random Bluetooth headphone to manage that when most flagship headphones barely manage it. Just make a good headphone and we’ll work from there.
Bro you sound just like corpsegrinder! My hd600s came in today and im playing enforced, the 600s sound better at high volumes compared to my 560s. Got that tube amp you recommended on the way then ill be playing cannibal corpse after enya.
You know how you the monoprice modern retros are fun? Yeah. I own a pair of Heavys. They're fun. Not GOOD, but FUN. I'll listen to my Focal Elears when I want to enjoy some chill time in my chair at home.
I hated mine, I returned them
If it sounds crap without the DSP through the power, it raises a question as to how good the voicing of the drivers are at all.
Yeah.
I almost purchased these
'cause I was curious about
the 8 drivers thing,
but I heard the complaints
about being too muddy,
so I decided to wait
for the currently
nonexisting
app of it.
Maybe an inbuilt EQ
would make it
what it
was supposed to be.
@@CBourn48223
_"... I like metal ..."_
Yeah.
I like metal too.
_"... I like muddy ..."_
Nope.
I don't like that.
I don't even understand
how this extended base universe
happened
with the headphones.
I think this is some kind of an
overcompensation,
or maybe hiphop and rap wants just a base
and the lyrics
but metal is something more complex than
just that.
_"... Might try em ..."_
Yeah.
If there will be an inbuild EQ,
probably I will do it too.
But I don't like when I throw
the money out and put
a new gadget on the shelf
to attract the dust.
_"... If you play music from your PC I'd recommend getting Peace Equalizer APO ... It's a real game changer that i can't live without ..."_
Yeah.
Android has multiple level of tone controls, EQ as well,
on desktop there are multiple possibilities of different EQs,
and I have analog EQ too,
which are game changers I don't deny,
but
1, You have to bother with them, don't deny, and not only once, but for each music source
2, There are situations when you cannot make it good enough. You can EQ it better, but not good enough.
_"... lol ..."_
Yeah.
Why ?
Is not as bad as the Momentum 3, but yeah is bass heavy, the good thing about it is that the sound hit you you can feel it. but yeah the app is a must for now. I'm not mad for buying it at 150 dollars ( I wouldn't pay more) and these are just my street headphones, And I never thought that would replace my Bayerdynamic T1 so I'm ok with them
@@Dulkh4n
_"... Is not as bad as the Momentum 3, but yeah is bass heavy, the good thing about it is that the sound hit you you can feel it. but yeah the app is a must for now ..."_
Yeah.
But the Momentum 3 has the inbuilt EQ already.
It has a 3 band graphic EQ only,
and I use them with bass at negative end, and mid and high both at positive end,
WITH the ANC off. (ANC makes the sound more muddy.)
Sometimes I take the mid and high back to 75% of the max by my daily taste,
but that's all.
I think that modern headphones are made to be that muddy.
Probably it is 'cause it is much easier to take the bass away
than to add it if it is not really existing.
But even to take it away you need the inbuilt EQ.
That's the sorry case.
_"... I'm not mad for buying it at 150 dollars ( I wouldn't pay more) and these are just my street headphones, And I never thought that would replace my Bayerdynamic T1 so I'm ok with them ..."_
I don't really understood when you thought of what can.
@@gmlgml780 never did that's the point. for me these were always going to be my street headphones. one that block sound, have a decent to good sound quality and wouldn't hurt me if they get stolen or broken
I bought these too last year and THEY SUCK. And the worst part is to see those metal posers taking photos to promote them either showing their biceps if dudes, or legs and tits if women. Metal is my life and it hurts to see and hear this.
The other day I rewatched Alf on peacock. Not the whole thing just a few episodes from the beginning. I have since discovered a strange world of online alf enthusiasts
As a audiophile metalhead I can confirm their marketing is total BS. Metal especially modern metal is well produced and it doesn’t really matter too much what sound signature you go for. I use my LCD-X for metalalcore/deathcore everyday and it’s a perfect match. (Also your cat mousepad is metal af 🔥)
Well produced? What Metal are you into? I dwell in the deepest and darkest Black Metal basements where they record on Fisher Price toy tape recorders. Well produced is maybe some modern metal - mostly Death Metal (Blood Incantation and their "analog recording" fetish for example), but there are tons of modern Metal bands that prefer the basement, Black Metal is obvious (unless it's pseudo-BM like Cradle of Filth or Dimmu Borgir, who in fact are Power Metal with harsh vocals), but some really depressive, dark and "melancholic" things will be there as well, fex the worst produced ever: Bestia Arcana "Holocauston" will make you call your Hi-Fi service if you're unprepared.
@@MrDeviathan if you’re into black metal then you’re in the minority where it sounded like ass is intentional lol
@@C0ffeeKing yeah, looks like it, but still there's a difference between, say Darkthrone staying as far away from modern compression sound and trigger-drumkit samples, as possible and extreme low-fi basement weirdos lol.
Nein nein nein nein huh? Zeos channeling his inner Untergang. Or Lindemann ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I think "Ninety-nine point nein-nein-nein-nein-nein-nein per cent" is actually a song by Rammstein
Yeah yeah, marketing stuff. Besides the point I recommend you see Meshuggah live if you get a chance. It's an experience. Bring ear protection though.
Metalheads should get a Verum 1 with custom plates or a Harmonicdyne ZEUS!
They are a huge scam. I got some and within 7 months i cant even use them because there's ZERO Bluetooth that will connect to them. Hellblocker stopped working within 3 weeks and just buzzes in one ear. I would love LOVE my money back
"which headphone for metal?" Is one of the most asked questions on headphone and audio forums.
And they are lying about the answer.
I kind of want the 1more set
Yeah I saw these a couple years ago, called it a scam, I do mainly listen to metal and I'll just stick to my elegias or lcd-x. Maybe pick up the new 7hz thing when it comes out.
I go out of my way to leave comments that this is a dumb product every time I see an ad
For metal. And they made them some shitty bluetooth thing. Such a slap in the face.
0:41 not surprised in the slightest. When you something like that pop out of no where on your feed. It's usually shit.
The number of headphones you have to choose from at this price point. And will leave these in the dust in terms of proformence is laughable.
Any recommendations for IEMs for metal??? I heard that Senn IE200 and TRI-Starsea are great. Pula P02? Any of the planars?
Noooo, not Starsea. Letshuoer S12 (Pro).
Just got the Pula today.
Not IE200 imo, too bright. I actually love T2 Plus for metal.
Tinhifi P1 max
I'll stick with my Hifiman Arya Organics for listening to my thrash metal, and everything else.
I dont like metal on my open backs. They lack bass.
But on any closed back with a small bass shelf, or large, i love it.
As long as the driver is fast enough. Slow drivers just dont do the fast drums and super fast guitars.
Doesn't matter if it's a beyer 770 pro or b&w pz7 s2. As long as the driver is fast enough.
Hmm sounds like someone hasn't tried the LCD-X.
Personally it was the best purchase I made in the last 5 years.
@@guybuddy1 lol. Sadly i have not tried it. I demo'ed the 2c in a store. But i can't afford those prices🫣 I have had my beyers for years, same with my b&w. And recently got the harmonicdyne Zeus elites. Best headphones i have for a lot of things. Just not metal
@@andreasjensen8451If you ever do have the chance, try them out. X's are in another league compared to the 2c.
Anything from Meshuggah to the sludgiest of the sludgy doom metal, it does it all.
Also you can get one used for a fairly reasonable price(~800USD).
I want that deskpad.
I use my Focal Bathys for listening to metal. Would never buy a product that use the slogan "Engineered for heavy metal".
Thank you! As a metalhead I would NEVER buy these. ESPECIALLY since they're advertised for metal music. Even the "rock" EQ settings and whatnot are never the way I want to hear my music.
Rock EQ settings are usually earbleeding lol
@@__-ni1kz For real at most a slight smiley eq or harman eq is fine but it's too easy to make it sound like a can of bees
I won't watch this video till the end because I just don't see the point. As my very first planar, Sundara just arrived this morning (UK time) and already getting "wow" factor out of the box while listening into symphonic and folk metal - or any metal I usually listen. The drum in metal is pretty good at finding weakspot of the listener's audio kits, but so are those bands with plenty of different instruments combined, unlike literally all of the electro-pop genres the billboard packed with. IMO the mainstream and overplayed pop genres are the ones which requires quality set the least since those barely have instruments, if at all - since those are being replaced with computers basically.
PS: I have misophonia, sensory overload etc. autistic traits all over, and that makes me unable to co-exist with electronic sound effects and thin vocals plus autotune and audible pitch corrections used in mainstream pop. Heavier music is literally my sanctuary, which I can find in metal genres.
Listen to slam (metal). How do they sound???
Metalhead here. I bought those. I was extremely disappointed in them. The sound is definitely nothing to write home about and then there's the comfort... I have a small head. Not an extremely small head, there are millions of people with smaller heads than mine, and yet, they're already almost too large for me in the tightest headband position. And, yes, they're FUCKING HEAVY, and not in the good sense of the word, so unless you're Corpsegrinder himself, those will break your neck after an hour of use.
Why'd you buy those? Everything about them screams marketing cash grab scam, hilarious too that they're really heavy weight, so you can't headbang lmao
@@belowyellowbells I wanted to believe the promises. I trusted Axel. Last time ever. 😁
Just make an over ear version of the hd25 with Bluetooth.
This review reminds me of the AVGN Big Rigs episode
Griiiirtttyyyy! Lol
AKG 872 is the best metal headphones for me.
what's that player you use?
Zeos delivers
Most headphones aren't good for metal due to limited macrodynamics and clarity when things get extremely layered. I'm sure these are one of the worst as well.
As a man of the Heavy Music, as musician, regular pitter of concerts, and part of the Detroit Deathcore scene the best "Metal" headphone I know is the Drop Panda. Low end is tight and impactful and keeps plenty of clarity everywhere else.
The only way id say would make it more "Metal" is if the bass was boosted for more phsyicality on the low end without making things muddy, and maybe take away a bit of the sibilant highs to reduce fatigue at high volumes.
But yeah, we dont really need a "Metal" headphone
Do you like the Panda over the LCD-X ?
@@guybuddy1 I sadly couldnt say, i dont have any Ears on experiance with the LCD-X though, but I imagine a larger planar than the Pandas would probably bode well for the low end extension and physicality.
Id love to try them some time, but being a broke dude with expensive hobbies, its probably gonna be a while.
For now my audio equipment is just an HD650 powered by a SMSL SP400 using Focusrite 2i2 for the dac (good dac is the next piece of gear probably,) and the Pandas.
Most entertaining vid for a long time z 😄👍
Oi 🙄 and reminds me of “This one goes to 11”😆. Doing just fine with unleashed in the east, ride the lightning, don’t break the oath and anything by high command, watain, tool & russian circles via my Senns or Focals.
What's the best monitor made for pr0n?
42" LG Oled 4k..
Or JBL Studio 530
If you are designing headphones for ANY specific musical genre, you've started with a fundamentally flawed premise.
ATH-WS1100. That’s all I’ve got to say.
Sailor Moon = metal?
This review is pretty fair in the end. I purchased these since I am a metal fan and mostly because I didn't have a BT headphone and I always used wired ones. The fact that this can also be used with wire was interesting, but I fully agree that what happens when used with the jack does not make any sense (I want to be kind).
Heavys come also other with other questionable choices and flaws, even when used as work/office headsets ... discussing with the support they promise me that these issues should be fixed via firmware updates (several months ago, by now I haven't been notified about any firmware update).
Only positive thing is that those are really comfortable on the head and also not fatiguing for the ears for extensive listening sessions, but frankly I prefer to use other headsets I have.
But in the end, those are not worth the hype or the money that is asked, too many mistakes all at once collected in a single product.
Meze Advar best for metal especially Iron Maiden.
Why don't they just design earspeakers that are just a big bass kick drum with a Pantera logo, you put your fookin head right in it, and listen to metal that way with a subwoofer built into it, too? LOL
LOL
If they think they gonna have metal fans as simply as it's done with gamers they're putting their fingers in their eyes... I'm basically a metal fan and that doesn't stop me for listening to any good music of any gender all across the spectrum. That's to say I can enjoy all my music with my Sony XM and my Bose QC45. And when I need more serious shit I bring on my hifiman or my DT1990 PRO etc. If they want to have a chance they better sound good and even if it's the case the fact that they are pretty heavy for a bloothouth headphones is a big 👎. Conclusion: no thanks I have 4 bloothouth devices, 2 buds and 2 headphones and I'm happy.