http://youtu.be/Oa3sAg4wOpw?t=3m44s
http://youtu.be/XbgOzsXz_-A?t=3m45s
Test tones starting at 60Hz around the 3:30 mark
e12 gain switch on, bass boost on gain knob 60% (shown in vid)
Cowon with BBE+8 Mach3Bass +9
Both cans.
The sz graphs show a low sub bass because the driver is behind a buncha stuff (Kelton method). They are not Hi-fi but simulate the club (dark, loud,) Somebody who is an audiphile once described these as being in a smokey club just a tad too close to the stage amps/speakers but enjoying the hell out of it. Plays R&B,Jazz,Hip Hop Rap very very well. They will not play Rock with electric guitar or large arena, stage stuff. Orchestra...unless jamming them into a smokey club is your thing ....not for these. I walk into Japanese hi fi shops and bass test cans for fun and these are peerless. Genre' specific but I listen to that stuff so these are dream cans. 1 year later and I'm still a fanboy
This is with no eq and no bass boost on the e12.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDk5k_k2X3k
These have buckets of sub-bass but they need an amp. The 16 Ohm spec has confused a lot of folks into thinking they can power this off a DAP or soundcard. No amp no bass.
http://youtu.be/7-WEVLNy6Zc?t=3m51s
It's so big and the pads absorb an enormous amount of energy before it reaches your skull but your ears and inside the pads are getting big waves of bass
These vids are nothing more than putting a face on bass. If you can feel it on your head you should be able to see that energy...and you can. Nothing has ever conflicted with over ear impressions. The cans you think will move the paper do and the ones you don't think will don't. The Pro 900 are M.I.A from the library as their bass is higher and the pads velourish and they are not as they are hyped to be. The Q40...very nice sound but I was told the bass would melt my face....I shoulda known. I hope nobody takes this wrong. I'm just having fun. Replicable fun under the same hardware,settings and shared. The only variable is paper placement and that depends on the clamp style but it's always a 1/2 A4. The variable would be like a dummy head giving slight variations in feedback based on positioning .
Nothing is perfect but it all has a purpose and combined it's a lot of info to consider.
Back to the SZ. The only cans that make me ponder deep philosophical questions like...Will I be able to hear when I am 60? ...Is violently shaking loose material from my ear canal a good thing?
My ZEN cans :))