With fast paces music like System of a Down’s Sad Statue, bass does run a little in to the mids. I wouldn’t call the Classics a bass heads headphone but if you don’t appreciate more than normal (Neutral) bass presence that much, this unit isn’t really for you. Bass in a lot of headphones sounds distorted when turning up the volume when listening to The XX’s Fantasy track, but the Classics is one of the first headphones that has no issue with it. Bass has reasonably big body, always sounds punchy and it will always be present in any type of music. There to me clearly is a focus on bass as it is slightly elevated. It’s selling for “only” $179.99, and for that price its performance is good. Again, it’s not world’s best but at this price level there’s nothing to complain about either. Instrumental separation and layering are ok, just like the extension on top and below. Detail wise the Classics for its price is good and performs better than average but it isn’t the most detailed, layered or richest sounding headphone by far. The sound stage is wider than it is deep but it is quite good for a closed headphone, especially the bass depth. Their is a reasonably good amount of air making it sound spacious enough Not to the degree of let’s say the NAD Viso HP50 but you don’t get the concentrated sound feeling at all. It’s more of a chill one.įor a closed headphone the Classics sounds pretty open and spacious. The Classics has a black background and sounds relaxed, it isn’t the fastest and snappiest sounding unit though.

I wouldn’t say the Classics is a neutrally tuned headphones as it’s slightly darker sounding with a clear emphasis in the bass and lower mids. The sound signature of the Classics is on the warmer side but it isn’t overly warm. Urban Vinyl describes their Classics as having “ Studio Quality Sound with Punchy Bass, Airy Treble and Clear Midrange”, but I personally wouldn’t label it as a Studio quality set because of the slightly darker sound and the focus on bass. Most of the fashion headphones have a clear focus on bass and it usually is big and often bloated for listening to R&B and other pop music.

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