the really great thing about these headphone be that they be true to the sound . because heavy bass be not only popular , but difficult for headphone and speaker to handle , it seem a lot of manufacturer be put more effort into make they product able to handle heavy bass . unfortunately , this often result in the result sound be heavily skewed toward the low end . these phone hold they own against airy violin and crunching bass . I have they hooked to a pair of Harman\/Kardon speaker through my pc and the sound be far better than my home stereo .