Headphones

I find most audiophiles to think zero bass is a lot of bass. Many will debate and say your ears are wrong, you aren't use to it, which may be true, but it you enjoy a specific sound you can pursue products that can do both.

That being said metal/electronic music is my preferred genre.

On PC I do a 6 or 12 db bass boost on equalizer apo (Peace) typically a lower shelf at 120hz.

I turn it off depending on what I'm listening to.

Headphones can EQ very well (Planar magnetic for example) and sometimes very badly.

I absolutely love my modhouse T60RP Argon's. They are absolute monsters.

With wireless, I'm using my Sony xm4s until they die. Trying to find the same performance of my Argon's with wireless honestly might be pointless.

To some extent, it is weird to say the sony headphones are not warm and do not have bass.

What was the music source during the test? Was it yours or the dealer’s? Maybe you were listening to not so well recorded tracks or just plain shitty mp3s / Spotify etc from the salesman.

You are just used to a V-shaped sound with mediocre technicalities. If you’ll listen to focals/660s for let’s say 5 days, you will get used to them and after that your airpods will sound like absolute shit to you. It’s always like that. But it’s up to you if you actually want to give it a try.

P.S. they sounded „quiet” to you most likely because of their relatively flat response. Also it is worth to note 660s need an amp to sound properly.

There's nothing wrong with not liking them. Why would you force yourself to like something that didn't wow you? Neutral doesn't necessarily mean it's the best for you.

It also helps that the APP2 is fairly competent for its price and even the popular audiophile reviewers praise it.

The airpods are also sub-bass monsters which very few headphones have in this price range.