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>>108008021
What I use. Bubbles is a good test but extremely reddit, so I picked some songs I like which would test headstage and tactility in the same way.
Rest of it just covers my preferences in genre.

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>>108008878
Rest of the list isn't really critical, just stuff I hope bangs hard on whatever I'm listening to

>>108008708
Sony stuff is weird, often doesn't actually have the power to drive most headphones well due to them trying to ecosystem their own shit into their products. Miku probably the safer bet.

>>108008869
I get an aching jaw or ears when wearing corsair headphones from years ago. Why is that? Bass shaking my jaw bone? Cups crushing my tabs?

>>108009287
Clamping + too loud, please don't go deafzo mode anon

>>108009290
I don't think its too loud, I have them plugged into a mobo but spose the amps on the cup. Just not a fan of full volume music anyway due to imbalance in high notes between songs. It does hurt so I invested in some cheap sennies iebt ones with the neckband.

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>>108009271
Bro wtf. Never heard of this before. Anyway, recommend me sub £200 phones for this thing.

does anyone have the verum 2? i want to buy a pair but i don’t can’t find where to get replacement pads for the future. the official website doesn’t even list them.

>>108009384
HD600s and tubes do funny things with the bass. You can EQ it similarly, but it's a fun harmonic distortion effect which adds nice bass.

>>108009533
Might treat messenger to some and this amp for a cheap phile experience similar to this.
https://youtu.be/--RZs4oPc6Y

who wants to trade their hd600 for my 6xx? i can throw in various stickers and free shipping to sweeten the deal

>>108009588
>messenger
Me sen*
>>108009533
Also, they're not sub £200

>>108009533
The extra bass on the 6xx family is a product of output impedance, not 2nd harmonic distortion.

>>108009384
you can get better than a vali 3 for cheaper and have more money for headphones dont buy shiit its even in the name

I've bought a Koss Porta Pro headphone and am wondering if they are really supposed to sound that bad, it's like they are really muffled. My other headphone is Sennheiser 6XX and while obviously the difference is night and day even back when I had worse ones I don't remember them being even close to that bad.

>>108010767
Jiraya you should save these high IQ posts for ASR where you can at least get karma for them

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>>108010238
One anon here will soon discover what 5% 3rd order harmonic sounds like :)

>>108010843
not them but I get good karma for keeping people from making poor financial decisions here so thats why I post here

Has a wireless headphone, Is the Sennheiser MOMENTUM 4 good for it price?

>>108011600(me)
I have a budget of around 200 and I was wondering if this is the best I could get for this price

OP can't stop sucking Linu's Tip.

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>>108008869
>currynigger dongle

Is the m50x as bad as everyone says?

>>108010839
Nah that sounds like a defect. They're pretty bass heavy but not muffled.

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>>108010839
They're definitely a bit midbass-bloaty and they've got some treble weirdness going on.

I'm really butthurt knowing that fiio make the products I want with the features I want, because fiio is dogshit and fuck them.

>>108009533
Can you recommend a good tube amp to use exclusively with the HD600 for best quality output? Especially for the aforementioned bass improvement?

>>108014978
TA-66 probably

>>108014978
>>108015176
DO NOT listen to shills and NEVER buy xDuoo garbage. You've been warned.

>>108009589
What's wrong with the 6xx compared to 600?

I always knew IEMs had the perk of turning a perfectly straight male into a flaming homosexual, something to do with the whole inserting buds stuff (and that's a good thing!)

>>108013432
PortaPros are an object lesson in why listening with your eyes is retarded

>>108014873
Fiio never works as advertised, so they're not really making the thing anyway.

>>108015463
I know the TA-32 bro hated his life, but I've never actually seen anyone have issues with the TA-66 so I usually just recommend that one specifically.

>>108015766
I'm the TA-32 bro. They returned my shit after 2 months and they dropped it, because the front right corner is fucked, literally a small piece chipped off, plus the finish scratched, PLUS THE WHOLE FUCKING POWER SUPPLY UNIT INSIDE ISN'T EVEN ANCHORED, IT'S FREELY MOVING AROUND. THEY DIDN'T EVEN GIVE ME NEW TUBES.

FUCK OFF X POO O

>>108015506
Anyone know?

>>108016062
China bros, I'm kneeling.
Good enough reason then, I mean I've had the same excuse to be anti-Topping and this is the same level of diabolical.

>>108009271
i have an older jotunheim
it sure does play sound

>>108015652
"science" fags have no listened to anything except the most entry level chinkfimans and a DX5II, rest of it is chart faggery

>>108016093
Fuck china anything. Fuck Schiit too. Fuck tubes as well. The xpoo sounds great, but the whole circuit design revolving around tubes is fucking retarded and cursed in general. You're just asking for issues. Not to mention that tubes are a consumable. Xpoo LITERALLY told me that they can't promise the issue I had won't come up again in the future either, and said they'll only service it again if it's in warranty still. They refused to explain what was causing the issue either. Literal fucking dogshit retards. If you're gonna buy tubes anything you must get some super duper expensive white man's invention.

SMSL is the only brand thus far that I've been lukcy with, except their shit sounds stale and boring and has no soul.

>>108009271
Fuck schiit though and fuck you. Topping that's soldered poorly and will break on you in a year lmao. Schiit is literally topping tear. Remember my shit blowing up in literally 20 minutes of use after unboxing and their ESL """customer""" support (yurop branch) being useless, braindead, and retarded, and refusing to send me a new one or cover shipping?

Yeah fuck you and fuck schiit.

>>108016158
>Topping tear
>tear
literally ESL, point disregarded - your skin is shit colored.
you're rambling about Schiit stuff from a decade ago when we have Topping amps exploding as recently as two weeks ago, lol
nobody gives a shit about your Magni/Modi 2 that everyone concedes was a trash-tier product, that nobody sells anymore.

>>108016139
>>108016158
You're so mad and brown that you can't even type properly lmao, I wonder how many holes you have in your desk and walls if you get this wound up over some ancient amp that is discontinued.

>>108016173
Yeah, I'm seething you fucking retard. I'll misspell shit here and there. Fuck your gay retarded ass. I'm whiter, taller, stronger, smarter, and have more hair than you, plus you wear glasses and your teeth are crooked. I don't care about no bitchass topping. I've never shilled for them. Schiit are on their level however, so fuck them too. You're a hypocrite if you're gonna damage control for them while shitting on pooping. It was also a Magni Unity, bitch.

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been using topping D10B and singxer SA-1 for 5 years now
no complaints so far

>>108016204
Oh you're just a retarded slav then. Hopefully we see you in the meat cube soon!
>>108016209
Singxer is kino, not all Shenzhen brands are bad (they're just a distro a lot of the times.). Pretty sure the D10B pre-dates whatever the fuck Topping did to make their products start exploding, so doesn't shock me it's still kicking.

>>108016184
The only brown activity is having blind brand loyalty and damage controlling for them for no reason at all. As if you have a stake in the game. Literal jeet tier.

>>108016230
Slavs are the jeets of Europe, sorry to break it to you...

>>108012434
yes and no. a decade or so ago the $100-200 price range didn't have a lot of great options. they were better than the skullcandy/beats consumer products so people recommended them and at the time the HD600 were $400.

eventually other companies began targeting that segment of the market. now for $30 more you can get the 6XX. for $5 more you can get the FT1.

the m50x also are notorious with having bad qc. the pads wear out quickly and the is prone to breaking. if you must buy audio technica stick with the r70xa.

>>108016228
The only reason I'm retarded is for listening to broke braindead obese balding tone deaf redditors like you that shill garbage for free on the internet and buying the trash that schiit make.
>>108016232
Cope.

For me, it’s topping DX1 and HD650.

Feels good knowing I didn’t spend a single dollar on snake oil like some of the cretins ITT.

>>108016242
>>108012434
Some people will say M40x are better, I don't really know the FR data though so I won't try and quantify it. They're still me recs to real casuals who just want something for work or whatever.

>>108016249
Redditors hate Schiit though, they're basically ASR tier and only buy Sundaras and Topping. You don't even have the narrative right.

>>108016270
120+ SINAD is snake oil though, retard. It stops mattering after 80.

>>108016296
I couldn’t see a cheaper usb dac at the time with next day shipping, I also wanted a volume knob on my desk not a redditdongle.

>>108016309
Valid case, then.

>>108016289
I wouldn't know, because I don't go to either of those. The real narrative, since I'm the MC, is that anything I don't like is reddit. Schiit did me wrong. Fiio has done me wrong. Xduoo just did me wrong. All of those are in turn reddit.

>>108016315
wrong I am the protagonist

>>108016328
What's your current headphone dd?

>>108016355
quad era-1

>>108016391
retard

>>108016270
>bass is now snakeoil
the absolute state of shitneiser fansoys

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>>108014978
valhalla 2 is otl. Every other otl amp i looked into was chinese and or caught houses on fire. I like it, volume knob is very solid compared to my magni, although i would avoid otl if you ever plan on getting planars

>>108008869
i just ordered a pair of HD600. i completely for got that they have an impedance of 300 ohm and a sensitivity of 105 db.

are fiio btr3k enough to drive them at round 90 db?

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>>108011600[me]
>>108012074[me]
Anyone?

>>108017217
For 200, yep

>>108013133
>>108013432
I don't feel any bass in them. It's really strange, like that's some filter.

>>108016242
The FT1 has reports of being made out of chinesium and the other headphones have holes in them. I like the old-fashion style of headphones that aren’t made out of chicken wire. I assume the m50x don’t sound BAD, like other people claim? The MDR-7506 are what I would call bad, since they sound like tinnitus (same with DT 770).

>>108017217
You couldn’t pay me to deal with Bluetooth shit, especially shitheiser. M4 are made out of play-doh and dollar store plastic and function just as well. There’s a reason they’re always on sale. Probably cost $10 to make (not including the Chinese slave child, which was probably free).

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>>108017595
>I assume the m50x don’t sound BAD, like other people claim?
sound is more subjective, every other aspect of the headphone is fucking horrific though. Essentially no headband padding, stock pads are terrible, clamp worse than 6x0's by a lot. Build like total trash, terrible qc and should cost like $100 max for how bad they are. I suppose you could mod them to be more comfortable if you like to sound but that wouldn't solve the overall build quality, It's easily the worst build headphone i've ever held in my hands, feels like some normal fag slop that is just meant to be break after 1-2 years like the ANC shit

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any wireless headphones I should check out before buying a set of airpods max?

>>108017914
>any wireless headphones I should check out
No.

>>108017231
Probably a bad connection on the plug. Just send them back and get another pair.

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>>108017934
>>108017630
Why are wireless headphones not like here?

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balanced vs unbalanced a diff enough for me to care? normal gaymer/music enjoyer user here,can spend like 500 bucks. I've arya stealths and a magnimodi3 stack rn
thx

>>108017999
The difference is 6dB in the best case.

>>108017973
Sound

>>108017973
It takes up to a full minute for wireless headphones to connect to anything, and ANC feels like your head is being suctioned out. No thanks. There’s a reason why zoomers are going back to wired. Everyone else had their brains sucked out by the radio waves. You might think I’m joking but I wouldn’t be surprised if Bluetooth/ANC was the leaded gasoline of our generation. It can’t have zero consequences.

>>108017661
Is there a closed back headphone that isn’t widely regarded as dogshit?

>>108018088
>>108018017
i see, then what are good wired headphones for a budget of 200?

>>108018129
closed back aeons are okay i guess. I'm not really a fan and the ether cx is way too much money for what it is. Theres some other ones too but they are even more insanely priced so to the answer your question no not really, you just pick your poison and thats why the dt 770 still has a place in the market, regardless how bad it sounds its one of the only closed backs below the aeon thats wearable because it has some amount of padding. I guess there is also the chance some of the at 3d wing shit works for some people then things like the a990z aren't so bad or some of the fostex/emu stuff but i have no experience to say on those two

>>108017999
Should only matter for cheap portable sources where the extra 6dB of gain makes a difference.

>>108018129
There are lots of decent ones, but you always pay more for worse. The farther away you get from speakers, the more shit you have to put up with.

>>108018129
Yeah you gotta drop a kilobuck typically though lol.
I say that as someone who loves the Z1Rs despite their price point and faults in the mids.

>>108018129
I think many of them can sound good with EQ
In fact I think you can just straight up EQ a closed back to sound like an open back (the reverse is much harder)

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>>108018129
The poorfag DCAs

>>108016091
nothing wrong just a different presentation. it's warmer. think of 6xx as being forgiving and hd600 as being strict

>>108016091
>>108015506
hd600 minimizes masking (veil) with clearer upper mids and sharper transient edges. hd6xx minimizes fatigue by having a warmer tilt and smoother treble. think articulation and contrast vs smoothness and tonal density, or cotton vs wool.
t chatgpt
still looking to trade my hd6xx btw

>>108018373
>I say that as someone who loves the Z1Rs despite their price point and faults in the mids.
are you trying to sell your z1rs like you did with the noires here?
>>108019084
>still looking to trade my hd6xx btw
just put a local add out and say you'll add cash, because the resale of the 6xx is awful

>>108019204
I've never owned planars in my life, nor would I sell Z1Rs ever considering they're discontinued.

>>108018894
>>108019084
Doesnt the 6xx have much better bass tho?

>DHL is aids so I can't aura farm in public with my maxwell cassette player and MDR-7506s

What a gayass day today is going to be. Fuck customs. Always gotta be some issue when ordering audio.

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>>108020112
FedEx fucked up delivering my Jot3 twice and I needed to wait a whole weekend on top of the fuckups for it, I feel this.

>>108020089
better bass depends on what you mean. the 6xx has more bass quantity and warmth, but the hd600 tends to have tighter and cleaner bass. i think most people would say 6xx has "better" bass because of the quantity and "comfort"

I have the opportunity through work to get some B&W speakers for a discount and I'm looking at the 606s or 607s (not sure what the difference really is). I don't really know that much about speaker setups which is why I'm coming here. A friend suggested I get a second-hand AV receiver from ebay to go work with the speakers I get, is there anything specific I should look out for or be aware of? These would be to go in my living room with my TV, but the audio source would primarily be from my PC rather than the TV itself.

good site or tool for ripping albums from tidal? double double takes ages to chew thru one thing

>>108020146
DCA when they shipped my Aeon Closed would not let FedEx drop the package off or deliver it to a location so I could sign and pick it up. I had to be home and take a day off work.

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what do i do now
at least the shape matches i guesss

>>108020146
Fuck your dogshit fuckass jot3 but I feel your pain. These customs bitches sent me a fucking payslip over email, WHICH I HAVE TO PRINT OUT AND TAKE TO A BANK IN PERSON IN REAL LIFE AND THEN SCAN THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL PAPER AND SEND IT TO THEM OVER EMAIL.

IN TWENTY TWENTY SIX HOLY FUCKING SHIT.

Jeez Louise man.

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>>108018137
Have you thought Looking at the OP?

I'm so blackpilled on hifi it's not even real. I don't know if it's a me issue I need to figure out, but I just always end up disappointed. I should just get into DIY everything. Then if it works I can only blame myself. Except everything DYI unrelated to audio I've ever made has been perfect.

>>108023468
Do it. DIY is more accessible than ever and enjoying music on a whole chain of devices that you made yourself is immensely satisfying.

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Yo let me vent.

I sent a butthurt email to customer support regarding my xDuoo. I'm so disappointed bro. I wonder if they'll do anything at all to take care of me. Probably not. They have no reason to care about the one of a thousand customers that got fucked over. They wont get any negative impact from it, unless it's just a colossally shit product release that damages the entire brands reputation. I'd be happy with like a $300 refund or some gay pity shit like that so I can take less of an L and buy something else. Have you guys ever seen instances of brands owning up to their fuck ups? Like the stories of poopping blowing up fucking headphones. My shit isn't as bad of a scenario, but imagine you having headphones worth a couple grand and your fuckass amp blowing them up and setting your hair on fire and leaving you bald and giving you tinnitus. Where would you even go to leave a negative review? Obese forum admin faggots don't tolerate any negative feedback plus forums in general are full of retarded soulless drones that are so confident they can never get unlucky like that and for some reason make their entire identity about being a white knight for corporations.

I don't even know what dac/amp setup to go for now. I just wanted to enjoy my music collection man...

>>108024104
>I don't even know what dac/amp setup to go for now. I just wanted to enjoy my music collection man...
then lower your standards for enjoying your music, man.

>>108024640
They aren't even that high. An x poo o is like $1k. People spend that much on gaddam cables.

>>108024794
>gaddam cables
I know people spend that much on em. $1K+ should be considered snakeoil altogether and should be avoided in droves since we're talking about pos.

>>108024903
>talking about pos.
I meant headphones ;p

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>>108023468
lots of high end shit you have to mod anyways because the makers clearly don't wear anything they've made and the product is insanely uncomfortable. I had to add an inch of foam to my hd 800s to make them wearable
>>108024104
you still havn't got a new one or refund sent to you? And no they don't care anon, chinks literally hate everyone in the west and they look at us like cashcows. Bug people on aliexpress have out right said im a liar and a scammer because their $7 tv parts were defective, they will do as much cancerous behavior as they want because nothing ever happens to them
>Have you guys ever seen instances of brands owning up to their fuck ups
asgard 1 but they warrantied headphones as far as i know
>Obese forum admin faggots don't tolerate any negative feedback plus forums in general are full of retarded soulless drones that are so confident they can never get unlucky like that and for some reason make their entire identity about being a white knight for corporations.
that's why you don't go on audio science review anon
some of the high end amp manufactures like bryston offer 15 year warranties that is transferable, but $1k+ stuff i have no idea
almost bought a local stack from them used for pennies but i couldn't justify that kind of cash at the time

>>108023757
DIY golden years were 2005-2015.
Then DIY started going SMD and the number of designs stagnated because normal people have difficulties soldering SMD stuff.
Nowadays a commercial design uses teeny tiny SMD stuff, while a SMD DIY design can’t go lower than 0805 resistors due to size issues.

>>108024903
But bro my old SMSL setup worked great and it sounds clean but it's also flat and boring. Once you hear something better you can't lower your standards. I'm perfectly fine with not spending $1k+ but I still don't know what I can get that doesn't sound soulless but also isn't a dogshit meme.
>>108025100
>that's why you don't go on audio science review anon
I don't. I did get perma banned from head-fi though (for doing literally nothing at all).

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>be sad
>looking to cope and feel better by indulging in consumerism
>browsing online for some of the old limited edition vinyl/cassette/CD/VHS album releases I'm hunting for
>find one in mint condition with all the accessories
>wooooow let's goooooooo
>it's so rare that the odds of seeing it ever again are extremely low
>snipe it straight away
>feel good
>open my next tab in the queue of searches
>somehow magically see the same thing but with a better version of one of the random accessories
>for HALF the price

I literally just CANNOT stop taking Ls. It's just impossible.

>>108025222
>can’t go lower than 0805 resistors due to size issues
Due to skill issues. 0805 is ridiculously huge. 0603 is easy to hand solder if you know what you're doing, even with lead free. Smaller is doable with practice.

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>>108025290
It okay anon, I believe in you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEA48VbFwSQ

I wonder how this sounds on anon's Dan Clarks.

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>>108025310
Anyway, DIY amplification is a solved problem, and the solution is the beta22. Transistor based, 20 year old design, fully discrete, class A (or AB at retardedly high power), vanishingly low distortion and noise, capable of driving both headphones and bookshelf speakers, below 500€ for all the parts and PCBs.
Or, if you’re on a budget, get the M3, measurements attached.

>>108025331
The Noire XO sound marvellous while listening to this masterpiece.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3Beu77WlqmM

>Hifiman HE400se
this shit good or just a meme?

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>>108025524
K I N O
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>>108025608
Sound is good and unlike some of their other models this one doesn't have bad treble distortion. Build quality is fucking doshit, though. And you might need an amp for them, or at least a decently powerful dongle. Not worth it imo when JT7 has better stock tuning.

>>108025459
A beta22 or even M3 is kinda jumping straight in the deep end for a beginner DIYer though. It's a shame O2 kits don't really exist anymore, but a Starving Student, WHAMMY, or Sapphire is an easier and more affordable entry point.

>>108025767
Oh, and forgot to mention the Butte. That one's especially easy.

>>108025646
>Not worth it imo when JT7 has better stock tuning.
any recs with a warm non fatiguing sound?

>>108025767
The beta22 is hard because its components like to die from ESD, but the M3 is extremely easy. I built one when I was 17.

>>108025767
JDS Labs still sells O2 kits, though making a finished amp would cost about the same as an Atom+. I stopped caring about DIY once PC audio could do good crossfeed without insane latency.

>>108025524
You mean this masterpiece?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofp_ffk0LM4

>>108025937
M3 is a multi-board project which can be a little intimidating, but I guess the same goes for the Sapphire so that's one of my own suggestions disqualified too. WHAMMY is the same principle, opamp gain stage with MOSFET output, just minus the "active ground" and with the PSU on the same board.

>>108025939
Yeah, even buying kits is never gonna compete with mass manufacturing in terms of cost.

Regardless, amplifiers aren't the only thing you can DIY. With 3D printers being ubiquitous now and projects like the Open Alpha, Head(amame) and anything by Capra Audio actually being a thing, and the enormous variety of parts available on Aliexpress, it's not hard to make some headphones yourself that actually sound good too.

>>108026043
Back in the day headphone amps were a bizarre niche item and you could actually build one from parts a lot cheaper than you could buy a comparable product, or there just was no comparable product in a lot of cases.

>>108025914
Fiio FT1. If you want open back then 6XX, while maybe not exactly warm given the bass rolloff, is non fatiguing.

Are there headphones that can resolve the sound of explosions properly without crackling or farting

>>108026705
planars

>>108008869
>USA
>$300
>wired over ear headphones for my xbox series S controller
>audio technica ath-m50x, I didn't like how sweaty my ears got with them, also the ear pad problems and needing to replace them, I didn't really understand how to place new ones on, so do not want a pair of headphones that I need to replace the ear pads on.

>>108026945
oh and i don't like open ended headphones, give me headaches.

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>>108026705

>>108026945
>do not want a pair of headphones that I need to replace the ear pads on
Just find some cheap shit that doesn't drive you insane and throw them out when the pads get crusty. Shure maybe?

>>108027014
yea but audio technicas lasted me like 3 months, i wear my headphones every single day for 6+ hours.

>>108026705
Audeze can play 140dB without distortion, enough to actually explode your ears.

>>108027028
>Only lasted 3 months
Stop throwing your headphones when you lose at cod, sperg.

Location
>Central/West US
Budget
>Prefer <$200 but if there's a particular deal/breakpoint a touch above that I could stretch
>What looking for
Home use, desktop computer. Gaming, music, don't need a built in mic or anything like that. Wired is fine. Never had a amp/dac yet but I'm not against it.
>Previous gear and thoughts
Sony mdr v6/7506
Liked a lot. Sounded great and fairly neutral, comfort was good. Earpads were easy and cheap to replace. My fairly untrained ear felt they were a really strong price:quality ratio.
DT 990 Pro
Good enough to keep using until they broke but I didn't like them as much as the mdr's. Physical quality felt worse overall, and the plastic casing for the ratcheting headband thing broke on both sides. Sounds was good but I didn't really notice much benefit of open back.

Kind of tempted to just get another pair of MDRs but figured get some various opinions before I commit to anything.

stax 404 or l300 if they are the same price?
I keep hearing about l300s headbands and pads being horrible, is that as bad on the 404?

>>108027847
I've never owned the 404s but I had the l300s and let me tell you
>pads
Worst pads known to man. Genuinely never seen shittier pads. Shallow as fuck so your ears touch the metal net inside and it's the first time I've seen pleather pads flake after just a month
>headbands
Depends. Suspension thing is fine, feels quite comfortable. If you mean the actual plastic part then yes, it's low quality plastic and isn't very durable.

>>108028036
>Worst pads known to man. Genuinely never seen shittier pads. Shallow as fuck so your ears touch the metal net inside and it's the first time I've seen pleather pads flake after just a month
epic
they even charge $173 USD for fucking l700 pads. or $90 USD for l300's
i'm so sick of pleather cancer

>>108025100
>that's why you don't go on audio science review anon
some of the high end amp manufactures like bryston offer 15 year warranties that is transferable, but $1k+ stuff i have no idea
People forget the extra cost on JDS and Schiit often has to do with the 5+ year warranties they run and actually honor, instead of Topping deliberately getting your shit lost in a customs scramble and moonwalking

>plug my amp/dac into a usb
>need to crank the knob to make it comparatively louder
why does the fucking thing need to be separately plugged into the wall then? does that mean the dac/amp is not daccing or amping correctly? fuck I hate this audio stuff

>>108027224
140dB is the OSHA safe momentary limit. You need to get way louder than that for instant hearing damage.

>>108028665
Sir your amp needs power to run its not some self contained battery lol

>>108028740
I said it's also plugged into the wall

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Cool lifehack

>>108008869

i need help !


>>Location (since pricing and availability may vary)

Austin , Texas

>>Budget

$350

>>What exactly you're looking for (be as detailed as possible)

headphones with great active noise cancelation then great sound and very comfortable

>>Previous gear and your thoughts on it

sony xm5 they had good noise cancelling and sounded okish but they hurt my ears and felt too loose at the same time

>>108027847
I would say 404. They are like 250g and are very comfy, I literally slept in them without any problems. My ears touch the mesh only if I wear them to the front, which is normally not the case. Since they are getting old I would rec either testing them in person on pickup to make sure the drivers are fine and there is no whistling, hissing or squaling even after like 30 mins of playback. Buying them with returns is also a decent option.

>>108027390
i don't, i'm talking about the ear pads getting fucking disgusting after 3 months.

>>108030231
Arguably worse, you need to shower more.

>>108031439
has nothing to do with not showering. I shower every 3 days, don't need to do more because I don't leave my house that often.

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Considering throwing my xduoo in the trash and getting this. I do wanna have 4 pin XLR though. Wonder what these other two on TBA are.

>>108032238
Never mind, it doesn't have SE input.

>>108032381
Or any analog input for that matter.

Noise cancelling headphones are a meme.
These won't even cancel noise like when someone knocks on door or closes it.
I have JBL 770NC

>>108032026
>Has nothing to do with not showering
>I shower every 3 days

Nothing wrong with showering every 3 days. Unless you've taken a shit. Gotta immediately have a full shower after shitting. Otherwise you know anon doesn't have sex or work out, and you know he's not brown, so he doesn't live in a sweaty climate. He's also on nofap. He doesn't need to shower daily.

You guys are taking some longass showers. Thread's gonna die.

>>108009271
>$500
how about
>nope

>>108016158
sucks to be eu i guess

>>108032617
They only cancel noise that your brain cancels by itself anyway, unless you have autism.

>>108032026
Just get a microfibre cloth and wipe them daily, should be doing that every time.
Pads tend to have a short shelf life but 3 months is way way too quick.

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>>108032771
t.

>>108033853
Schiit is subjectivist degenerate nonsense with bad qa. The only difference between them and chinks is they actually stand by their warranty. If you're ameriburger sane choices begin with Apple and end with JDS Labs.

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>>108034979
>coax cables terminated with RCA connectors? How did you know?

>>108035124
>they actually stand by their warranty
Only in the US.
>sane choices begin with Apple
rofl
>and end with JDS Labs
JDS is aight if you're a casual that doesn't need features. Gesheli as well, but they're also casuals that can't design a full featured product.

>>108035216
>sane choices begin with Apple
>rofl
What's wrong with A2049? Serious question.
>casual that doesn't need features
You only need single-ended input and a volume knob. Everything else is mental illness.

>>108035216
>JDS is aight if you're a casual that doesn't need features
Opposite desu, for me the Element 4 is an entry point for casuals wanting EQ and other stuff you'd do all consolidated for convenience and a slight premium.
>>108035124
>>108033853
For what it's putting out (I need to drive dumb shit) and build quality, I'll take my Jot 3 over anything else honestly - Schiit build quality at least in this range has been typically good. I've mentioned before I think the Ele 4 might be better value, but I never played with Core or the EQ, and it doesn't have balanced outs, so I sold it to fund the Jot 3.

>>108035272
Maybe YOU only need that as a deaf casual. Doesn't apply to me.
>>108035279
>Opposite
?

>>108035317
I mean, if you can hear -100dB that's interesting, but it's more impressive you're from another planet or a talking bat.

>>108017973
Latency, ANC can cause severe temporary tinnitus(may take over a week to go away) or auditory processing disorder and the quality of the engineering is declining at a worrying pace(many wireless headphones have hissing/buzzing/whistling, some of them use shitty dacs that are so bad they can't play sound at 30db without having sub 8 bit quality, like sine waves become square/triangle waves kind of bad)
>>108018129
No, they all have some flaw, even the reddit/asr bootlicked DCAs can channel imbalance worse than two digit price headphones
>>108018602
Name??

>>108036387
>Name??
Open Alphas, basically Dan open-sourced his Alpha Dogs that put him on the map during his MrSpeakers days and the community went ham remixing it. Heatset inserts for the screws, set screws for the bass ports, 2.5mm or 3.5mm jacks instead of Hirose connectors, you name it.

>>108035317
You said casuals if you don't need features, the Element 4 is features galore

>>108036387
>No, they all have some flaw, even the reddit/asr bootlicked DCAs can channel imbalance worse than two digit price headphones
thats true, i don't care for aeons anymore anyways but redditors don't buy dan clark, they buy chinkfiman and fiio, please keep up dear god. They started hating dan clark shit in like 2015 because 2 people on there had a bad experience and they play the telephone game endlessly, but his piece of shit pads are the worst part of his headphones

>>108036387
>DCAs can channel imbalance worse than two digit price headphones
No, that's a warranty issue. They're supposed to be +/-0.5dB per channel.

>>108036772
did the aeon series have issues with channel imbalance or was it just the early batches of the noire x?

>>108036785
Don't buy headphones you can barely afford if it's gonna break you to ship them back.

>>108036785
like 10 years ago the original aeons did, if you believe 4 people on reddit who may or may not have owned them

>>108036933
4 guys in the same polycule tried a pair and dca wouldn't take them back for sanitary reasons

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I got a pair of ls3/5a clones that sound really nice and intimate when paired with a svs subwoofer. Does anyone else own ls3/5a speakers, what did I think of them?

>>108036772
>>108036785
according to reddit/asr threads they're all vulnerable to either having channel imbalance from the start or developing it over time.
the founder claims he's fixed it in november but this is an industry where you can lie and audiofools will defend the multimillion dollar kabushiki gaisha to death like it's Hirohito himself and Tojo just gave you enough weapons and armor to survive a 1vs1000 fight against the DPRK's best soldiers
>They're supposed to be +/-0.5dB per channel.
This is a lie even in reviews. in measurement databases there are places where there is at least a 1db diff if you inspect per frequency.
https://vsg.squig.link/headphones/?share=Dan_Clark_Audio_NOIRE_X
https://boizoff.squig.link/headphones/?share=E3_(2024_sample,_fresh_stock_pads) (literal scam tier subbass imbalance)
https://vsg.squig.link/headphones/?share=Dan_Clark_Audio_E3 (better channel balance, very close to advertised .25db/.15db figures though you must remember TPU gets review samples for free)
I can't ignore the possibility of those review samples being cherry picked either, considering my and other people's first hand experience with the brand.
Either way the only way they can restore trust is to give proof that the channels and earpads are actually matched(they claim both are matched), the burden of proof is on them considering the current state where there is overwhelming proof that they have a huge manufacturing problem or they're lying and relying on audiophool bootlicking

>>108036785
Like >>108037117 said, the issue was due to one of the components actually breaking down once they put it in the headphones lmao. They say they've found replacements which won't do that, but pretty much most DCA's were ticking time bombs that were all destined to channel imbalance sometime late 2025.

I'm learning to enjoy sibilance I'm not coping

>>108037117
its amazing how many of the 1k+ headphones are just built like trash and have qc problems
hd 800 chads some how keep winning, except like 3 redditors who ripped their cable socket out completely like the retard monkeys they are
although it would be nice if these companies at least tried a little bit to not be niggerlicious

>>108037117
rly? I was considering buying closed back from them some time ago thinking that they will last. So i i want planar with liftime of something like hd600 what are my options? at around 1000-2000max USD

>>108037751
Decades of audiofoolery appear to have "damaged" the industry, kinda like wokism and microtransactions(p2w or not) in /v/
>>108038057
The earpads are mounted with adhesive tape, the hirose plug and backplate are mounted with glue too
There is a legitimate engineering reason for these awful choices(sealing) but idk how that translates into durability
I'm not aware of any planar closed or open that isn't niggerlicious like terry davis would have said, i can just recommend that if you do buy one make sure the place you buy from has a no questions asked repair/replacement/refund policy because nobody should have to tolerate this bullshit

>>108038211
im rather coutious with my stuff, never had problems with damaging something by mistake or droping it on the floor.
But but I suspect that whatever u do things like chinfiman will not last forever, something will crack, rust, fall on membrane or traces will fall of from membrane etc.
Ive read modhouse tungsten review few days ago where guy had rust problem on hardware inside (just from few months of using it, i was like wtf, they didnt used stainless steel hardware in high humidity enviroment inside cups), it was like ticking bomb waiting to shed bit of rusted metal on magnets and membrane. Chinkfiman had problems with paint flaking out onto drivers.
Now i have moondrop planar and membrane is so thin and delicate that you can damage it simply by suden presure spike from putting them too fast on your head.

In like 10-15 years time we will se if any of that stuff will be still around like today you can get 20-30 years old dynamic drivers headphones working perfectly

>>108038057
NTA but
>So i i want planar with liftime of something like hd600 what are my options? at around 1000-2000max USD
I guess modern Audeze cans are long lasting. Any model that's newer than than their very first batches will be fine, you can find 10+ years old LCD2s on the used market. But I'm talking about the drivers themselves being long lasting. If you buy a wooden model the wood might crack eventually. Even with non wooden models like LCD-X you'll still have to deal with the annoying screws which you'll have to use loctite on every few years. Something like MM-500 uses the newer chassis so should have no problems with loosening screws and it also doesn't use wood. That said, I've never had any problems with anything DCA dying, personally. The pleather pads DCA uses are pretty shitty though, admittedly.
>>108038303
>moondrop planar
Para? Don't drop them, the connectors are shoddy and will probably break if you do. Look out for the headband adjustment mechanism as well, it's shitty plastic.

>>108038372
>The pleather pads DCA uses are pretty shitty though, admittedly.
that califonian fag has been told for 10 years to fix the folding peeling pads and he refuses to, then increases cost for whatever reason. Unless some new dan clark comes and undercuts him like he did to audeze nothing will get better, chinks are controlled opposition with their qc

>>108038372
>>108038372
Cosmo, plastic on headband isnt big problem, i can easly fix stuff like that with bit of 3d printing or swaping it for something else, conectors too, i can swap them or resolder them.

Main concern, at least for me, is longevity of planar driver itself, you can be as easy on them as you can but if design is flawed (like something inside is rusting, something inside is chipping off, something inside is cracking) it will destroy itself after few years of using. You cant fix planar driver or at best its extremely difficult.

>>108009384
>Anyway, recommend me sub £200 phones for this thing.
Splash for these anon. Don't worry about them being refurbished. I bought a pair of 660S a few years back and they're like new out of the box (Drivers are decanted into a brand new headset?). I've recommended it to multiple friends and never had a problem buying Sennheiser refurbished. If you really can't afford them get the 560S.
https://uk.sennheiser-hearing.com/products/hd-660-s-2-refurbished
https://uk.sennheiser-hearing.com/products/hd-560-s-audiophile-headphone-high-end-over-ear-refurbished

Speakerbros, do rockwool panels really make a difference?

>>108038466
Same is true for DD though. Lots of people got ripped off with Beyer self-bricking drivers.

>>108036520
My Noite XO have 19,3 ohm on the right side, 19,7 ohm on the left.
Imperceptible.

>>108038211
The glue seems fine, the hirose take literally no force to be connected or disconnected.

>>108038434
this is my only worry with them, the pleather.

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>>108035326
I can't, but we were talmbout features. Just called you deaf to hurt your feelings because you said I have a mental illness for wanting FEATURES.
>>108036461
>the Element 4 is features galore
HUUUUUUUUUHHH?

>>108038623
it depends on the thickness, specs, position/reflection point, and speaker off-axis response

https://youtu.be/VTshtgikT7Q

>>108040202
>calling output sockets 'features'
What do you score on IQ tests? That's not what we're talking about when you mention amp or DAC 'features', lmao.
You're about to be a tard and recommend a DX5II, aren't you? Even though it's balanced 'features' are what is causing it to self destruct.

>>108040750
>What do you score on IQ tests?
147.
>we
Who's this "we"? You got a mouse in ya pocket lil guy?

>>108040848
post skin color + audio gear, I wanna see something

>>108040865
You first and also explain what YOU mean by features so I can understand where this retardation comes from. Aside from your brownness of course.

>>108040848
>147 IQ
>thinks Balanced in/out makes a difference
oh no...

>>108040889
have you actually looked at what an Element 4 does or did your brown brain sperg out when you only saw an SE out and RCA ins?

>>108040890
It does for me.
>>108040913
Can you answer the question first and then sperg out like a little guy?

>>108040913
Ohhh, I see what you mean little guy. You're autistic and going off of the product page that has a "FEATURES" section so your little sperg ass just tunnel visioned on that. Understandable for a small chalant boy such as yourself.

More importantly, where do you see RCA ins on the Element 4 though?

>>108040940
>it does for me
'140' IQ and falling for mind tricks, maybe cut 100 points off the score buddy
>Can you answer the question first and then sperg out like a little guy?
oh you can't read, thanks for confirming you're brown

>>108040987
You haven't even heard my reasoning as to why it makes a difference FOR ME, and you also dodged the question like your dad dodged jobs and you when you were born, on the topic of color.

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>>108040972
>>108040998
This bait account is even worse than the eastern euro who spams the shiit joke

>>108040998
are you gonna tell us you can hear the difference between expensive cables next?

>>108041014
>>108041022
RCA ins status?

>>108041055
>thinking everyone is the same poster
more schizo than your self-assessment of 140+ IQ

If you don't know the benefits of balanced over SE you're just brown, deaf, and illiterate. It is what it is.

>>108041175
>it's just louder volume
You're the deaf one if you can't hear anything from a SE anon...

>>108041225
I suggest you read some literature on the topic. You can't be embarrassing yourself like this.

>>108041175
If you don't use fucking ten meters long cables then the only real benefit of balanced is more power so more volume. Inb4
>I can hear the difference
Do a blind test.

Balancels are getting uppity again...

>>108041175
>he bought the $4000 balanced cables because he thinks he hears something

>>108041238
You should stop making assumptions and read more on the topic so you can start thinking outside of the box and maybe begin to understand why you're wrong. Hopefully you can grown and improve your listening experience further. You have much room for improvement it seems.

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>>108041055
Using them right now.

Single ended, single digit IQ.

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>>108041294
>>108041280
Half of me thinks this is ragebait but I'm starting to actually believe you think balanced does anything else other than 2x driving and more volume and it scares me to think what other snake oil shit you've spent on with your 'high IQ'.
You didn't buy Abyss headphones, did you?

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>>108041332
>Abyss headphones
I do not get what the Abyss hate is all about, I tried out Joal and Diana recently - they sound just okay, the only issue was comfort. They are not worse than a vast majority of kilobuck+ headphone offerings like HE1000 Unveiled, Focal Stuff etc.

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>40mm round planars exist on Aliexpress
>Capra Faunus and similar Koss-likes take 40mm drivers
I'm getting bad ideas again...

>>108041332
It does two more things that are pretty sweet. Keep researching little guy. You can do it. I believe in you.

>>108041391
If I'm paying that much, I'd expect comfort to be a priority. They have no business raping your head that hard.
>HE and Focal
I hate both of these too fwiw

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muZFCcMPFBc
Insanely shit video even by their standards, trying too hard to outpace Amir in the psuedoscience faggotry they talked themselves into a hole re: EQ
Just waiting for these guys to sell a 'How to EQ' guide, since Listener is implying you can make anything sound like anything else with time

I'm an enjoyer of EQ except I just to harmann target auto EQ.

I am trans and I believe the right eq can make $10 headphones match $1000 headphones in technicalities and everything

>>108041597
Amir unironically gives great EQ

>>108041729
if you're deaf, sure
not even trying to be facetious, that dude's hearing is toast even by his own admission

>late in India
>Mr High IQ stops posting
extremely curious

>>108041965
I've been posting all day plus it's 8 PM in Finland you retard.

>>108042039
>Finnish
oh you're just autistic, that explains everything

>>108042051
Nope. You're brown though.

>>108041175
>>108041237
You don't know what balanced means. All headphones are balanced. 3.5mm is impedance balanced, XLR is differential balanced. Differential balanced has higher volume and better crosstalk but worse noise floor and output impedance. Both have EMI noise reduction that your audiopedophile blog told you about. Other equipment (not headphones) can have unbalanced connections between each other.

>>108041702
You can't turn closed into open(though in a quiet room it doesn't matter, this was blind tested), you can't make velour pads sound like fully front sealed leather pads and you can't reduce distortion. Other than that the world is your oyster. And if you actually bought uncomfortable garbage for "techs" - RIP bozo.

>>108042250
>reduce distortion
sure you can. just EQ that out, duh

>>108042280
You are brown.

I bought se846 like 10 years ago and use white filters on them. Unboxing theory retard praised them too much.
I also use phillips SHP9500 for my pc. Like their bass.
When at office I am using airpods pro 3.

So my question se846's are good or not for me? I can't be bothered to fiddle with their cables, when I can quickly use airpods. And in home, my pc is always plugged to SHP9500. I tried to use both of shure's TWP options.

Should I look around for other iems? Or not? I really like SHP9500's sound overall.

>>108042311
you are malding. what's new?

>>108042323
Should be pretty easy to find shitbuds with the 9500's bass

>>108042377
I find them clear, but maybe I am uneducated in this part. I listen djent, prog metal. I like instrumental music mostly. Am I missing something?

>>108042435
There's never anything wrong with liking what sounds good to you, ears are weird like that. Especially when it's at that price point, and I say that as someone with $2.5k headphones.
IEMs the issue is going to be most of them are bright chinkshit that are treble centric. FatFreq used to do a good, cheap bassy one but since they took off after the Crinacle video they only sell super overpriced shit.
Best bet would be hop over to /iemg/ and see if they have a cheap rec for something that matches the 9500 in bass, they should have some good ideas. I own XBA-Z5s and only use those so I'm not much help in the cheap department tragically.

>>108042526
Thank's bro, I'll check there also. Have fun.

>>108042094
A SE connection is not any kind of balanced. Keep reading. You have much to learn still.

jesus fucking christ the hifiman edition xs are so uncomfortable, they sound great but these were not designed for the human head

i'm going to try the aftermarket band and if that doesn't work i'm going to return them

if they do not address my issue and the cans continue to give me a headache after wearing them, any alternative suggestions around the $200-$250 mark? i'm coming from hd598s and love the sound and comfort and put them back on, feels like i'm wearing nothing at all with them, but they are pretty old and thought i'd try something else after over a decade

if i am replacing them i'd like something that's better but definitely similar comfortwise

>>108042882
Capra bands are pretty dope and cheap, I assume he makes one for Redditfiman.

>>108042571
>A common misconception is that balanced audio requires the signal source to deliver equal waveforms of opposite polarity to the two signal conductors of the balanced line.

>>108042981
Stop posting like an AI bot.

>>108043007
Read a book.

>>108043010
Terrible no u type beat reply. Get some aura.

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>>108043019
This you >>108032026 ?

>>108043007
why you so butthurt about terminology? nta but damn

The terminology doesn't even matter, anyone saying his setup "needs" to be balanced is retarded, regardless of which kind of balanced he actually means.

>>108043032
the finnish dude is clearly on the spectrum and got baited into thinking balanced = better audio, when it's clearly just a volume thing.
even the Jiraya dude regurgitating ASR talking points is a better read than this shit

>>108043025
No.
>>108043032
I'm butthurt for calling out incoherent spamming?
>>108043050
>anyone saying his setup "needs" to be balanced
Where's the guy that said that?
>>108043068
>thinking balanced = better audio
Source?
>it's clearly just a volume thing
Clearly if you're uneducated.

>>108043134
Wash your ass and read what balanced is and does. From a book, not a forum.

>>108043134
what headphones do you own?

>>108043153
see >>108043019

>>108042930
yeah that's the one i ordered, hoping it helps because those things give me such a bad headache by the end of the night that i had to swap back to the 598s

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>>108043158

>>108043185
A lot of people say it's alleviated the clamping 600/6xx/650s do, so I would hope you get similar results. Let us know either way, hoping it works out for you~

>>108043172
That claim is not peer-reviewed. Try again.

>>108043207
>RCA ins

Does the balanced retard actually own any audio equipment? Will dodge questions asking what his headphones and source are.

>>108043235
what are yours

>>108043245
go back to /iemg/, pretty clear you're the tube shitposter lol. he does the exact same bit on there

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>>108043262
>everyone that makes me mad even in other random threads must be the same guy

>>108043275
you use this exact same gif in /iemg/ too, at least make an effort...

>>108043289
I've never posted this gif on /iemg/ ever in my life. You're taking massive Ls right now littlest of guys.

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>>108039944
>this is my only worry with them, the pleather.
It's really low quality. I used mine sparingly over 1.5 years, never even had wet hair or anything and the pleather started peeling before they were 2 years old. The pads in general are terrible and start folding, sometimes they already have by the time you get them.
>>108041391
>I do not get what the Abyss hate is all about, I tried out Joal and Diana recently - they sound just okay, the only issue was comfort. They are not worse than a vast majority of kilobuck+ headphone offerings like HE1000 Unveiled, Focal Stuff etc.
they are horribly overpriced, charge $500 for pads. Tell you to buy a $20k piece of shit tube amp on the product page for diana's. They are only expensive for retarded old people who think expensive = good. I doubt they would even sell well at $2k, and their product page looks like it's written for people with severe learning disabilities. Their alt company is literally just a snake oil company with $2k cables, it doesn't get much worse in audio than them really. Any company that tries to charge $450 for pads should be treated for what they are, Niggers

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>designed by Dan Clark
>manufactured by Fostex and (You)
>can be built under $300 even when using fancy options (and much less if you hunt eBay for deals)
>takes basically any pads from Brainwavz, Dekoni, ZMF or even DCA Alpha pads
Just build some Alphas already.

>>108044443
it is funny to watch DMS try and clean his hands of his time at Abyss, fortunately we won't ever let him forget.

>>108044586
Are u using something to measure FR for your diy shit?

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gimmick or worth using?

>>108047763
If you're comparing it to the $3000 DAC that everyone else apparently has here than to you it will be a 'gimmick'.

I mean, it does in fact 'work' and it's not bad. had it on the free trial and used it the whole time practically.

If you really got nothing else to spend $20 on then it's not the worst way to have spent your money. or just wait for it to go on sale

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>>108044443
>they are horribly overpriced
This pretty much related to all premium headphone options. DCA E3 costs even more than Joal, but I would not say that I found it to be significantly better.
>Tell you to buy a $20k piece of shit tube amp on the product page for diana's
They do have quite a long recommended amp list, do not see any problems with this. Also they seem to even bundle a free Ifi dongle with Dianas, lol
>charge $500 for pads
I checked the pads, they are like 295-300$.
Also if I am about to buy a new pair of earpads for my STAX officially where I live, it would cost me like 260 EUR but luckily I can import them from Japan for like 150 EUR if I would ever need to.
If you can afford and decide to buy a stupidly expensive headphone to begin with, then whats the point of complaining about expensive earpads?

>>108048468
>>charge $500 for pads
>I checked the pads, they are like 295-300$.
i see, it got auto selected to cad so 410+shipping+tip was my math, but in americucks who knows. Still insanity for pads, but that logic you listed is why they charge it, and why every headphone company overcharges for shit pads relative to % of msrp of headphone. Anyways it wouldn't be as problematic if any of these pads were actually good and lasted 5+ years but i'm going to go out on a limb and say that's not the case but i don't think anyone here has ever owned dianas
>If you can afford and decide to buy a stupidly expensive headphone to begin with, then whats the point of complaining about expensive earpads?
I would never buy anything from abyss or probably anything that much considering all the flaws they tend to have, it's no surprise the focal clear was reviewed better than the utopia so they killed it, maybe that was more of a per case thing but they also didn't warranty it so i guess thats another company i would avoid, but i've heard good things from the people who got luckier
>This pretty much related to all premium headphone options. DCA E3 costs even more than Joal, but I would not say that I found it to be significantly better.
can't speak to either, but seems from my observations that nothing good ever comes out from established companies because they don't care about establishing normal prices anymore and would rather do shit like that, hopefully someone new comes in and does what dan clark did to audeze but that won't happen anyways. What did you think of the dianas? also the tube amp shit i mentioned was specifically their shitty tube amp from their website they also sell $1-2k cables. They changed the product page for dianas or i'd screenshot it again, cbf to go find the amp anymore

Unrelated but i was complaining about my aeon pads peeling in 1.5 years, and now my cable is also bad, i feel like i got chinked and i specifically tried to avoid this.

>>108047763
Virtual surround is legit, but you can just use sofalizer in mpv or anything else that loads ffmpeg filters. Which if you're not winjeet includes system sound.

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>>108048755
>Which if you're not winjeet includes system sound.
nta
i spent 3 hours on fooyin and got it to replicate my foobar2k setup with some keyboard macros and some file browser non sense pseudo fixes, i thought it was over for me with linux and no foobar2k but it actually turned out nicely

My Beyerdynamic DT990 Pro finally bit the grass after like a decade. Replacement parts are more expensive than just getting a new one. Is there a good reason to go for something else? I have no clue what happened to the market since I got that one.

>>108050249
Get a pair of Sash Tres SE. Verum 2 etc.

>>108050389
Those are around three times the price. I'm not some audiophile, doesn't really seem justified.

>>108050430
A4tech HS-100 for you then

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>>108050625
looking good

>>108048063
>If you're comparing it to the $3000 DAC that everyone else apparently
I don't think anyone on here owns a DAC at that cost, not even the big money can guys

should i get the lcd-x with leather or the leather-free pads?

>>108050921
$200 is a lot to spend on a DAC. Unless you're talking all-in-one, which is usually what casuals mean.

>>108051153
I'm talking about this mythical $3000 DAC that wasn't named and I don't think has been discussed once in any thread
If you can't afford $200 for a DAC you're probably in the wrong hobby, more often than not you're going to buy some cheap shit you'll need to replace yearly and end up spending more than if you just bought the $200 DAC to start with.

>>108047156
Still following recipes engineered figured out by others (Dan Clark, Capra Audio) and doing some tweaking by ear if I feel like it. I do have an interface now though, so a basic DIY measuring rig is something I'll probably set up in the future.

>>108051214
>recipes engineered figured out by others
Engineered/figured out*

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>>108008869
>• AKG K361/K371
my MDR-V6's died so I replaced them with K371's. They sound find, they're plenty comfortable, HOWEVER, SOMETHING NO ONE MENTIONED, the fucking stiff part of the cable sticks out so far it rubs on my shoulder/jacket and translates the noise into headphone so I get a stiff neck from not moving my head to avoid it rubbing, who cares about a removable cable??? getting a new different cable doesn't seem like the solution either because all of these mini-xlr's are huge at the connector

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>>108008869
broke the jack on my dt770 cable last week just replaced with a female socket, gonna put male plugs on the original cable + paracord whenever the male parts arrive. stupid they dont do it from factory maybe whenever these die ill pick up a pair of custom one pros again my brother lost mine. i remember them sounding the same as dt770

I'm boycotting hifigo and xduoo.

>>108048671
>Anyways it wouldn't be as problematic if any of these pads were actually good and lasted 5+ years
I do not know either, but the Diana earpads looked very solid to me alse seemed to me made out of leather. Joal ones were velour so they might last less? Also Dekoni manufactures Diana Pads for like 110 EUR lmao.
>I would never buy anything from abyss
I would never buy anything either, but I do see the appeal why some people might like it, the sound and the aesthetics are not that bad. Assuming you get the fit right. If the Dianas don't sit right you get no sub-bass extension, which was quite tricky for me to get. Either way, they do not stand out to me in a negative sense that much as far as their headphones go.
With the planars I would probably go with the HE1000SE or if you have unlimited money then Susvara Unveiled. Audeze stuff is also decent. But since I got infected with the STAX disease recently I got their TOTLs instead and in direct comparison to planars they win.

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so in 1.5 years my pads peel and my cable dies, on a headphone with 3 hours a day usage at max. Perhaps i'm unlucky but considering these barely were used, and i never even ran over the cable that is just niggerlicious.
>$110 for a terrible cable that breaks for no reason
>$75 for pads that fold in a month and don't last 2 years
>+ shipping + tip
at least my hd 800's are still fine i guess, with the original cable from like 10 years ago

>>108053688
Why didn't you return them under the 2 year warranty?

>>108055042
They were an amazon warehouse deal in canada, open box but mint when i got them. I assume there is no warranty but I haven't contacted them yet. Most of the time amazon isn't even treated like an official retailer for drop.com items. To be honest i don't even know which of the three i'd message, drop, amazon or dan clark, guess i could try all 3

drama alert!
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/ascilab-speakers-are-about-to-launch.54794/page-158#post-2512449

>>108055758
what are these two trannies argueing about?

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>>108009533
>>108014978
It's only a slight increase in mid-bass, caused by high output impedance:
124 Ohm -> +1 dB,
373 Ohm -> +2 dB,
1109 Ohm -> +3 dB,
infinite -> +4.03 dB.
EQ can achieve the same and much more.

>>108055770
From a quick glance: Amir (Ascilab US distributor) is mad at Ascilab (Korean speaker company) for taking too long to fulfil orders. Why they're discussing this in a public forum, I do not know.

>>108055959
Amir thinks he is Sound Jesus and will get uppity when he gets crossed. He had a meltdown at Olive, of all people, back when Olive made fun of his hearing on ASR and went on tirades about how Harman never send him products for free/cheap anymore.

Is DAC/amp EQ better than software EQ?

>>108056047
Lower latency probably. It's dramatically more likely to do things wrong.

>>108056047
AMP/DAC EQ sometimes gives you extra physical knobs to adjust on the device itself which is always cool and satisfying

>>108056047
It's better if the source doesn't support software EQ or when software EQ is less convenient.

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>>108055758
>we don't need you to be successful
Oh ok, it's literally the same reason he went scorched earth on Harman and started shilling Shenzhen.