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Recent experiences with Headphones / Computer Audio
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Oh man that exposed magnet/membrane would stress the hell out of me.
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lol I thought so too but then I went to Can Jam Dubai and the French dude there took his phone and slammed it on the exposed driver then rubbed it all over it and then said - yah, still sounds the same!
So it gave me confidence to indulge. I love it. Plus I keep the covers on when not in use.
On another note, tried Heddphone D1 today and Meze Alba IEMs.
D1 is a great headphone with good bass and overall great resolution with a fast dynamic driver. However, it was dark af and lacking air up top. Felt congested. Came home and listened to my Arya Unveiled and there is no comparison, Unveiled is better.
Meze Alba started out great and has good bass but the treble is sharp and female vocals sibilant.
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I have a pair of Senns 6XX in the mail today getting a Balanced cable tommorow. Everyone says the 6XX is better than the 660 I really like my 58X for about 3 years I didn't use them but found they work good with either my IFI Zen Dac 3 or the Fosi Dac I usually play games at night so I can't have speakers full blast at 2:00am. I guess the 6XX is harder to drive my Model one sounds better but I hate the design 
I changed out the Pads on the senns with Silcon pads I know it's going to be hot the stock pads on the Senns collect dust really good and find them scratchy.
I changed out the Pads on the senns with Silcon pads I know it's going to be hot the stock pads on the Senns collect dust really good and find them scratchy.
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These are so good Way better than my 58X you just need the volume slightly higher to drive them. I thought the Ear Cups would need to be changed but they are way softer than the stuff on my 58X. I'll get the balanced cable tommorow see what that brings.
Way better than my 58X you just need the volume slightly higher to drive them. I thought the Ear Cups would need to be changed but they are way softer than the stuff on my 58X. I'll get the balanced cable tommorow see what that brings.
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I didn't like the 6XX. Sold them off at a 20$ loss lol. After my other cans it felt like 20-25% of sound cues/details were missing.
FWIW I took out the foam from the outside grilles on the 58X and I thought it helped make them less claustrophobic sounding, they are fairly similar to the original HD660S but with the whole EQ response shifted more toward bass and less toward treble.These are so good
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Your ears ever Ring? When I used that Balanced cable got some pretty good Ringing of the Ears.
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I have been using balanced cables exclusively with my cans. No ringing for me. I think with K13 R2R it would be hard for me to get ringing as it is a warm DAC.
balanced just gives you more output so turn it down you young whipper snapper! lol
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Today was audition day. Listened to HE-1, some Dan Clark stuff, some Warwick Acoustics stuff.
Didn’t get a chance to try some other things.
Didn’t get a chance to try some other things.
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E3 was very good. Also liked Aeon 2 flow. But I still prefer my Arya Unveiled over them.
They look nice and seem high quality but I'm not sure I'm totally into headphones that are 1:1 with the harman eq curve, anytime I've tried one of the EQs for that I've not liked it plus most of the fun from headphones is that they don't sound neutral.
Speaking of Harman, this is a mighty interesting video. While Harman curve was a step in the right direction compared to the chaos headphone design was before, it is still not the magic one-size-fits-all bullet. Simply because individual HRTF differs from person to person.
View: https://youtu.be/JVW53wmo-04
For me personally Harman is mostly spot on. However not all headphones sound the best if I apply an EQ that matches it religiously, instead they sound the best when I apply a couple of selective EQs that fix an obvious issue and leave it there. In this case my Hifiman HE400SE and Hifiman HE500 are a good example. For those only a bass shelf and fixing the low 2khz region (typical for all Hifiman) produced the best sound. Going all in for the Harman actually makes them sound bit worse with smaller soundstage.
On the other hand, with DT770 I apply an Harman EQ preset as is, either from AutoEQ or from Oratory1990, (latter is usually better) and the result is an immediate improvement all over. DT770 has too many problem areas to try to fix them individually without a help from measurement rig.
View: https://youtu.be/JVW53wmo-04
For me personally Harman is mostly spot on. However not all headphones sound the best if I apply an EQ that matches it religiously, instead they sound the best when I apply a couple of selective EQs that fix an obvious issue and leave it there. In this case my Hifiman HE400SE and Hifiman HE500 are a good example. For those only a bass shelf and fixing the low 2khz region (typical for all Hifiman) produced the best sound. Going all in for the Harman actually makes them sound bit worse with smaller soundstage.
On the other hand, with DT770 I apply an Harman EQ preset as is, either from AutoEQ or from Oratory1990, (latter is usually better) and the result is an immediate improvement all over. DT770 has too many problem areas to try to fix them individually without a help from measurement rig.
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I now despise the term Harman as the sound produced with that tuning is not my jam. I really do not enjoy it.
Similarly, I also hate Beyer Dynamics. They sound unnatural to me. They actually make my ears bleed.
As for EQ, I absolutely dislike Oratory's EQs as everything after that sounds the same. It is really not my jam and completely kills the individuality of the headphones.
Personally, I buy all these headphones with the idea that I want to enjoy their individuality and how they change the music and gaming for me. Only headphones I am EQ-ing right now are Audeze Maxwell 2 as they just respond so well to it. Similarly, HyperX C3S I EQ-ed once to my liking and now it just works. I also EQ my Arya Unveiled a little bit and have that profile saved on my K13 R2R. That's it. All other headphones, I now run without EQ. It is the best feeling to swap across them and see what are strengths of one vs. another.
That's just my opinion on this whole topic.
Similarly, I also hate Beyer Dynamics. They sound unnatural to me. They actually make my ears bleed.
As for EQ, I absolutely dislike Oratory's EQs as everything after that sounds the same. It is really not my jam and completely kills the individuality of the headphones.
Personally, I buy all these headphones with the idea that I want to enjoy their individuality and how they change the music and gaming for me. Only headphones I am EQ-ing right now are Audeze Maxwell 2 as they just respond so well to it. Similarly, HyperX C3S I EQ-ed once to my liking and now it just works. I also EQ my Arya Unveiled a little bit and have that profile saved on my K13 R2R. That's it. All other headphones, I now run without EQ. It is the best feeling to swap across them and see what are strengths of one vs. another.
That's just my opinion on this whole topic.
I on the other hand want headphones to sound "correct". I am a neutrality fiend, as misguided as that goal usually is, any kind of obvious, heavy handed coloration is a flaw. Within reason, I do enjoy occasional bass boost as much as any music loving person.
Anyway, a continuation for the previous video.
View: https://youtu.be/s0nZCXyDTz4
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I can understand that. I just prefer different sound sigs for different moods. Neutrality is fine but it is so bland that I don't quite enjoy it.
The big reason I like neutral speakers, or Harman curve phones (which are basically neutral to how we hear things) is that then modifying from that is easier. If you have flat DACs, flat amps, flat speakers, a good room, etc, then it is much easier to dial in the mods you want. It is harder when something is inherently unbalanced. Particularly if it is a case where you need to boost some frequencies a lot, since that costs amplifier headroom and can lead to distortion. Likewise if there's a big resonance at a frequency it can make things in that range really boom, but if you don't want that, good luck taming it just with EQ.
So when feasible I like things to be neutral, then I can add whatever changes on top of that make me happy.
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I agree with the approach but personally, I can't be arsed tuning headphones. Plus I have an issue when I move from device to device, I don't want to tune it all the time and invest in EQ capabilities across platforms. That is why I own 10 headphones/IEMs and love different sound sigs.
It is an inefficient way to optimize my enjoyment but is more efficient overall on my time. I have auditioned close to 120 headphones and over a dozen IEMs. I really enjoyed my time auditioning everything from most expensive headphone (Senny HE-1) to the cheapest Ugreen Max5C. There is still a sea of headphones and IEMs I want to spend time with and that is the beauty of sound. There is no single good sound. It's a lot of variations which I love and sometimes hate. And that to me is part of the fun and satiating my curiosity on how people perceive sounds differently.
I am still a noob in this whole space and only spent a bit over 7.5 months doing the above. But I love the journey. By sticking to a single tuning, it is too big of a compromise to make for me personally. Plus neutral tuning is exactly what I don't appreciate or enjoy
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Walmart has a Razer Headphone with Dac for 200.00 it's half off I might pick it up after my shift been sitting there for months due to price.
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After spending time with my headphones I don’t think I can listen to these gamer headsets anymore. Only 3 gamer headsets I would recommend are:
HyperX cloud 3 S if you want to spend less than 150$
Rog Kithara if you have 300$ and want a wired solution
Audeze Maxwell 2 if you want wireless high end planar solution
Everything else is BS, IMO
HyperX cloud 3 S if you want to spend less than 150$
Rog Kithara if you have 300$ and want a wired solution
Audeze Maxwell 2 if you want wireless high end planar solution
Everything else is BS, IMO
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What type of music are you listening to like Arabic stuff or American? That Arabic stuff has alot of twangy stuff.
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lol not Arabic. I only listen to English music.
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in case anyone else has never heard this "harman" term before...
https://www.howtogeek.com/what-is-the-harman-curve-and-why-do-people-like-it-so-much/
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That is a good article.
And as pointed out, it is not the holy grail that every headphone must aim and hit with 100% accuracy. It is a sort of guideline, a reference showing how generally well designed headphone looks like when measured. But how high is the bass shelf and treble hump depends entirely on the listener. Human hearing is generally the same through bass to mids but as shown in the videos I linked above, beyond 1khz it can wary wildly from person to person. One person spot on treble can sound piercing or veiled for another. It is not just a matter of taste, it is real physical thing that can be even measured with in-ear microphones.