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Palladium posted:grado stuff has the quality of a small shoddy chinese manufacturing workshop, except made in USA People need to start giving credit where credit is due to Chinese manufacturing. US manufacturing is crap now for the most part, unfortunately. It's not just Grado.
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isn't the non-rebranded-Chinese Grado stuff literally just made by some dudes in a shoddy basement
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Mar 6, 2023 17:14
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Yeah it's one of their pride points that they've used the same methods to make their stuff since they started making headphones, and the tradition story is catnip to people who want to believe they're supporting a small upstart company fighting the big corporations and not a company so big they're getting brand deals to make Pokemon headphones. For what it's worth I like Grados enough but I'd never buy anything but their cheapest ones because if you're trying to get balanced sound and not hilarious treble out of Grados you might as well just buy Sennheisers and save yourself a few hundred. Also "we make our own products" has become this weird thing for a bunch of headphone companies. You see Meze do this too, everyone's aping old AKG even though it just means you own your own factory and if that's what matters, so do a bunch of Chinese headphone manufacturers.
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Mar 6, 2023 17:21
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I use my old SR60’s (the originals I bought in 2002 or so) for setting up vocal EQ for podcasts and training videos. If I can get it sounding good on those, it’ll sound like butter on everything else.
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Mar 6, 2023 17:36
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dammit i kinda want those pokemon phones
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Mar 6, 2023 18:33
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I like Grados in that I’m collector scum(TM) and think a set of SR-80-whatevers are nice to have in the stable if you’re a weirdo that likes having a different variety of headphones, but lmao at making them or one of their more expensive siblings your only/“endgame” headphones
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Mar 6, 2023 23:35
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They’re also not really budget any more, at $80 they were a fun novelty but now they start at $100 they’re up against the budget planars and better closed backs.
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Mar 7, 2023 01:42
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njsykora posted:They’re also not really budget any more, at $80 they were a fun novelty but now they start at $100 they’re up against the budget planars and better closed backs. apropos of which: what are the choice reasonably priced planars of today? Is it still the Sundara?
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Mar 7, 2023 02:41
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Pretty much, though the QC is hit or miss
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Mar 7, 2023 03:03
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Ok Comboomer posted:apropos of which: what are the choice reasonably priced planars of today? Is it still the Sundara? Hifiman do the HE400 which I consider the entry level planar, but I do love the Sundara for $300. It feels like the industry has moved all planar development to IEMs now though where it's the new-ish hotness, the last planar headphone to come out that I felt had any hype around it was the Moondrop Venus but that's $500 so still out of Sundara territory. Then Audeze is still doing stuff but they still haven't figured out what tuning is. Mr. Mercury posted:Pretty much, though the QC is hit or miss Yeah I got told when I got my Sundaras last year that the pads would disintegrate within 6 months but 14 months later they're not even showing signs of wear. QC is always a lottery.
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Ok Comboomer posted:apropos of which: what are the choice reasonably priced planars of today? Is it still the Sundara? I’m liking my he400i+atom amp+ combo, sounds clean and effortless. Take that with a grain of salt tho - All my money has gone towards the speaker setup, I’ve never been *that* into headphones.
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Mar 7, 2023 03:31
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njsykora posted:Yeah I got told when I got my Sundaras last year that the pads would disintegrate within 6 months but 14 months later they're not even showing signs of wear. QC is always a lottery. Oh, I was more referring to the random channel death, but the 2020 pads are much improved from the old ones e. if it hasn't happened within a year you're probably fine fwiw Mr. Mercury fucked around with this message at 08:36 on Mar 7, 2023 |
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Ok Comboomer posted:apropos of which: what are the choice reasonably priced planars of today? Is it still the Sundara? I'd say the Sundara is worth saving up for. It's the one headphone Hifiman has figured out how to make reliably, and after demoing a lot of more expensive stuff, anything after Sundara is where diminishing returns start setting in hard. The Sundara also responds very well to EQ in a way that the old standard in that price bracket, the Sennheiser HD6X0, doesn't. With EQ and an amp you can pump in the sort of bass shelf that many popular music genres need for enjoyment, e.g. hip-hop, electronic, pop. The comfort can be kind of a pain though since the earcups don't have much room, and the headband does not have cup swivel. njsykora posted:Hifiman do the HE400 which I consider the entry level planar, but I do love the Sundara for $300. It feels like the industry has moved all planar development to IEMs now though where it's the new-ish hotness, the last planar headphone to come out that I felt had any hype around it was the Moondrop Venus but that's $500 so still out of Sundara territory. Then Audeze is still doing stuff but they still haven't figured out what tuning is. I feel like this is more of a function of how much easier it is to develop IEMs versus headphones. The Chinese IEM manufacturers (Thieaudio, Moondrop) are now discovering how hard it can be to get headphones right. The Venus seems like it's tuned well but the ergonomics are all wrong, a la Audeze, and the Void kinda can't compete with the Sennheisers in that price range. I'm very curious about the Moondrop e-stat, as Topping has developed an energizer to go along with the Moondrop e-stat, and energizers are the real pain in the rear end about e-stats. I will say that Audeze are learning about tuning. I thought the MM-500 I demoed, while not for me, was generally good if you like a sort of warm-neutral tuning a la HD650/6XX though it's way too expensive. And the Maxwell, while designed as a gaming headset first, had good tuning. I'm sure Audeze will maintain their classic tunings for audiophiles: https://twitter.com/ResolveReviews/status/1631355705163923456?s=20 RIP Paul Walker posted:I’m liking my he400i+atom amp+ combo, sounds clean and effortless. Take that with a grain of salt tho - All my money has gone towards the speaker setup, I’ve never been *that* into headphones. Every time I see someone on headphone forums get really picky about slam, dynamics, and soundstage, I want to yell "it's time to get speakers!"
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Yeah I neither have the money nor space to have a decent speaker setup, also being a night worker I'm not usually listening at civilised hours. Hence headphones.
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njsykora posted:Yeah I neither have the money nor space to have a decent speaker setup, also being a night worker I'm not usually listening at civilised hours. Hence headphones. iLoud micro monitors are small, cheap, sounds amazing and works well on low volumes. First hand experience Palladium fucked around with this message at 07:25 on Mar 8, 2023 |
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Palladium posted:iLoud micro monitors are small, cheap, sounds amazing and works well on low volumes. First hand experience there’s better for the money with passives + an amp/receiver and better bang for buck with other monitors/computer speakers iLouds are cool but they really make sense as travel/field monitors for pros that need them or for a really space constrained production desktop. Somebody on a budget/looking to fill a room with sound could go with a pair of JBL 305 for bigger or Audioengine A2+ for smaller and spend $50-$100 less.
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Palladium posted:iLoud micro monitors are small, cheap, sounds amazing and works well on low volumes. First hand experience Even cheaper option for low volume night listening is the Bose Companion 2*, especially if you buy them used. I’ve got electrostats, 5 subwoofers, and everything managed by Dirac in the living room and still like mine in my tiny office after 12 years. Bose does funny things with DSP and bass response that does a great job tricking your brain into thinking you’re hearing deep bass. I’ve tried the iLouds and they sound “better” but not as well-rounded. *the DSP is tuned for desk use, so have them on a hard flat surface like a desk or dresser for best bass performance.
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I've found that some decent calibration removes a lot of the need to crank the volume but then again I use a cinema amp with a separate sub for music so it will auto level itself. Also audiophiles hate the idea of someone listening to music on a cinema amp, and to make it worse I cast to it to do it 
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Spotify Connect on my Denon receiver is just so easy.
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Oh yeah 90% of my "streaming" is just to my Onkyo receiver via Chromecast. CD Quality through Chromecast is plenty  Learn this one weird trick audiophiles don't want you to know!
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I’ve started streaming to my tv instead of my receiver because I get album art
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i play youtube from my phone by LDAC BT to my Topping D50S like a maladjusted individual
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Palladium posted:i play youtube from my phone by LDAC BT to my Topping D50S like a maladjusted individual Me too, do you notice sync issues? I don't
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redeyes posted:Me too, do you notice sync issues? I don't yes there's wee bit of audio lag with respect to the video if i listened carefully but otherwise my brain filters it out
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qirex posted:I’ve started streaming to my tv instead of my receiver because I get album art
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Now you got me thinking about a Pi, with a square screen just for cover art. Seems that 4" is the largest though. I guess a larger 16:10 could display a cover-flow type interface quite nicely, hmmm
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Adolf Glitter posted:Now you got me thinking about a Pi, with a square screen just for cover art. Seems that 4" is the largest though.
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Adolf Glitter posted:Now you got me thinking about a Pi, with a square screen just for cover art. Seems that 4" is the largest though. You could sell a subscription service to provide 300dpi images of covers for it so that audiophiles with ten grand worth of streaming gear could more closely replicate the vinyl experience.
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Plex does it for me for free already.
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I would love to set up a raspberry pi with the Plexamp image and a screen, but I have yet to find an enclosure that wouldn’t look like poo poo on a shelf.
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Wayne Knight posted:I would love to set up a raspberry pi with the Plexamp image and a screen, but I have yet to find an enclosure that wouldn’t look like poo poo on a shelf. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004847475818.html 8in 4:3 with HDMI/VGA etc for under $100
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Humphreys posted:https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004847475818.html I have a case from an old Mac Classic and one of these (7" or 8") would fit nicely in there.
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Godzilla07 posted:Every time I see someone on headphone forums get really picky about slam, dynamics, and soundstage, I want to yell "it's time to get speakers!" especially when the audio gods has blessed us with the LSR305 and the 305p for nearly 10 years
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I picked up a MiniDSP DDRC-24 a while back and finally had a chance to get Dirac set up this weekend. Pretty striking difference with a big improvement in the soundstage and the few muddy low frequencies that plagued the room are gone now and I also added a bass boosted profile for low volume listening. I'm happy, but honestly spending hundreds of dollars for an, in the grand scheme of things, incremental improvement in sound quality borders on worthy of ridicule.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc422iIvCcY
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tweaking for onboard lmao when a spectacularly good combo DAC + HP amp such as the topping DX1 is like what, $100?
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Palladium posted:tweaking for onboard lmao The extra LOL is that it has NEC TOKIN capacitors on it. Ie quite well known by PS3 modders to be a somewhat frequent cause of failure in original PS3s
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Humphreys posted:The extra LOL is that it has NEC TOKIN capacitors on it. Ie quite well known by PS3 modders to be a somewhat frequent cause of failure in original PS3s Lol what were they tokin
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Humphreys posted:The extra LOL is that it has NEC TOKIN capacitors on it. Ie quite well known by PS3 modders to be a somewhat frequent cause of failure in original PS3s The POSICAPs? Those are extra low ESR bulk caps used on ASIC / CPU logic rails typically; I was putting those into designs around the 2009-2010 timeframe. Wonder how they are doing now…
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Humphreys posted:The extra LOL is that it has NEC TOKIN capacitors on it. Ie quite well known by PS3 modders to be a somewhat frequent cause of failure in original PS3s i like the tweako crowd obsessing at electrolytic DC filter capacitors that aren't even in the critical signal chain, when crossovers in passive speakers are built around capacitors with a manufacturing variance of +/- 5% or even 10%
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