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Agarvaen
Poland16 Posts
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DERPDERP
Kyrgyzstan189 Posts
On June 17 2012 08:27 Agarvaen wrote: Does sound quality of headphones degrade in time or in other words how long would a pair of mid range cans (300$) last, assuming they would be used 6h / day ? As far as I know they sound only gets better, at least when comparing new and used headphones.. Sorta like running in a new car :D | ||
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QuoC
United States724 Posts
looking for a headset that has really nice bass but can still maintain clean sound (meaning I don't want my headphones rattling with bass and unable to hear the lyrics to a song). I listen to trance, rap/hip-hop. Budget is $350.. was going to go with Beats Pro by Dre, but I thought I'd give this a chance. Thread looks promising. Thanks so much guys, any advice/recommendations would be greatly appreciated!  | ||
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QuackPocketDuck
410 Posts
On June 17 2012 11:17 QuoC wrote: headphone noob here. looking for a headset that has really nice bass but can still maintain clean sound (meaning I don't want my headphones rattling with bass and unable to hear the lyrics to a song). I listen to trance, rap/hip-hop. Budget is $350.. was going to go with Beats Pro by Dre, but I thought I'd give this a chance. Thread looks promising. Thanks so much guys, any advice/recommendations would be greatly appreciated! Awesome start budget  guessing your second pair of headphones will be around at $1k mark! you are on the right track :DI suggest looking at studio monitoring / hi fi closed back set of headphones, you naturally get more bass on closed back design (trying to not be bias towards certains brands) Not getting Beats is a good idea, if you dont trust all the flame wars over Beats headphones on online hi fi forums Just compare their specs to any normal audio brand headphone in the same price range and usually Beats loose.. You might want to have a better look in this thread aswell as theres a fair bit of information in regards to amps and dacs. GLHF btw we need a Monitors thread :p | ||
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
On June 17 2012 08:52 DERPDERP wrote: As far as I know they sound only gets better, at least when comparing new and used headphones.. Sorta like running in a new car :D Yeah, my understanding is that you have to "burn-in" your headphones which takes something like 40-50 hours? Though at some point I suppose the headphones will die, but I'm not sure about their true life span (not counting catastrophic damage ;; ). | ||
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GarethGore
United Kingdom59 Posts
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starstern
5 Posts
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kineSiS-
Korea (South)1068 Posts
On June 18 2012 02:57 starstern wrote: the dt880 is the cream of the crop to many ,but needs amps ,and been told ,amps source mattares whether warmer or colder sound quality ,i narrowed it down to the two top high end amps headroomamps and fiio e17 ,just waiting to hear someone who actually experienced both to tell what difference had expirienced ? The FiiO E17 cannot drive the DT880. Well, it depends on the impedance of the version that you pick. The 600 Ohm version has been established to have the best sound. You would need a desktop amplifier to get the best sound. Most amplifiers below 1000 USD will not be very transparent and add hints of coloration but I doubt you're looking for that sort of fidelity. I recommend the E7 and E9 combo. The E9i also can function as a iPod dock. Remember the 1/8th rule. Always make sure the output impedance of the headphone amplifier is at the LEAST 1/8th the impedance of the headphone. | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
When you carefully level-match two different amplifiers** to the same volume and don't let people know which of the two they're listening to, the differences start disappearing. Translation: a lot of it is just in peoples' heads, because they expect to hear a certain something. There's a lot of money to be made by convincing people they need something better or different. For many reasons, I would be very careful in reading any kind of amp / DAC / whatever audio review. **with low enough noise floor, low enough output impedance for the headphones, flat enough frequency response when running the headphones, low enough distortion when running the headphones, enough power for the headphones, etc.—for many expensive headphones, even some amps under $100 probably qualify. The requirements for different headphones would be different, and for many, the 1/8th (1/10th? 1/4th?) impedance rule probably isn't even important. Granted, for some headphones, many may legitimately prefer using an amp that doesn't satisfy those requirements. E7/E9 can be docked together, but it's technically (electrically) somewhat inferior to E10 with E9. For a lot of headphones, you can just cut out the E9 too. If you don't listen kind of loud on quietly-recorded music, you can probably just get away with using E10 with DT880 250 ohms version. Those kinds of solid-state electronics tend to sound just fine until right before the clipping point, so don't be scared of running the volume knob high. E17 can be used as a portable amp and has some EQ controls, but for desktop use I'm not sure if it is actually better (probably not worse would be my guess). | ||
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slytown
Korea (South)1411 Posts
http://www.head-fi.org/t/614720/chiunifi-6-meet-impressions-thread ![[image loading]](http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a170/hooked7/ChiUniFi%206/P1020556.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a170/hooked7/ChiUniFi%206/P1020555.jpg) | ||
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BleaK_
Norway593 Posts
On June 17 2012 11:17 QuoC wrote: headphone noob here. looking for a headset that has really nice bass but can still maintain clean sound (meaning I don't want my headphones rattling with bass and unable to hear the lyrics to a song). I listen to trance, rap/hip-hop. Budget is $350.. was going to go with Beats Pro by Dre, but I thought I'd give this a chance. Thread looks promising. Thanks so much guys, any advice/recommendations would be greatly appreciated! Get the Denon 2000 and a dac/amp (like fiio e10) and you are set for a long long time. | ||
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fatfail
United States386 Posts
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starstern
5 Posts
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starstern
5 Posts
[QUOTE]On June 18 2012 02:57 starstern wrote: the dt880 is the cream of the crop to many ,but needs amps ,and been told ,amps source mattares whether warmer or colder sound quality ,i narrowed it down to the two top high end amps headroomamps and fiio e17 ,just waiting to hear someone who actually experienced both to tell what difference had expirienced ?[/QUOTE] The FiiO E17 cannot drive the DT880. Well, it depends on the impedance of the version that you pick. The 600 Ohm version has been established to have the best sound. You would need a desktop amplifier to get the best sound. Most amplifiers below 1000 USD will not be very transparent and add hints of coloration but I doubt you're looking for that sort of fidelity. am getting the 250ohms version | ||
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VirtuallyJesse
United States398 Posts
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kineSiS-
Korea (South)1068 Posts
On June 19 2012 02:27 slytown wrote: ChiUniFi 6 meet impressions thread from last weekend. Check it out. Amazing stuff I got a chance to listen to. http://www.head-fi.org/t/614720/chiunifi-6-meet-impressions-thread WORST TIME TO GO TO KOREA! | ||
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Bambipwnsu
Canada698 Posts
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decafchicken
United States20078 Posts
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Bambipwnsu
Canada698 Posts
On June 20 2012 12:27 decafchicken wrote: I use sennheiser cx200 or cx300 (dont remember which) for the gym. got em for like 15$ shipped. Pretty durable and solid sound for something you don't need to worry too much about. Thank you, i see it's probably the cx200 which I think the lowest price is around 19$ which isn't too shabby. Definitely considering those as part of the purchase. For a main set of IEM's at just under 100$ i'm looking at either RE0 or brainwavz m3...and I have a hard time deciding between the two now. I like all kinds of music and I do enjoy some house music from time to time. From what i've read the RE0 are pretty bass-light, so I might be better suited off with something more well rounded. Any insight? edit: I do value sturdiness and durability since I tend to break headphones quite fast... | ||
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fatfail
United States386 Posts
On June 20 2012 12:27 decafchicken wrote: I use sennheiser cx200 or cx300 (dont remember which) for the gym. got em for like 15$ shipped. Pretty durable and solid sound for something you don't need to worry too much about. Hey I've been using cx200's for 3 years now. I bought them for 25. Despite the fact the jack looks like it is in terrible condition, the sennheiser stickers have fallen off, and the entire thing looks disgusting and horrible, the sound remains good and it functions well. I've been considered upgrading to cx300. | ||
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