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Black Griffon posted:If we're eliminating the 7506, I'm adding two more points to my list: Well tuned. Easy to drive. Better fits. Both designed and built this side of the turn of the century. I'd recommend walking into a physical store that sells both (musician supply store type place) if possible to make a decision if that helps. You can still buy blind online if that's not an option.
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Any recommendations for at-home headphones with wireless stations to replace a HDR175? Budget is $300 or so.
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cum calamity posted:Any recommendations for at-home headphones with wireless stations to replace a HDR175? Budget is $300 or so. None from me sorry. The last home wireless RF headphones I used were an ancestor of the ones you wish to replace. I think Pioneer and Sony still make potential home solutions in the wireless headphone for your TV range. I haven't tried them though.
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So I’m looking to upgrade my earbud/IEM situation (current are some okay wired Sony earbuds from ~6 years back). I’m primarily looking to use them at work; it tends to be hellaciously noisy around my seat and I’ve been using music to block that out, but it’d be nice to have something more modern that could help handle that on its own. Outside of that, as long as it has good sound quality on music and calls, and works wirelessly with my phone, it should be fine. I’d been looking at the Bose QuietComfort II because all the reviews I’ve seen rave about how well it blocks out sound, but $250 on sale is pretty steep. Can someone recommend a good alternative in the $100-150 USD range? I’d go a little higher if it means a big jump in quality, I imagine I’ll be using these for years.
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If you’re spending $100 on a TWS set and don’t have a specific tuning in mind the rec is always Galaxy Buds 2.
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Ayndin posted:I’d been looking at the Bose QuietComfort II because all the reviews I’ve seen rave about how well it blocks out sound, but $250 on sale is pretty steep. Can someone recommend a good alternative in the $100-150 USD range? I’d go a little higher if it means a big jump in quality, I imagine I’ll be using these for years. Well a set number of years anyway, 3 max for the most part. Anything you buy with non-removable batteries will be e-waste at that point when they won't hold a charge anymore. If you want something that sounds great with passive isolation that will work for the rest of your life, it's etymotic. ER2XR or SE depending on your bass preferences. The downside is the Deep Insertion, and it might be a deal killer so order a variety of tips and buy from a place with a great return policy.
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Dr. Fishopolis posted:Well a set number of years anyway, 3 max for the most part. Anything you buy with non-removable batteries will be e-waste at that point when they won't hold a charge anymore. I was leaning more in the wireless direction, mostly because my phone needs an adapter to use wired, but the more I think about it wired is fine/easier to deal with for other devices/doesn’t rely on me remembering to charge things. It looks like at least for the XR they come with a range of dual flange tips so hopefully that’ll be sufficient. Worst case I’ll pick up something exclusively for my phone down the road.
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holy poo poo portapros are 30 bux on Amazon right now https://a.co/d/hviEJJi
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drat for that price you could get some good headphones instead.
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Another 10 dollars to go and your KortaPro will almost catch up with the Brazilian price!
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njsykora posted:drat for that price you could get some good headphones instead. I already have good headphones, I want headphones that are pocketable
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njsykora posted:drat for that price you could get some good headphones instead. Hell you could buy some fine sounding budget chi-fi IEMs instead and save ten bucks.
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Semi crosspost from the running thread: I am wanting some headphones that will let me run outside, but be aware of my surroundings. I already have a pair of noise cancelling earbuds I like, but am wary to wear them while running outdoors when cars may be an issue. I have been led to believe that what I want are bone conduction headphones, but I can't seem to find much on how well or not they work outside of "BEST HEADPHONES OF 2022" articles, which are terrible. When I look at online storefronts, it sounds like many brands are really just "loud headphones near your ears" rather than bone conduction. Do these actually work? What brand should I look for? Is there a good place to read up on them, or am I just barking up the wrong tree here?
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Xenix posted:Semi crosspost from the running thread: Turn the noise cancelling off entirely and lower your volume to the level that a person talking to you will make an audible murmer, thus alerting you, even when there is music playing. It doesn't matter how the noise gets to your ears if its still drowning everything out because you want to listen to a live concert recording at high volume. I'm not saying you should buy them but my bose quietcomfort earbuds have a setting where they actually amplify external sounds so you hear absolutely everything around you even with music going. Do your current noise cancelling buds have that feature? DancingShade fucked around with this message at 05:18 on Nov 26, 2022 |
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Xenix posted:Semi crosspost from the running thread: I've heard literally hundreds of runners rave about Shockz bone-conducting headphones. I tried a pair a couple years ago, but I just didn't find them that compelling. The sound was good-ish, but obviously a step down from anything that actually went in your ear. Additionally, I didn't find they actually solved the issue of being able to hear your surroundings while listening to stuff that well. For instance, I figured I could use them to listen to Podcasts while doing work around the house and still hear my kids talking to me, but I found I had to actually pause the audio and have my kids repeat what they said. Now I just use normal in-ears (Samsung Buds+, typically) with "pass-through" setting (what DancingShade was talking about) that I can toggle when I need to be aware of cars.
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I have an old pair of Sony earclip earbuds that are non-isolating. None of the bone conduction sets I've tried have been great and as you said, most of them bleed noise like crazy so I'm not convinced of the whole bone conduction thing. Any wireless buds with a decent transparency mode would also be good, or if you wanted to go full stupid you could get one of those pairs of audio sunglasses that was briefly a thing a year or so ago.
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I've got a set of Samsung AKG wireless earbuds I got with my phone and a disintegrating AKG N700 I got with a previous phone, and of the two, the N700 definitely has the best ambient noise passthrough, but they're not ideal for running. I generally have to take the earbuds out if I want to hear what a cashier is saying, even with ambient noise on, but with the N700 I can just hit the button.
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I have a pair of newer/nicer bone conduction headphones (aftershok aeropex which are now called something else) and I’ll agree that their application is more limited than good ANC IEM’s that have a passtrough/transparency mode. They do have a bit of an edge on being able to hear traffic noise if that is your most important criteria, and the microphone is surprisingly good. I use them 100% for podcasts, never music, because 
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My less than 2month old 6XX's developed a crack in the headband from, as far as I can tell, normal use. Anyone dealt with warranty repairs with drop/senn before? How boned am I?
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qirex posted:Beats Flex go on sale a lot and are reasonably durable for kid use. Not sure about your local prices, though. If they’re too much JBL or 1more make cheap reliable wireless buds in the same style. Went for these - thanks for the suggestion. Hope she doesn't lose/destroy them too quickly!
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ChiTownEddie posted:My less than 2month old 6XX's developed a crack in the headband from, as far as I can tell, normal use. Anyone dealt with warranty repairs with drop/senn before? How boned am I? YMMV but I had a very good experience with Drop. They replaced my keyboard that had gone bad without question.
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mariooncrack posted:YMMV but I had a very good experience with Drop. They replaced my keyboard that had gone bad without question. That gives me some hope at least haha, thanks. While I am here, is there a defacto rec for some closed back headphones in the ~150 USD range? I mainly listen to post rock if that's a factor. It'd be connected to a fulla for my PC or iFi Go Blu for my phone.
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ChiTownEddie posted:That gives me some hope at least haha, thanks. AKG K361.
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Portapros arrived, been using them for a few hours. Not sure what you guys were complaining about, the sound is a bit bass-heavy and I don't love the cheap unreplaceable cable but these are perfectly good headphones for 30 bucks. Plus they fold up.
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I got in some deep Schiit, y'all. I was already looking at a DAC/amp combo from Schiit when suddenly the ones I was looking at disappeared and were replaced with a new generation, Magni+ and Modi+. I ended up picking up the little stack and they sound great - no obvious deficiencies at all to my ears, noticeable improvement over my audio interface's headphone out (well, being USB powered it's got some limitations to be fair, vs. the Magni's like +/-16v up to 5W between both channels, surprisingly powerful at the price range - but that's based on old expectations, I dunno, maybe there are other nice ones available at the price now, "this one is mine"), and my headphones that are more demanding on power delivery to sound right appreciate the upgrade very much. Then Schiit did something weird for them and had their first ever Black Friday sale (still ongoing) - that put the Loki Mini+ down to $99, and I jumped on one to make it a "complete" little rig, why not. I asked if the Loki Mini+ is on the chopping block soon since they feature the older 4-screws-on-top chassis, and in their Magni+ & Magni Heretic/Modi+ announcement post Schiit noted that they've moved to a different aim for how they're stamping their enclosures. Jason said the product will remain the same circuit, but it will get an updated chassis in 2023. I'm 10,000% fine with screws on top, I don't give half a schiit where the screws are TBH and $50 off is cool. Also, I got the ATH-A990Z in today! I think they're a very fine continuation of the lineup. I used to really love the old A900 in the 2000s - I think they've made them smaller since then, because I remember the A900 being as big around as a CD but these are a little more reasonably sized, and fit a little more snugly which is for the best. No need to get any rubber bands out after 'em. I love their overall sound profile, a little bit more bass and lower mids than the A900 going by memory (... for what that's worth, it has been a while y'all) but a great overall perception of stereo image, and a very "fun" sound. I refurbished my old DT-770 250-ohm with some new pads and they are almost shockingly improved, but the old pads were really... really worn out, to the point that they sat supra-aurally and had no noise isolation anymore, so that's probably par for the course even if it was  to hear. I think when I get an updated Beyer I'll go for the DT-700 Pro X to see what they're doing with that one.Getting back into headphones has been a lot of fun 
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Outrail posted:Okay okay you've convinced me, I'll get a pair of the ear dildos. So I got a pair of the Etymotic’s ER2XR. Great sound, feels like getting skull-hosed by two robots. Would buy again. Thanks thread!
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ER2XR is reallllly good but I can't use them because microphonics are fing horrible and the fit cant work for my bendy canals. Sad but sok. things I've checked out recently that are good: Xduoo XA-10 amp/dac/bt. LDAC which works perfect, 2w output, AKM dac. Class A amp. Sounds amazing. Burson Playmate 2, good but Xduoo is better. I got a Gishelli Jnog 2 DAC and upgraded with a Sparkos SS2590 and that thing is unbelievable. HIGHLY recommended and not that cheap. The stage is absolutely bonkers massive, deep, wide, etc. It's so good I ordered their Archel 2.5XL and then also am going to mod it with the Sparkos. Gishelli is doing the mods for me basically, and testing them with an APx. SWEET. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUDrgWJiWFc
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Picked up the Sony WH-1000XM5's from Woot on a Woot-Off for 269 which I believe the lowest it's ever been and other stores (including Amazon proper) are only selling for ~350 for Cyber Monday. Nice little thing to have for work.
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redeyes posted:Sparkos SS2590 Cool post in general but these things have me fascinated right now - so they're making discrete topology circuits that slot into op-amp sockets, provided there's room? I have to admit I am impressed by how much the Magni+/Modi+ has added to my listening experience; I'm more open to eventually trying a more expensive amp than I used to be. One day - this is doing great for me right now and it is not a priority for the near future. Agreed fucked around with this message at 08:28 on Nov 29, 2022 |
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Thinking of getting myself the Sony LinkBuds S for music, podcasts, audio books etc. Currently £120 in the UK. Good price or would I be better with something else ? Was considering the Sony WF-1000XM4 but some reviews say they're quite uncomfortable after a while.
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Outrail posted:So I got a pair of the Etymotic’s ER2XR. Great sound, feels like getting skull-hosed by two robots. Would buy again. Thanks thread! I also picked up a pair of these on the thread’s advice, and while I’ve just started using them I am impressed at how well they block out noise, at the sound quality, and at their skull drilling level. Slightly concerned they might get uncomfortable after a few hours but once I sit them in the ear right they feel pretty good. Overall pretty happy, thanks!
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WattsvilleBlues posted:Thinking of getting myself the Sony LinkBuds S for music, podcasts, audio books etc. Currently £120 in the UK. Good price or would I be better with something else ? Was considering the Sony WF-1000XM4 but some reviews say they're quite uncomfortable after a while. Depends on how long "a while" is to you. I can wear the xm4 for over an hour before i start to notice them, but I also virtually never need to wear them for more than an hour Also bought the comply tips for mine and they seem to help
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emdash posted:Depends on how long "a while" is to you. I can wear the xm4 for over an hour before i start to notice them, but I also virtually never need to wear them for more than an hour A while meaning a few hours. An hour definitely feels a bit too short before discomfort.
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I dug out my old Buds+ and it's crazy how much better these things fit in my ears. I think it's the little wing tip things. Pretty sure I'm just going to replace my buds 2 pro with something else because I didn't love how they felt and how frequently they slipped out of my ears or needed nudging which of course registers as a tap.
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I regularly wear my xm4s for like 10 hours. No discomfort for me. The ones I had before were even heavier so these are a breeze for me. e: wow, i'm a moron, i thought this was about the over the ear ones Wiltsghost fucked around with this message at 08:44 on Nov 30, 2022 |
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Shape of IEM shell and eartips are really key. Problem is we all have different ears so finding what's best for each of us is more of an individual journey.
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Agreed posted:Cool post in general but these things have me fascinated right now - so they're making discrete topology circuits that slot into op-amp sockets, provided there's room? Correct, and you can look up how much better they measure if you desire. Bottom line, they are at the very top of the Opamp heap. Also the Archel 2.5xl is like 220 bux. The extra nice wood shell does add some bux but you can opt out of that. I don't consider that expensive at all. Having said that the sparkos were $88bux on sale, and usually $135 or so extra.
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Got the last part of the setup in today, behold my stack of Schiit: I really like 'em
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