For iems: I think amt iems will be more common and maybe planar hybrid iems.

For headphones: Chinese open backs may be even more common since moondrop is in the game now

Beyerdynamic house sound is V-shaped. 80 ohm are slightly different than other models of the DT770. More midbass and less treble.

Yeah, I can't say I was very impressed with Atmos for headphones. I just don't think it works very well with source audio that isn't set up for it. The idea of just magically turning a 2.0 stereo system into Atmos is another thing but, I think it can sometimes sound pretty good if a game or something offers it natively like OW2.

Get high enough that ladder to the point you start looking for the flaws in the mastering of any track

OP literally just compared a $160 TWS to $300+ wired headphones. well done!

Bluetooth buttplug subwoofer is the answer

What does "hollow" mean sonically?

Try the Little Dot MKII

>it sounded so hollow like the character was speaking into an empty pringles can, and footsteps sounded like corrupted sound files.

If you ever get a chance, try the HD 6XX/600. They both make vocals sound insanely good.

I’m still works. I bought it used after my schit died…. I hope I didn’t make a mistake! I use it every day.

Good first choice. Now time for a dac and amp.

How do you feel about the Clear and 6XX? I owned the Elear, and the sound was unnatural, same with the clear. I own the hd560s now, and they also sound unnatural to me. Considering buying the galaxy buds 2 pro, so maybe they sound right to me then, if we have opposite ears haha.

Says so right in their front page:

>Yep, Schiit is our name, and it's pronounced, well, like "hey man, that's some really good Schiit!"

I am just a lay speculating.

Next technical step is that headphone manufacturers will measure their headphones and publish the measurements on their websites. They will also publish the accompanying correction files for software equalization.

The step after that may be measuring their headphones individually. It is not very expensive. And gives great value by smoothing the highs.

I actually really don’t like using my good headphones for gaming and use a hyper x cloud headset for gaming.

For music is a different story

I disagree. If it was just tuning then everyone [manufacturers and users] would just tune their headphone to be similar to HD600.

I got the sense that it'll quit after a couple years or so in, seeing them frequently for sale online for Parts. The original, non-Drop THX amp (forget the model number? with the digital display, I rarely see for sale used, and people still pay a good amount for it - little doubt that it's built better.

But there are other amps in the similar price range that have a noise floor nearly as low, and inaudible in any case, you might check out. Topping, SMSL?

Thanks for sharing this! Always good to see your posts. :)

I've been thinking about this a lot lately. I often play my Susvara and HE6se v2 through an entry level Cambridge Class AB speaker amp (nothing over the top in the least), and generally hover around 50-60% volume, which gives me a comfortable ~75 dB average, with spikes in the low 80's. Similarly, I do find the sound to be subjectively fuller in the low end, and smoother overall, through extended long-term listening. Especially when watching action movies or shows, the dynamic and visceral snaps/cracks of gunshots and explosions sometimes do cause me to involuntarily flinch a bit, which isn't always observed in other setups - at least in the context of these hard to drive planars. And this is compared against headphone amps that are not lacking in powering, on paper, like the Schiit Lyr 3 and Jotunheim 2.

What I wonder is if the design of speaker amps just inherently have "a sound" (whether if by topology, design, component choices, etc.) that contributes to these types of sound impressions, rather than it being simply a characteristic of having excessive power on reserve. Any thoughts on this?

>it sounded so hollow like the character was speaking into an empty pringles can, and footsteps sounded like corrupted sound files

Yup, that's the 770s. Quite good at revealing crunchy footstep noises, with decent imaging to boot.

Try listening to some music with it next time. Quite exciting and dynamic imo.

Well... With these, and similar, it's as much about the features as it is about the sounds

no tw will sound as good as what you have. maybe one day. i only use my tw for podcasts and audiobooks

Up the headphone ladder at some point it gets extremely hard to hear any flaws tbh...

Battlefield sound is the best. Playing 2042 with HD800s is so immersive.

Its all the same as another bass shaker, right?

Sundaras are my favourites, for the money I have!