Impossible to say without hearing it ourselves.

I like my Buds2 Pro, and I just sent back some Blessing 2s, so I guess I'm the reverse of you.

The thing to remember is ANC might not be better than passive noise cancellation, and unfortunately, you have to pick one or the other most of the time. For me, the convenience of the buds is its own thing. They're tiny in their case and quick to get in and out. Wired IEMs take a minute to set up and typically have quite large cases.

I wonder if it was the same sensation I got when I started looking for hifi headphones. I went to a hifi store and listened to sundaras, hd600, hd660s. They all souded wierd and hollow to me, after a couple of listening sessions there the hd660s sound full and fun to me.

I found with the DT 770 80ohm if you turn the volume up further than you normally would, but not so far as to hurt your hearing, you get WAY more bass and detail in the audio.

Never heard them but your ears don't lie. Your ears > blanket statements and generalizations. Now try the same game (or any game really) on a HD800s or LCD-X on an amp capable of driving them at decent volume.

Firstly, for tws sound quality is not the biggest priority for manufacturers. Portability and function is. See sennies tws (sorry sennheiser). The target audience of these consumer products is normally towards general public thus the boosted sound signature is typically used. Iems are targeted at audiophiles, people who seek sound quality. Even taking into account that there are many iems out that that sounds like shit but get high ratings.

Secondly, sound is very subjective. It depends on your preference, your songs and down to your ear canal. To avoid disappointment always demo products before buying. Fortunately for me I stay in the same country as crin so I get access to most of the stuff he demos in stall. Nvr had I tried to match tws to iems. Totally different products. Also, my iem rankings are totally different from crin lol.

The anc is working on such a small device that reduces its effectiveness. For the full anc u need to get a damn good seal. If u r looking for very good anc just go with bose qc or Sony xm4 headphones.

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First off, you aren’t in the wrong. You just have a different taste in sound. Secondly, as much as I love the DT 770, you are correct about their hollow nature. They have a dip around 200hz which makes them sound thinner, and another dip at around 3.8Khz followed by a rise in the upper treble. So I can absolutely understand why you would perceive them as sounding hollow.

Beyer headphones have always been given too much credit for how bad they sound. There are some exceptional models, by not most. They do make great gaming cans though.

Only peeps I've seen shilling these are Crinicle and tech tubers.

I was equally disappointed with the sennhieser mtw's, they are on par with £50 wired chifi's. Open them up and you can see why.

the galaxy buds have tips on them and you can even change the tips out for 3rd party tips or whatever so that it can give good isolation. if you can outside noisr that means you're on ambient mode, put it into the normal mode without anc and ambient node and with a good fit ot will block out noise as in your regular iem, ANC cancels out sound using a processor which uses pattern, that means regular noises will be canceled out better. this applies to very tws and some will be better than others. ofcourse it's not comparable to b2d because they are twice the price. while the buds have bluetooth, anc, ambient mode, microphones, etc. at that price point some sacrifices will be made. even more expensive tws suffer the same problem, which is bluetooth.

Burson audio also offers this option on their amps, it's pretty cool

I have Samsung s22 ultra phone and I barely can stand SSC codec :/ There are albums where hihat sounds so unnatural and compressed that I need to manually switch to Aptx cause I can't stand the way SSC sounds. It just poorly manages high frequencies. It reminds me of mp3 128 bit rate I use to listen when I was a teenager :/

I'm super happy with ANC on these headphones (waaaay better than I expected and main reason I stick with them), but codec wise I was expecting more (tonal wise from SSC).

The DT Pros will make bad recordings very evident! They take off all the prostitute makeup and show you what kind of pig is really uner there.

I think you’ve hit a point that no one else has. Gaming oriented headphones and audiophile headphones are doing different things. Gaming oriented headphones need not be technical, most have a specific sound signature (mid-bass boost) AND need to appeal to the mass market (bass boost is good and the bigger the better, like sugar or salt in food; some people build a liking for more and more BUT generally people in the mainstream will think more is better)

I love how no one mentions AirPods Pro

There are mic clips in so much music. Luckily it makes you appreciate the well mastered stuff and follow the other projects the mastering engineer worked on.

You’re right, “gaming” oriented headphones have a bass boost to them In my experience in rtings hahaha. Games through my Koss KPH30i’s sound great compared to my hearing aids that have a signature that emphasizes the high end. (My Koss Kph30is have bass boost too)

>having being used to hifi and flagships for a long time it's shocking to me I ever thought the hd650 sounded good when I put them on nowadays.

You could get that feeling simply by using AKG K612 Pro, and they're cheaper than HD650.

Headphones flaws have nothing to do with listeners impression. If you highly enjoy phones with extremely colored sound, it doesn't mean they don't have flaws, it means you tolerate those if you experience more exciting sound. And you can't compare HD650 to hi-end in that regard simply because most of the hi-end is basically about the system of flaws and perks for providing excitement in various genres and productions (and Abyss does that approach in the most extreme way), while HD650 is designed with conception of having the least flaws possible (and their only real flaw is the lack of subbass). Of course HD650 isn't an exciting headphone - flawless acoustics is never exciting.

Back then I believed that you may have a more exciting sound that doesn't sound disgusting on numerous tracks. Not anymore, I have tried enough hi-end to prove myself wrong.

What you heard wasn't a lie but there are probably many forces at play from what you stated (settings, tuning, customisations etc) to your own ears (and his) settling to their respective usage of headphones aka the term 'Brain Train' if you can google where you would need a fortnight to transition.

Still, when it comes to gaming in addition to audiophile and also podcasts, Sennheiser followed by Audio Technica is the most sought, seen and way to go if not to start with even if there were pricier options at your disposal but make sure to check your settings like Surround Sound to all those add-ons with Windows.

Yeah, the 770s without EQ kinda suck tbh.

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Contrary to popular belief, the DT 770 Pro are actually pretty shitty headphones.