Output impedance changes the frequency response of the headphones. Low impedance for minimum impact, 100 Ohms is honestly a lot and should change tonality for just about every headphone. Not really sure what the point of implementing it like this is though, I'd always keep it at 0.1.

I'm not saying the sound quality got worse, I'm saying the build quality and QC got worse.

I have the timeless ae to not the regular timeless to be clear, both are different.

And yes BT dac is really convenient.

I do, in fact, own multiple AKG headphones.

Apple dongle measures accurate as any other dac should be. So if you are hearing differences, probably your other dac isn’t measuring accurately and hence they sound different. And difference can be a an improvement or downgrade depending on how you see that.

Have you ever had the regular focal clears not the mg model? If so, do you recommend it for a guy listens to hard rock & classical? I'm looking for something over my Grado RS2

I'm not a fan of the Pro4S. Pads are too shallow and the huge dip at 250 Hz is just way too big for me. For the price, there are much better alternatives.

Here is the FR for the Pro4S:

https://crinacle.com/graphs/headphones/koss-pro4s/

Here is the FR for the HD 820:

https://crinacle.com/graphs/headphones/sennheiser-hd820/

And here is the FR for the K371:

https://crinacle.com/graphs/headphones/akg-k371/

I got the Grado rs1 and koss ksc75. I'm thinking about selling the rs1 and just jeep the ksc75... The rs1 does sound better for music but not by a lot imo. For gaming I think the koss is way better.

I feel you.. A better koss ksc75 would be great!

> Feeling like I can tell exactly how much spit there was when the vocalist just did that thing with their mouth

ew

I find them dark and veiled as well. They do need a certain amount of power but they are still dark and veiled whatever you run them off, that doesn't change.

I'm not like other girls, I'm dabs poorer than them

Fr though amazing set up, I've always wanted to try out audeze's

Cheers, I'm swaying towards the Timeless as people said they can sleep with them in. The BT DAC sounds like a decent idea, although I know BT isn't the best for sound quality but a nice to have convenient option.

Ah okay. I’ve never heard the AKGs, the comparison was from a review I read

Would you say the Pro4S are good then? I haven’t tried many pricier sets so they seem really good to me

I have a big Ass Maine coon and was gone for the day came Back and that fucker are a Bit of my Sennheiser cable. New cable was at that time 50 Euro.

I also have the E5000, but never tried them with a proper amp. Always thought these were just boring, treble hating stuff

get your child a chewing toy maybe?

Those look like the Bubinga cups that were offered on the LCD-XC. Sadly they don’t sell them anymore. I tried my best, but all I managed to get were the maple cups a few years back.

I'm betting what happens is plain old volume mismatching. Even a slight bump in loudness can make something feel "more detailed" or "bassier."

Thankfully cables are cheap and easy to replace you'll be fine your son did nothing wrong in his head.

> The TC44C is an extremely bassy unit

It measures completely flat in terms of frequency response. That particular reviewer, he's just measuring with a sound card, and the slight roll off in the bass (and the larger roll off the other end) is very likely the input on that rather than the TC44C but it's enough to show it's NOT "extremely bassy".

ASR measured the TC44B which as far as I can make out is basically the same dongle in a different form factor, and with 2.5+4.4 rather than 3.5+4.4. Both use the same dual CS43131 chips. He doesn't have a linearity measurement, but he said he doesn't include these in reviews any more if the device is perfectly linear, as most are. So presumably this was for him as well.

I have the TC44B myself, and if I measure it, it is totally linear. It sounds linear as well, it is not "bassy". It's totally flat.

I can entertain at least some debate over the sound differences between these things. But specific stuff like this, where there is a specific significant tonal difference alleged, like it's "extremely bassy" - that can be measured. And it's not, it's just not.

One thing to bear in mind though with Symphonium is they are extremely low impedance, extremely low sensitivity and extremely source picky, possibly due to a combination of the low impedance and the way they implement their crossovers. They are very atypical on this point. I have the Helios (8.5Ω), and it actually doesn't sound good on the TC44B, it gets distortion and clicks and pops. It had some extremely weird almost "digital" behaviour, where it would cut out at an exact frequency and volume level, I don't think it's still doing this but when it was, it was something like a 47Hz tone, specifically, at a specific volume, it would just cut out entirely. 46Hz fine, 48Hz fine, and change the volume by one click and it was fine too. Really weird behaviour. But this is literally the only IEM I have, out of maybe 100, that is picky like this, and the TC44B isn't the only source it's problematic on, it's problematic on other sources as well, it's more the exception that I have like one dongle (E1DA 9038S) it's decent on. it's really more an issue with the way Symphonium make their IEMs than the dongle I think. So just I wouldn't use a Symphonium IEM as an example here, I could imagine the Meteor does something weird with the TC44C too, but I'd say that's on the IEM not the dongle. The Helios is the ONLY IEM I have that I hear major differences between sources, and it's because the IEM is weird.

They've got quite a nice bounce to them yes :) they are very comfy chairs to relax in. I do want to eventually get a eames chair (not a genuine one of course) as I love the look of those :)

strangely I also put watches in mine

Think I will order a pair of kph30i then as I prefer more emphasis on treble and brighter sound:) shame amazon UK don't stock them will have to order from America but hopefully be worth the wait :)

Bite your son

how come u didn't go for a fiio btr3k or btr5 2021?? I assume that would be similar if not better for a similar price