If you ignore the noise you may eventually stop noticing it all together, by eventually I mean in a day or two. I remember when in ear headphones became popular a few decades ago that noise was a common complaint, people got used to them, the noise is obviously still there but it doesn't get their attention. The brain is very good at tuning out noise that doesn't require attention, if you let it.

Well sorry you had a bad time bro, but at least there’s this to cheer you up!

I have a Tomahawk x570 wifi board with HD Audio with Audio Boost(Realtek® ALC1200-VD1)
I also have a Xonar Essence STX soundcard which is pretty old now.

Which would be better to drive my PC38x headset?

i just look at it as the music is mid focused and everything else is blurred. if it were a photograph it would be a picture of the vocalist very sharp and detailed then the band behind the vocalist blurred but present in the photo.

Yea the bluetooth thing sucks. For a company that praises their connectors its quite funny that they suck so much

Buy one and don't look at anything anymore.
Otherwise it's impossible.

I don't use Apple music now but when I did I thought it was good value, they have a very wide range of music, it all sounds good. The only thing I didn't like was the phone app, I found it a bit irritating though it was perfectly functional.

My sundara's are my endgame for now but because of my home environment i have to use closed-backs for now so cant enjoy them very much

Lossless is actually supported on Windows, just hidden in the mess that is iTunes settings. You may also need to have a compatible dac/amp in order for it to allow you to set your audio to 24b/192khz, however as I always used it with my Fiio dac connected I cannot tell for sure.

I love how whenever this sub discusses those topics, someone says that every piece of equipment should technically sound the same. But it very obviously doesn’t.

For the headphones themselves, not really. The only headphone that I could say I regret purchasing is the Fidelio X2HR, because it was so uncomfortable, but I returned it for a refund, so not really a regret.

There have been plenty of times when I've been initially disappointed with the sound of a headphone, like "I thought there would be more of a difference", but it's never turned into regret. Either I appreciate that headphone more over time, or I consider that headphone a good learning experience. The more headphones I try, the better I learn to discern and articulate the differences between them. I read something once that went like "I only regret making a choice if I ended up worse off than if I hadn't made it". Maybe not the best perspective for all of life's choices, but within the realm of headphones, that's the view I take. No headphone I've ever bought has permanently degraded my enjoyment of music, or of headphones, so I don't regret any headphone I bought.

I think it's interesting that you said, "Each of them is perfect in their own way". For much of my headphone journey, I was focused on finding a headphone that perfectly fit my preferences and did what I wanted a headphone to do. Now that I've more or less reached that point, I'm more interested in finding out what a headphone was meant to do. To judge a headphone based on how well it does what it was designed to do, and not judge it based on my preferences and what I want it to do. I've found that sort of open-minded approach to be so much more relaxed and enjoyable than looking for flaws and finding ways to reject a headphone because it doesn't fit my view of what a headphone should be.

I suppose my only regret from buying headphones is that it has skewed my perspective on what is expensive. I recall seeing the price of the Nvidia RTX 4090, at $1700, and thinking "oh not bad, that's about the price of the HD800S". Meanwhile, the rest of the PC hardware crowd was having a meltdown over the price.

Ah yes yes I know ! It’s the solid truth if his statement that is funny haha

especially since there are standardized locking 3.5mm connectors. The only manufacturer I can think of that uses them is Sony though (MDR-Z1R and MDR-Z7)

Pictured is a 1-of-1 purple Symphonium Helios IEM. Only one of each color of the rainbow was made!

This is my first kilobuck IEM and I'm glad I held out till now. Not only are these gorgeous IEMs, but they sound wonderful.

In comparison to other's I have tried, like the Moondrop Variations, the Helios is much more resolving. Variations instrument separation, imaging, and trailing tones sounded smothered in comparison to these. These also have much more energetic dynamics and I personally love the tonality. The bass and treble is textured and impactful without taking away from the mids.

I can't get enough of these! I am going to go back to listening to them now.

Go read some golf forums and you'll feel great. Thousand dollar clubs, hundred dollar rounds, abusing yourself mentally over and over, and you don't even get to hear a great song. Golfers will spend 300 dollars on a new driver to get a few extra feet and then hit the ball into a lake and then throw the new 300 dollar driver into the lake. (the ball was $10)

Ever thrown your headphones into a lake after a bad song?

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I think they mean USB for the DAC

One month is not unexpected.

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Yes, exactly that one.

But if you can opt for an open-back (that is if you don't want to use it outside or indoors next to other people), I would definitely recommend the R70x over the TH610. It will most probably sound way better and be way more comfortable (although that of course is a matter of taste). And it costs only half of the TH610.

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Theres a beta Apple Music app for windows, it has lossless and works just fine, it won’t take much time until they release the final version

I love the Hirose connector but it sucks that it's proprietary. At least it's easy to buy for an ok price

I think so. I enjoy what i get for it and I enjoy apple products

I will admit I do have some regrets. In one way, I got to hear details that I hadn't heard in really cheap buds and speakers. And I did learn quite a bit of things about audio over the past few years. In another way, I became more focused on finding the "perfect sound" rather than listening to the actual music. I tried a few IEMs and headphones, only to be disappointed. Nowadays, I wouldn't feel as happy spending more money on high-end equipment and thinking about what "pairs" with what. I have been much happier just listening to my HD600's and even cheap stuff without thinking much about its flaws.