ANC basically creates the opposite waveform to neutralize the environmental noice. It. Would differ on implementation. It might get her in ears aren’t for you for anc.

You obviously knew you needed to support the patreon to get the tuning sorted out, but you didn't take care of it while you were a patreon of his?

I think you know the answer to the question.

Update: the DAC was so worth it!

Same here. I wish the market has more options for the non-anc models

Amplifiers are not rocket science, especially Class A ones, literally ancient technology from 100 years ago. The reason why they are charging hundreds time more solely because of psychoacoustics / snake oil and beautiful designs. Chi-Fis are usually either fake tubes or legit tubes with poor QA. Nobsound literally selling tube amp self-assembly kits if u are into EE. Low end tubes sounds like crap because tubes are there only for lighting and they use inferior op-amps. High end tubes sounds like solid state amps because solid state amps are literally the next and better evolution of tube amps. There is no magic, it just ppl like distortions (even order harmonics) and psychological audio quality boost from hefty price tags and glowing tubes. Every aspect of that can be archive by a cheap SS amp and EQ.

Not all ANC is created equal and it's not uncommon to feel the pressure of the negative sound that is actively cancelling the outside world. I've had a few headphones where this has bothered me (never used the Buds2), but many others where it is fine. For example, AirPods Pro 2 do not induce the negative pressure effect for me at all, but a previous pair of Beats Studio's made me uncomfortable after a while (or if I had music paused for a period of time with ANC active).

You could be extra sensitive to the effect, you may acclimatise to it over time, but I would also suggest you try some other ANC headsets / earbuds if you can - that might give you a clue as to your personal level of sensitivity.

I do.

I was thinking there is too much clamp

If you’re worried about water damaging your IEMs, don’t bring them into a giant pool of water with you. I know you’re looking for helpful responses, but honestly I don’t think it’s worth the anxiety.

Damn, the v2 is around 4k here, IN NORWAY 😳 Suddenly seems like good value 😂

I guess I am also treble sensitive because I get that piercing sensation as well on the DT 900 Pro X, especially on female vocals. It’s so distracting that I can’t hear the subbass that many praise on these. I’m totally ok with the HD560s though oddly enough. It’s a shame because I really like the build quality of the DT 900.

Idk, bass seems a bit excessive.

Not interested in being a Nissan guinea pig

My magic 8 ball sees tgx ear in your future

So obviously at a show I can’t pad swap. In terms of female vocals the TH900 has always been the best that I’ve owned. Note that stock they’re lousy. Either drop in an EQ or pad swap + dampening ring. That being said you won’t get the airiness out of the th900 that you would out of anything open back.

The Z1R was an instant resell for me. Mid bass was extremely bloated no matter what I paired it with. I don’t know if I ended up with a defective pair but it was bleeding… which is unacceptable in a $2k pair of headphones. No amount of EQ was fixing it. Note that it was happening on both channels which led me to believe it wasn’t a defect, but just how it was designed. The awas being a bit rolled off will lack that air. The Sony Z7 headphones (I only tried the mk1) was a lousy set as well. So I’m with you on that.

I imagine if thé Z1R mid bass was solved it would be significantly better but I can’t give any other comments based on the unit I owned.

I have a pair of Fiio FF5’s and I love them

Now show us your wallet

I'm a fan too traded my earpods for some Yincrow X6 from a friend recommendation. Pretty happy with them been my daily drivers in between travels.

Thanks for the impressions! I very much want to try the X9000 someday as I've read very interesting things about it. It also looks amazing, probably my favorite-looking headphone design.

I'm also more interested in the AWAS now. My first audiophile headphone was a closed-back Audio Technica (ATH-A990Z) and after I swapped to microsuede pads, I really enjoyed the sound of it due to how it presented female vocals and the "air" in the sound. Definitely a genre specialist, but when it worked, it worked. I've been thinking of adding an AT back into my collection at some point, and the AWAS is one of the prime candidates with the striking red earcups.

I'm curious about the Yamaha, as impressions seem to be pretty bipolar on that one. A whole bunch of people say that it's very impressive, and a whole bunch of other people say it's very disappointing. You had the MDR-Z1R in your list of past headphones. Did you like the Z1R? Some people on Head-Fi who've heard both say that the Yamaha is tuned in the same vein as the Z1R, and the Z1R is also a very polarizing headphone in terms of its sound. My current theory, having not heard the Yamaha yet, is that it's like an open-back Z1R. I'm wondering if liking the Z1R could be a predictor on liking the Yamaha.

When I got my MDR-Z7m2 recently, I thought it was very muddy, dull, congested, and unresolving for the first two minutes that I listened to it (adjectives that have also been used for the Z1R and the Yamaha), right after listening to the Aeon 2 Noire. If this had been at a show, I would have walked away, because it's a headphone where I had to stop and reset my expectations on what a headphone should sound like before I could enjoy it. I like the Z7 now quite a bit, so I still have high hopes for the Z1R and the Yamaha. I always love polarizing headphones!

Used? GROSS. I wouldn't pay more than $2 bucks for Dan Clark's Dandruff Dandelion; or Focal's Fenestrated Fungus Factory; that's an audacious amount for Audeze's Loosely Crusted Dermatitis, or even the Melon Mushroom 500s; no deal on Audio Technica's Seborrhoeic Scab Sakura Blossom; ditto on the dome detritus Dirty Dianas, as I'd be abandoning them to the Abyss. GL. Yuck.

On headfi, people were getting cancellation emails from orders placed on 3/15, but those emails include the line:

>This item has an ETA date of (10/1/23) and if you place an order we will
be sure to honor any sale price/promotions used during your original
order.

If that's true, then it means there's probably one last batch of the m1570's on order before they discontinue it.

Fake. But wait for a verifier

I’m a fan too, although nowhere near as big as you. Faaeal rosemary and fiio ff5, having tested the viridis too.

well, the issue is pretty simple .. there is one answer to that, get an amp, if you really want something really cheap and effective, the apple dongle could surely help giving more power to them so they will be louder :)

This 👏 It’s sad that so many people genuinely think this way